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. 1 C" Y& f p7 N% H" K3 n0 ?+ q $ ^8 s6 S( W: R% E+ l' H/ a$ a |L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。/ v5 ?3 J0 ]" ?3 [
3 K4 L- Y9 i. D, tM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ; y: [7 `3 i% a& H( [0 `& j$ d( C3 W. O1 \( |
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？. w/ N0 d7 |+ d! k& ~
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- B& l6 O8 Q8 ?: k. v. O* O2 k
6 r2 B. q+ R- @+ |0 @! WL：(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？; x. ]0 q( I. G6 q+ D3 ] p
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. * [. O, q: i Y" t8 J o( _" g - ?% I& |/ S/ @4 _) BL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?: r0 C+ q# A1 d8 l
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; }3 @/ n* \4 T3 a- G* }& W
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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？ . U$ _8 k; i$ k9 k1 L; U7 J; U5 Q: o# a" Y
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.7 H$ j9 M9 X: H) J" @
6 B8 i2 k/ m0 `4 ~7 N; E9 [, 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？ 2 B$ ]* Y7 P3 w( r( [# M, c! Q8 n! H% B9 J$ I/ W
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.* \4 o+ x# h) f8 A
& a5 W: S3 P8 ] `; u' B5 UM：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. - }) j0 b% B8 k; J) m! r8 W m% J7 M
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！' v; }7 E6 M: a8 s/ J q
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. L# N0 }6 _/ u2 t
& W0 R8 B; y6 QL：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。0 I P P+ m$ X. m
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.+ a- W9 Z ~1 l3 g% g' F
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ % p6 K2 W3 `" u8 R( d" m 1 Q3 y8 |" I: G% Q6 u4 \7 v1 tM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.1 X& f0 `& Q* F6 i, x+ z
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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 T% x6 Q" O# f+ n3 w 7 t+ R) R( D T" D: s$ }5 CM：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.: `; a7 [, u3 P N9 ~) V& i
7 l9 |/ _5 @' c |% aL：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？ - i/ n1 V7 q% R0 e2 X, r' K* I8 p3 `; m0 L4 L3 {& p
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?( I& o0 O. v$ ~
$ [3 {4 I0 H0 eL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。' i& E0 u( w5 u; y
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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. ' O" N' S( y0 B: G) }4 x/ q2 f- I * W7 m2 J( _! S( g7 {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.0 {: N/ I- X( Z
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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？$ n, B& J; n9 v4 s2 R- u
2 }3 I! K- Q5 L# s& ?" |# l2 w# ^M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! ! O5 ^0 \# z# W6 ^1 w0 h$ `- r" W% Z" H0 W; d2 P6 h
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。 5 ?$ |5 l6 A, @5 z: x8 n# y$ {; s5 `$ I/ u k) t: K0 C7 ^
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