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.9 n6 h( }/ j& ~, ]" G3 ?
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。5 b7 l3 q% a5 H6 p; ~% d
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; a) x* T; v! L% U. S" {! \
6 U( X: N. w3 c8 l/ D: G3 JM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. F( i/ C! }, ^/ l9 |, j
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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？ 6 L( d9 O3 R: F. n& d3 `* e; w- d* P8 `" s/ l% W3 ], W; ^
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. m- Z7 \; V) X) L) W2 v
8 w# Z8 b8 L0 N* k' W8 ~L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?5 d$ I2 f+ Z# f/ B5 _
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.9 x$ Y1 H& ^* l$ G
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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？- E3 F @+ h) X+ d5 v
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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. 9 C2 `! x, b: ?1 H% l5 b0 q# X- D6 E. x$ }# v7 ]% _* ?
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？" P# k) i! s' ^& l, Y7 z P
8 d4 o V4 o: ^" {4 P% OM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 ^: z; m6 P: b" M2 o: B
2 x# m- d, s( h/ f! F4 s0 [# |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。 & Z$ l3 P' ?; V- ?+ w, Q: G* @. W* c! P. s0 r+ l# 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. - {, c* Y0 ]! c 5 M4 `+ U: G& m/ g0 sL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！& \ |& M" O8 Y. E) D6 S
9 I8 I! D: W5 x) R4 U! j$ r IM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.9 e3 N! f) C* `. N) j
4 K4 c, p/ m* c, E# r6 nL：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。 3 h/ p$ T: m; ? * f8 }" ^% P' {5 y% lM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. # {+ k7 B5 J8 k9 U$ J( Z- R+ S+ K' U2 L
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？) h& H. z! x0 t& e7 V9 M9 J$ I
; j h6 u" v6 J6 t( R; R4 F3 KM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 0 v# J# \# }: Q! A0 Z5 H$ q. G4 g U. y0 v5 J
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？3 c' y+ M! |+ s% { ]+ M' @9 S+ R9 E
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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. * E6 r" W. ^0 C5 n / d0 n, i+ L; o, J4 `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？ ' l7 I# Y3 g/ W( d0 Y6 _ \$ S: u( D- u' C( u6 T' C+ MM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# {( y& T: r2 A
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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。) C. J% m5 I- a% t9 m# X- S: q! Y+ 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. " h4 `5 t1 B; P. u2 e h . B# r3 Q- a' X) o+ z2 h! A- eL：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. 6 g+ J8 T- K2 y( H" `; v- j i 5 ~% r o" o! j, u. G5 xM：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. 3 _/ m2 ?! F$ A; R- q2 Z/ P- C' H" H8 _, [* n
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？ / N7 |5 c) e. ~ % _' l; E3 ^6 @7 ?M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!8 f' a, R1 H) D* Z
8 M4 ? v5 P3 d$ u6 T7 u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。 ; l) [# G$ y$ s( m / k5 o. `: `8 W- ^Audio as following:2 w3 E6 K3 x$ Q3 r2 r1 r+ y$ q9 _( x
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