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.; W( X. w8 `, f r" S1 s+ h
" B; G5 u5 x1 Q6 EL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。! N! I" g7 a6 ?. |( E/ U+ Z2 y. T
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. + B$ S+ c! K, X2 W7 R" G, Q. Q 2 Q# w) l$ |# o! dL: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?+ Z: v6 ]' I1 ?, g
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 8 u% B( w. L; V8 B( j' j: G1 d0 D & g1 H% _1 A% |7 B( KL:(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? S v- o) K/ X: S+ c+ w6 b( s1 v/ ^) s8 {4 d. ?6 u8 }+ u
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.* z: {0 }9 h) B; b
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? " o6 d) L! B# i; c% C 7 I/ B" m4 f( S" ~" zM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 0 E/ V% G+ ^ L; f& q+ G r# n8 f! V/ Y! I9 H
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?7 x. c" K q' p
1 e: o4 e a/ w3 r6 r3 uM: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.1 [; C; J1 }% ?2 x
D7 U9 [5 f5 h7 a# B8 F2 eL: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? - ~+ }$ K3 t, I* q/ D7 r0 w # Y4 l( J* z5 b; w, G3 D0 u$ lM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. , \- r! c" h# h9 ~, z' p. {6 c' n Z: ]
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。. _5 \! z( y, S1 ^
3 U0 E5 l3 k! F, U3 g$ n& d: t2 sM: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.8 t% v$ \. I; g: _( _) Y) M
& V+ _! O. M6 {- m* O3 w+ tL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!6 E7 C; f8 |2 c% [5 L
8 L- \/ p. [# s) q( IM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. , ?% q# G% N. q' x+ B ! a2 E. O; H/ m$ l1 z1 \9 }. [, g2 BL: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) ~4 D' D9 ]4 w Z6 M" @, }* \* I' C
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.4 L& s1 \" O5 U2 ~+ N
, X/ _2 t# B. z* U8 T" QL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 0 E/ p! R! f) a: M ' t6 E V- T: D6 FM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.% ?+ ~! m: R V
- {( b0 g5 Z4 [* A6 IL: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? ' p; d/ o% [9 j2 t2 C' K+ Z _- A( t: W
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.! t7 ?) V! l$ M D
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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? " h8 e2 M' P% ?0 i8 `& _: W+ j1 i. }1 A n
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?8 Y/ P! e1 S% S- f+ n: [# `, A! Q
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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。 - J q! j! { v. z# f6 A0 D% ?& Y; ?! W3 n, i- T
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.0 y6 s: n- w/ \- R4 u
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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. : f* y) |; V4 D) s l* R, D6 i; _. K {4 i) rL: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? 1 W/ n- r1 F7 |5 r0 i4 m# z . Y' G. G+ O W/ ` s q0 N, UM:Thanks so much, Li Hua! i2 F- }% N" {