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.' U/ d$ n6 z- D4 E0 V
. [* Q& J5 ~- H& n! C/ [L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 7 F; i3 l2 H- Y: i% J7 v, k# v; P " i. R ~0 u8 r' I7 C8 R3 `M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. $ o, P `, @; b8 l$ U( u& t4 W 2 F$ a+ {9 {. }1 \4 }% k5 ML: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? & ?3 d7 {% x9 ~: y 5 L" k/ f" o8 \' I8 e" _/ iM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 4 r G* R4 Z, l) d) K# W) O1 z% W# J
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?# ]9 Y5 f7 f" {- r; {
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. + T& Y* d' y, _% d7 d+ | % J, a* N) d! s l" [L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?# g2 J7 H4 x6 {0 H7 n% h
) r; W4 E& \7 F% z% ^! QM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. & A, [ b+ x; i* |. ~ c5 R) X @
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? # b& q% g" a5 ]5 Y 8 `5 {# g3 W" h, P* _1 N* tM: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. + `8 i3 @3 V8 B4 @$ {! y7 p/ T5 j; ]# V# ^& G
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 I3 z% @% U9 ?( I
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.: d' c! u; ?- A- ~: L" L8 a( F
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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 A" s$ I: X0 J6 D7 Q3 ^" s* _$ j$ z
( Q) X/ f |7 ?- P# }6 b: P" m7 OM: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 r/ r( {# b4 W! {( L; D: \$ r6 z1 }4 j
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!) ~' c8 x G# A' c% ~$ g6 d1 b
3 _ z, h! u; T' b5 }M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.1 h: [+ o2 b5 h9 U
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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。% w& J/ P b$ ]! K, ]
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 0 n# T5 y2 k; \( _& h2 Z9 }' _% v . f l, W l5 |+ P, ZL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?8 u P& I3 v; q7 e# |, m
, x; O! n' _$ F( W4 cM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 9 J+ ?5 K* u! z2 r1 w" N3 p* A m' A
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? % p( ?0 z2 c, m P2 ] ; x' G) @5 T4 o2 ^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. 3 p6 c" V; Z. _) z& ]7 w/ f" X _1 v: m
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 z0 ~' U5 }. ^1 o5 i ( V& O& f1 L5 U+ J, _M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?* C1 q+ A# m {3 s4 ]
2 ]3 Q6 v- j% _7 _6 E% L ?L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。$ N" a5 ^$ a. o2 }7 n" M2 o$ _
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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.7 R( G7 l8 U: l# S- L
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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. , P1 Q( X8 b, g% k' {4 @+ E+ O) z9 p! G' n; L4 V6 H( [7 e! f
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. : g, V7 }& L; k2 p ! l/ q# i1 r2 U4 UL: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? ; O; \; v' l( h& M. d; F; N% _# n- D2 R. t
M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!* q2 E; h# `* M. Q6 w2 g5 v! ~
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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 Y7 w' I+ T1 B+ G1 S6 j7 O, G1 \$ K2 o& F" I% p( L+ l
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