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.1 R9 I) D F0 B( I6 d
( C! l; A0 m& p8 h1 J) T: LL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。) a( q. ^2 N& j5 S9 ]% W B' R
5 l6 c, v3 h$ ?- cM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ) s5 F5 l5 B! n0 R8 p" |4 i9 F- P5 h2 F( L8 ?3 u* ~8 w- h! I
L: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? ; l/ W, d' e3 [& l% ]3 O& E* ]! H! j* l
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.1 ]7 j9 z2 v% k, v. ~
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L:(train leaving station, announcer in background) 你想在火车上睡觉?不行,你睡觉我跟谁说话呐?3 [8 B0 }( _ h
! C z: ^1 n4 y: b2 g" [M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 1 f4 Y, ~- E$ F0 @8 W4 P0 \ ^, n' b! a8 z( h- O0 P. v2 LL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? / b9 A% b2 c- F: s2 X, h ) n# I3 T" K* t" e4 `2 kM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.7 m# \8 Z3 `1 S" x9 w8 A: P
+ |6 w: F" s j! r5 b* ]; O3 x) R, EL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?& R3 m/ }) z3 O
, y1 ?+ f, n4 G" \/ qM: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.# E; e/ d! q( n
( M) C2 v: U& t5 J* s8 W4 b3 ?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? # E/ n o! W6 A; T( {. x, g7 r0 G7 \8 G3 z# O
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 6 d7 p7 m4 m. s 3 K, J+ N, [; Y1 iL: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。+ Z6 z" f$ R! t- O5 p$ V
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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. 6 l# r' \) D3 I7 ~ * S$ B) Y9 d/ v; KL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!( L: l' s) W' x2 R S' q
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. % K& ~. C1 o; g0 c , E+ Z4 Q8 V* a) nL: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。1 q9 P+ U- @" l- o
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.; x( G. E; S8 B# N8 {$ t w
; J. |2 _% Y- S! [- uL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 8 _/ n. ^& A7 t; F) G* Z5 a. @2 N; M! S& Q) s4 s# K# ~$ I
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy., ~! D% L4 f2 v3 k( N
- c. R( z, [, v' o. _! M% u. c7 zL: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?* L+ W' A6 }5 _: G. u
# n0 I2 v0 N( ~% W7 E/ Z oM: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.- ~% X/ @* B# a6 D8 m* x
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L: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? / s8 ` V% h. ~, u 8 l) K1 o9 K7 X) j* LM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 0 ^" I6 P4 a% M% j/ c! S % E0 p$ a6 Y6 H2 NL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ! A/ f( @' s8 _% o9 B, A# h' i% N% ~! T `1 l
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ) v$ R: t$ X$ i k) M6 S. h - a5 N3 F3 z0 Y2 j& p* [! C% f) aL: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. 5 U! G' I7 f* N) F3 r4 j" C5 F7 z3 O+ _: d- D. i t9 u
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.8 |* |9 L% A Y7 b) q: L2 {! X
* ` J9 `- r3 ~; `8 ?# wL: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? 4 k! R; L, J5 M8 Q8 r8 }3 A: D; d/ q+ M& W
M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!5 H+ ^" E( W6 O: F
8 u$ r7 R5 u9 w" N* I/ B& F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。 + P) O" ^: y& U( M+ e' f: a: V; [% B$ Z
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