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.( h1 y% y/ Z I, j5 d
% ]$ I+ x7 b) h- R; h$ {, A7 aL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 ! I* L( d# d1 y7 N- j/ B" q4 b4 q6 |; x( T" v; X& C( N! q6 e' R
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.. C1 [: G% q8 t3 W
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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?. B0 W0 @9 m' F
1 V( n) W$ C9 \; d( [& cM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. " ?) z: r2 A" W, f 9 c) T6 j* T# | F$ z( Z2 ZL:(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? % T4 Q; d/ N8 R4 a# f/ {$ L7 M 9 }6 D4 J) J' q5 mM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 0 G6 e' H$ ?8 \/ w0 i0 B$ r% L ( P+ Y( \( v( h1 s7 U. DL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?: B, p6 Z' R! g' Q
2 z5 e) D c, d) d) @M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ e7 T: Z0 n9 h' V3 e2 C6 Y
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L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? X/ v: r$ u: B" X) B1 i
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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. " N. i q8 s5 t9 e5 R: j# k* h; [# @0 L' W/ N/ n& T+ h
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? 4 Q; w% Q& p' P - W! c0 ^9 N! ?, _M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. $ e4 ^+ [! c* u1 i: I. P- V* O . |% _" g: V: y3 R' f5 ZL: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。9 r1 Y4 `" Q, ?( C" m
& c' v4 m5 H0 |* n5 g5 EM: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.$ S% L e; N8 {/ `( N
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! , r% S. d+ x3 @9 H4 X; e * j& m0 H( [' q! Y' z7 CM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.: i5 V0 C; I4 e8 d- w. U+ Z
: i l* G' C" P6 E" cL: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。3 C1 L" r% P ]/ D9 p% h
0 Y. M3 s3 l0 L2 G2 BM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ' F0 A, j1 _$ t# c& Q& b: s 6 {& r) n2 P9 Z3 C1 FL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?8 E4 b* L9 ^. d" c
7 @/ u5 ~: C" b5 b |& FM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.# h* u/ [, {( `$ s& T/ W8 R
& M' g+ l, F( e1 Q7 Y2 \9 ~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? 5 n7 q0 Z3 G7 N7 `: _" ~) B% c$ i l. w9 H. k8 S5 v
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. & {1 O' q: r1 z1 F2 I( w9 Z& Q/ ]& ~' e, \# C9 w
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?2 S, v$ W6 m) O8 L8 {; l
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?4 I8 g9 S6 \$ ?
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L: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., _, r0 R! m3 C1 Q/ l
& X8 J& ?+ r6 }7 B9 _; [; W/ IM: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.; b/ ~( X7 d' d6 E! N' e( e3 e
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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?; p3 E' G+ A+ D& u; F
4 ~8 {3 ?1 s( E" k1 cM:Thanks so much, Li Hua! 5 E6 [# a, @2 V- }) X; h' q4 I# b5 G5 Q6 \" U8 M; o! y8 u
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。 # y( C8 t/ i0 y+ S( e2 A! F0 I$ ^# U! U. B4 S+ q s$ ]# H |- Q
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