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.- x- @% k; b! M" c. ]
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 2 z3 b7 O6 Z" G" B, [ " T2 E. v$ I0 {& c! q/ `M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time./ |; P& K4 s' d$ ^3 y- h
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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？6 n1 t ?# l& r+ q/ x: U2 L# D
" J* ?/ ~2 X- x. @2 p! n8 q2 q7 WM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. # Y9 H; ]; t$ X& a8 F; t, x: b+ q$ A: B& G
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？! C, l7 Q( F! _2 n; B; f8 T
/ R& a8 n8 \& e( y- _' MM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. # Z3 u+ F- Q% G8 `: w- p6 u' u 2 y! e! M5 t3 C7 X5 f1 f- mL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?8 x& C) q O6 K& B# W
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; c" t4 G) t I& R( N) y
# s4 I. @7 t! L& E m5 bL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ 0 b( e4 E- `8 |! f- L+ @& I+ U: ~ & k" W P8 [. q% U! DM：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. # _, S! h6 w, i0 b' H9 l e' S. H4 {' w$ Z9 OL：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？ , t1 j& U [5 I& U% z3 H ) @: |9 H8 v3 i0 J4 s/ MM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 2 N* j. _& i* y2 K7 V! @( e ! H& V4 p/ c- L+ y+ IL：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。 + v3 l z& `9 e5 ]# @* j/ ]) H: B8 F4 V1 Q, Q3 `' H- N! v' b
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. " M" ~9 W+ O* m4 y6 ?+ I( W3 }) Z, O6 i
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 4 D! H" ~/ l$ S# t$ h8 i+ b7 t+ |) _# D" [6 x( a
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. # c2 L% f6 I( G1 q/ G$ _* D3 Z4 S" b7 |
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。4 ~/ ?. m- T2 {5 L2 v
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 7 ~9 s( e, A, T! X. S2 X( U( [4 `9 H3 C
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？! F4 Q. z6 y+ h0 ^6 e
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M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 6 U9 T, e: R2 @1 t& Z+ [: O2 \ $ e$ Y8 p2 p1 g/ q. Q9 t" D* }9 N0 {* KL：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？ $ x) v5 B; l7 F5 Z( e/ M9 ] - y& j# Z1 \5 y, L8 m# o5 |' Z* u, y9 \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 g7 W. ^ h$ u. z( ?/ B; i) n
7 c" S/ T# [ F E9 h$ fL：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？ ) _) s. ~ H# C( v ) g) v+ t5 `0 B6 T: mM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?. x$ C( W2 T4 e' L4 g
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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。 ' h9 V+ `. `( G# q( M! _ t1 X# \, B* w# i) \M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.* R3 ]# z; h9 z2 P& Q; Y
9 g; o5 y( W; g+ sL：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. 7 c/ C9 t: Y r 4 \4 n# C- K! A+ ~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.$ o% Z- M3 M5 n" c
: w( R. }7 S3 A( j0 LL：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？ 2 W% R. d$ ~( g8 Y7 U+ m. L5 z9 R. k6 J% v+ N
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!2 t$ d4 C& K* b6 D H4 t9 ?6 G
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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。( D: V! C) G5 E5 N6 D S* O F
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