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. * |2 F1 ^/ F i ; x/ o( ^% p7 C0 [+ s- p# ~1 m! qL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 2 t: E# O- C! I+ O/ u `) w1 p9 G8 I( I2 F: a1 r$ xM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 1 h! b3 c$ j( X) g* [" E6 |$ ^( G+ Q2 U; i/ n1 V) H
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？ . K) E0 ~. c& b8 d+ J& d( e% f9 O: L) k$ Q
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.' T" I' v! Y) }8 k) A
0 i( F0 v h( a! U1 I5 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？- W) p6 s+ h$ B
$ T4 a0 _+ V5 S% m3 K6 n' \. bM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 8 b( p9 F0 c' J- n% {+ D1 h. J5 n% V; r8 } `. w! c) h* t+ y6 p" k
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?; Q6 U4 i& i* S# C# {
3 K2 }0 Z6 H, w9 `; m& NM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 9 ]5 Y! k: B0 G/ k( D2 q5 g: D% J# y) }' b
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ , L3 P- F8 K1 Y1 t. ]- ^3 [1 Z/ x# ~- L
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.6 ?# i0 s8 \- n5 u+ n5 f& Z: s7 q) |
8 I; C7 L8 B5 x& pL：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？% `# F$ J8 |5 y' v; v2 T
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 0 x& @# f" U0 H9 J/ h& H& W& l6 c+ x$ | 4 l7 r" u# V# NL：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。 - S# q3 p. d* [; r: B- a5 Y7 N! G, m8 O
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. , h/ E6 n9 j8 P, _* ^* \: N6 f4 l# R7 S( Z/ B! u2 P
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！6 W/ L9 D/ }2 n, i3 r1 m2 T
4 t1 F ~5 ?* _8 \- }+ oM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. ( w6 N. w- m; {/ | N 6 s x, ~/ \' Q6 y$ |6 v: JL：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。, \7 E+ F5 L% o9 S1 z/ x$ h
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 L# A4 J* B m- b5 I2 D
5 M# W3 N0 c( jL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？, C, e$ Q- g; s' U) n' t, m) Q
( s+ t! z& ]8 O% CM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.2 C& M8 V- f& g6 i/ K/ u1 C
: I! i$ P5 X: W( x r) hL：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？ + O, T$ Q2 S" K- Y M' n% ~# z0 A 7 n/ z' q- B4 t& Q5 W) e* r2 wM：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.- ^" @2 B3 y5 Z! y6 H
7 _. r% Q$ n6 @+ |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？* b S; N& n$ \) W' a" w
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? % Y# [0 k6 r ^9 | d ' b# S, ?8 w3 ?* i! ~, V5 i& ~L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 " O t/ O. y" m' d+ u" z4 d6 F U ; ~* E: k7 F) D( U, Z( h$ QM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.) r* i$ I8 c$ W3 i: y0 V2 i! \( I8 s
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M：Yep. After all this coffee I have had, I don't feel so drained. In fact, after the next cup, I think I'm going to be pretty wired. 2 w* E ^, Q, U7 _; B: F2 @: B* \5 b1 F4 Y% l
L：喝了咖啡你就不感到那么累了。再喝一杯，你就精神百倍了。那好，我再去给你买一杯， 要不要？ 0 L6 C+ U- g* s( P% \) N # r c7 D4 U2 Z* R+ ?8 rM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!) o% I0 W% Y. f k
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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。9 A! ?& ~ U _! Y
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