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 n/ }5 T9 Y+ R8 u" F
8 h0 U: |9 M! k, K& @" l: O7 yL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 {' B4 W1 P9 b" q3 a. u
/ E4 @( v3 z2 S1 S L, |M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.* u1 o! @; V/ \" ?' ?* c8 P
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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?: x1 P9 @ m2 m- j8 a' D6 Q6 \
2 D! ?* q/ x6 hM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. , t& Q3 g$ m5 A a' j& p* ~ U# K |1 w" t2 M. G3 r
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? + r8 m A- p- `+ @+ S3 u1 ?3 I n5 j' [7 {+ T; h
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.- K7 ]' `7 n! ^* Q }
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 8 b( @3 D0 o# _. [2 ]. O : L) [. O2 N) T* S5 ^9 A/ vM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ! H6 V6 y0 I! q& Y7 f* }' Z) d% L' v s
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?" t7 s6 w; [# q5 z5 f7 i/ u6 c
1 P) A7 y; v" D. \& a' yM: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. 9 J1 R2 A- q% k n; x( I6 }* \) ?/ \1 b5 d/ Q
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?' S& p- i( F, r6 }, @6 b+ K; {6 A
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.3 p! Y0 B9 h0 z& I( N7 s
) T. j; Y! u6 ~L: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。 " U. i5 p& ?& V/ V+ b9 n0 ?0 l3 T; B2 s& Z2 `
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. $ |4 e9 \" u0 N. y. ]" u6 I: H& r b/ a% @1 o
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!/ i* V1 e0 e) {9 p
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. " ^# D' W2 G2 r5 z2 L 0 z' A% d( N3 k5 o; E& }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。# n* ]# A( _" ~. o0 E
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 7 E1 R* {$ n; p/ d; i+ z& z& N5 U- p 2 g5 W, s0 w9 F8 Y+ jL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?0 T& _$ F( h1 G) R+ X. `
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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ) q7 |0 C7 G. r) l. f7 [9 o+ z6 R+ _$ A- U
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?. {; A+ E( K$ C. `) h* `8 T
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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.7 l; p: ?$ [. E) m) c* S% ]6 O+ w
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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?; e* Q6 c2 g% N8 B! i7 `* O' ?4 S
9 K1 H7 ~$ H! b- F8 oM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?5 g- D; N3 k4 R
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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 7 ~1 t3 H7 h" B- H' L: ~2 j7 }$ a! A- Z( e$ a1 z( |" @
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 6 ]% l* J: X4 ] ( l, Z; ]( a& r7 fL: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.$ R. t6 |1 d& t4 |" K. J0 I
2 i0 m; m2 O1 H! e* sM: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.( I1 j6 t6 L$ X v U" G- C
+ |: k8 a5 {8 [' T- i5 q$ ~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? & r) X, s4 w; W6 h* w+ P9 q! l* }3 L; \* w9 B8 c$ Y( O, A6 l
M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! ' u; a! ^. E+ q0 e" Z 4 a4 C$ k+ s: W& @# n& ~2 @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。) w1 A1 C* l; v9 [4 D- W
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