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 A. }! w9 E* d# n6 a+ _
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。7 [4 X% ^9 [3 F0 Z+ N% T0 Y
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.3 p3 i4 L& p. e4 B+ C! P
2 h6 o( r7 ~( E! h; JL：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？! `0 I8 q6 R# I8 s. F1 |
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 4 [: J9 k, r6 _9 @ q t . b9 w3 w. O7 f5 }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？/ T' e: }( U' Q; A
9 o$ [& X/ \2 Q0 `4 IM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.: P4 C2 |9 k: g0 x, Z- g
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 5 u. v0 `% ?2 \1 r0 H' X2 y+ @7 q * S8 E' @! Y& }& z' SM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.) V: j- j' P2 e& z- M
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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？ 2 ^" k8 p- ~# e2 H0 Z* h1 h: w* j: m6 q; K, Q3 g! r
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., f5 S/ J5 q" g7 ~
! @0 C6 S6 o& K" `! B% {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？7 w+ B9 f a2 P$ c
$ ]5 e( @- U$ A; N% f' u; {2 uM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.2 k4 ~( i1 W, w5 ^2 J) A
* y/ j7 D, k/ C% I8 vL：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。, J3 c# T) X, n8 t, h- @9 n: W+ M
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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. * o; Y y0 q/ \, c+ D! X: J5 _! s5 G/ y0 K& c+ @$ Y! t
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！0 j! w- J' |0 ~
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 6 O' i- w+ N0 C* `: H' H , h6 t& N4 m3 l+ z: b( q1 uL：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。 ' u4 A$ T! O8 Q" L% m6 m3 ?- @) Q3 ~/ Q% x0 U4 S+ r
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.0 {( P$ x7 \8 d/ D, O
' t c8 I b0 w' Y( k qL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？) w. V0 s8 W) H6 b
1 Z5 f' F9 t* X9 IM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. * m q: T" w- }- e# @! H" J% _# Q/ E4 u/ 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？ 4 m# l5 n F A. L, m, \, }9 @" m0 x2 q9 ]
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 {5 D/ U. ^# l( j9 y, N9 k( {
( B, Y0 t4 _8 `9 U4 V) I2 W# U# w eL：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？ 6 V0 [) U: n/ z6 p, W9 [0 V& I4 m+ D. X' e
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? , A6 x; }' D2 R Q% B" w% X8 x/ P- M1 X0 l9 l( c
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ) A) V3 ^ @& S3 B) j / L- ~& B- U" i" S7 UM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. * e) A0 z& b# _% M+ ~7 B( B' s6 ?3 g6 U
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.+ c. s7 G- Q/ f
2 \6 d$ q0 L3 R$ Z& 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.9 y- L# P' z+ |2 j
: l. Z4 v5 o) ~5 F! c! ~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？7 N. y/ }! P4 ?, g8 E
0 q, k5 v4 C) Y7 N$ `7 BM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 [6 K+ u3 W4 J6 G+ t
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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。 _0 o& `( u; ], ^2 a7 h7 m0 K
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