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 G# K( G: g9 u( Z . X8 l1 S4 \. ?" h* U% E& G7 VL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 A8 Q, i0 }0 O3 w' i3 v
/ z( ?/ @# z: O; J/ eM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ) T) `4 T( y4 E4 B" o5 |# p% ?1 `; E; L6 o( O: F
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？! o& U% B/ I! }. e! Q
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* k9 V% E# S4 ~! C# N
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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？ 2 p" }: \# h: T2 z4 @) `# P. X& N$ Z
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep., a# e. h9 g+ F% F' H
% ~+ z6 ]- {/ a, z% b+ g% kL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? % H# F" {/ A# M: I 1 s! G4 x" [1 r3 {% Y. fM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 4 q9 S6 h2 d5 y! }4 w, D/ M# h6 c, c- w- I: u( r, q
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？; \/ K" x. ]' A- A4 A
% Z! j0 K. J9 E. q; `- B( @0 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. . e. S& u- y8 t+ u0 R' l3 Q+ a/ q- X9 S# A
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？( n: T' v- X6 A
1 p2 Y2 I _7 R T8 r- z6 @* S! lM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.- b8 F. q& \# x4 [
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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。 % }. n$ O# i7 a4 r* }7 T) Z% ~/ z1 [# P, {2 f
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; u& Y) K1 W: u2 ?' v" q ) C" ^; ^5 a: N5 NL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ( _, u: b4 H; v1 f , a& T! w( ?+ E2 H! c* b6 UM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. - o8 T$ o r8 e! @" d I+ j& g/ w( _, r) }3 \- `
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。 : F6 v; [' a) w8 u 7 k, Y# U! d/ E g1 ]+ MM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.$ K1 x w0 e3 _( a* p7 x4 y$ f
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？, E8 X" H5 }! R- {, R. S* {
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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 B* h) c# O8 W8 f/ o5 d& }' R M% m
: O4 u& O2 F* p0 VM：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 ^9 Q* x4 `, T
) q4 l' a9 u+ t. H$ TL：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？) C, G! D: r6 K& ]+ t/ N& g# B8 |
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? # V( A4 I8 j6 o. B ; ?: K5 O& e. X+ u: PL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ' v; D! C! v5 T6 d4 `9 V% t" c- O! N1 Z4 _ : N3 j9 S' F9 l: l6 hM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 3 b. Y- F$ V8 n' U8 R# w% `0 Y 2 [/ a. Y: {3 s2 b: e, ^5 L2 A9 ~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., q" w, U5 R: g& s/ x( v
R: O" L5 T0 M/ c2 W+ l7 w+ cM：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. ; z; A& a4 K9 d8 u 0 }9 o1 d0 R$ G" D6 T+ ^/ u, aL：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？: t/ n; n. S# u# P, w8 z" k6 u
8 p0 |! f. z- Q1 U7 L* b& xM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!# v+ d: N5 P8 a/ H% B, p2 h
2 b+ j( D E7 ^" W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。- k2 z8 @+ `7 ]2 Q) W6 Q3 Q: v
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