Michael和李华都在纽约上大学，最近他们结束了期中考试，今天准备坐火车去华盛顿参观访问。现在Michael正在火车站等李华。今天他们在谈话中会用到两个常用语：drained和wired. . q- h8 K$ J0 {" g A% o+ _3 }, M- F
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 4 S$ f {, e- [( B( W2 k, \( p. E* P4 ^- P1 y
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 8 X4 ^' ~6 E, s- u # E! W2 t! ~" L2 o/ A0 xL：我当然会准时到，我什么时候迟到过？嗨，火车就要开啦？要多少时间才能到华盛顿呐？ 1 o! z) ?3 G6 @+ S$ C" x$ b l2 `- e4 H7 V# U0 s
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.7 p, M7 l; A4 ^4 f% W8 U
l: I; s& H/ ]3 c4 W9 j X( Z0 PM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. / U6 o! s+ A! O+ q5 @* U' l( x6 @7 b+ y7 a7 ?
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?& K* {0 k/ I- B' Z% A G6 a
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. % n# F" o8 w0 H ( A* C' n7 U6 N( | Q; F# {" vL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ ! v2 H1 n. T: d9 Y 3 B0 L' l; |) XM：The word can be used two ways. To be physically drained and emotionally drained. For example, if a couple fight all the time, they would be emotionally tired, which you can also call drained. % _: z9 P! r. o; J4 p7 q9 X5 ~' R/ P
L：噢，drained可以指体力很累，也可以指一个人在情绪上压力很大。要是一对夫妇老是吵架，那肯定情绪很不好。你是这个意思吧？3 N( |/ J8 O! S. r2 k
. y3 I& ?( q" J2 J; A Z3 cM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms., u1 T }8 {, f/ R' i( p9 c* A
7 Y5 ` q+ L8 C, N& h6 QL：考试倒没让我觉得累，可是，两天前我跟我哥哥为了他的女朋友吵了一架。他那女朋友很任性，还老想管别人，真讨厌。跟我哥哥吵完后，我真是感到很累。/ K9 a+ N3 t1 s+ _+ \. g6 d
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M：Yeah, you were emotionally drained. Well, if you don't want me to sleep on the train, we'd better go get more coffee. Let's go to the Cafe Car.: n$ n" e+ z9 ^
2 ]+ l. w* |3 u2 @& gM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 1 s' S4 k* _; A% Y2 I 1 B) T9 r( e8 y( I7 yL：这杯咖啡就能让你一路上不困啦？我可不行，到华盛顿之前，我至少还要喝两杯。* E0 ?3 Y5 n f+ `5 B/ e) g
2 x t( k' P; q7 Q* eM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.. v9 z: @( D) j( h" v2 l. n
& T6 j, n o$ f w6 w1 e* D8 n% gM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.& |" V8 D$ u. Q' v
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L：这么说，wired可以指对某件事很兴奋，也可以说对某件事感到紧张而努力去做。 要是我精力充沛，可以说：I am wired; 要是在大考前我感到很紧张而抓紧时间复习功课，也可以说：I'm wired。 是这个意思吗？$ ?8 Z1 D5 Z8 O! D( {
6 Q5 |& ?$ w I* I" f9 h6 R3 `M：Yeah, that's right. But it has one other meaning as well. Wired means to be connected to something, such as being wired into the Internet, or being wired into a discussion.- B9 X. E! S r
2 L* e1 @# \1 lL：噢，跟什么东西联系在一起也可以说是wired，例如和因特网连接。你最后说的 wired into a discussion 我不太懂，那是什么意思啊？, _) Y) T5 U8 A. y; Q6 V
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?7 ~8 z: M7 M* n% B
& Y* ]! c% j1 p- C4 Z& w. d8 [# |L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 , L5 S- P* D. T+ j9 k 1 P; R8 h8 c8 j, ^8 b9 JM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.8 c/ ~9 Z2 K$ J% M! e4 R
( N; j8 M3 g# c- ZL：噢，我参加这些会议，参预决策的讨论，这就可以说：I'm wired into the discussion. ; k( z: T# d3 _- T0 @5 ]& B% _* Z1 ?# i
M：Yep. After all this coffee I have had, I don't feel so drained. In fact, after the next cup, I think I'm going to be pretty wired.# Z7 w4 t+ L# Z+ B5 ?) h
/ W* r4 a J8 \$ IL：喝了咖啡你就不感到那么累了。再喝一杯，你就精神百倍了。那好，我再去给你买一杯， 要不要？, m g4 i/ G- z. a, t
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!6 v! M( f3 N7 z: h/ w
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今天Michael和李华在谈话中用了两个意思相对的词，一个是drained，意思是非常累；另一个是wired，意思是精力充沛. 这次[流行美语]就到此结束，下次节目再见。 1 f4 q4 k' }) D: S! j3 a1 J 9 _- B R5 D3 c$ s4 cAudio as following: 1 `. w3 m) z9 O" u: Y5 b
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