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.( p5 H. g9 u, x3 p B, k1 L" M
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。4 J9 |6 g w" b) C" y1 U
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ' f) F9 @4 C* Y+ b& T 6 J |9 S @9 V, @" H, y% AL：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. M5 r }% w7 s$ F) c 0 ~2 L) _5 [' NM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 e/ d; A# J+ q& J9 [
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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？) P. {/ [0 K, q5 x* H ^/ ?
! w0 `- {% F& [M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. w, G1 t4 ? g1 }) ^
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?1 Z* ?9 G/ e. a3 I
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 0 V7 ?& e0 W& e# D2 N' b 1 s/ _( L+ D# h& y) v9 ^L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ 8 e7 N/ C7 \1 H$ v/ j; A7 L1 e _: w: ? `) F1 d
M：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. . D* V! ~# R3 f - t8 V) b& l5 }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？' _ z# @/ }2 t: w4 v4 n
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 9 V( ^, G( n T* c7 e1 }$ g7 U . |# L% [: l1 }; g, n+ 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。4 X- w% t; q- `: z0 _9 b! G. ]
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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.: n6 p% v% ?1 n5 p0 S: U
1 G. c+ C" F1 eL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！5 l0 T: C0 n$ _# ^
5 a: {" I% e2 @0 x3 J F, xM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. ; v# ^- o1 L V* a7 u, L1 I + `+ _/ a; c+ Y4 ~- d; q5 a6 P2 @L：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。 $ c( X9 g( @5 a% @1 {) E# ~+ M* o: z G3 v
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.+ b) j$ u9 k9 n0 j% [
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？/ V1 H5 g( U0 k$ m% T- S1 n
# D3 E5 V. @3 {% M! T- ^) LM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ; T* n" [0 M+ h4 B5 M. z % i/ t9 u* Y7 l8 R0 rL：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？ 3 Y$ u0 `5 h' H, R5 |& T 3 E- Z7 r7 n+ R, e" n- o7 n. {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.8 Y6 h) t% K5 ?
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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？7 X9 o9 f- ?# T) ~
8 t$ D3 W4 X9 c5 y. ZM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? $ i- \& y% c P3 r( p4 D 4 f' U; d: G6 |# a! AL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。' A$ j: g. a; ?) ~
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M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 3 J c$ |4 `# y, ]. w/ z6 u) ?3 } 8 [2 _+ ~1 Z! y4 E& c: hL：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.* g" c4 z4 m: l# e
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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." h6 [- s7 O3 b/ o
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L：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？ G2 S: A+ n0 ^6 o+ \! I& |8 o4 e! m; b+ B \7 C' L
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!" |; k: t0 E& V+ }' w1 n
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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。8 W# N$ G: J9 N- I) V
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