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 N- h' d6 _& i7 y
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 9 I1 u; n/ k6 b, `1 [5 U Q# R) ?8 E/ x- w! C
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. & o' F" ]2 C) X2 g) a1 r& H 6 q+ j4 M, y$ ]' N, F* Y3 H* yL：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？) @, d% E7 o3 ]. D( R
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way." i" m2 j! N( I1 ^- 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？ ; _ F$ E' `) Z' D1 `. f, J/ c- Z' c9 y2 i4 `
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.6 q* `+ ^( X; b4 B: W& F8 F
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 0 T2 o# `0 l% x' g. W) q + X6 O( B Z; [% v3 s0 ^M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.( c" h9 C! L( w* c3 J# a* V
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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？- r! _7 o4 l0 P. C% ]- u
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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. ) e- j+ w" v! ~2 M8 @+ S1 c: y) u9 k2 M p) J) }5 R w
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？ $ x& r% \8 m( e% I: P4 w 7 |4 r+ T3 r) W( J1 KM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. v/ c \- ?6 \- Y% G6 Y+ @7 \ R
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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。 8 Y2 v J" c( ~( \3 V- C' {4 j6 { d8 _& m* r8 d% [
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.6 R; w. \9 M1 ]
( E+ E9 @4 B% S1 s/ ZL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 7 W) E. a8 i+ G0 A4 f8 [2 C. W4 X% a9 L# Q L u! ]
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip./ }" ?+ H# ?+ q; Z' @3 I
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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。 % r( W! ], ?( t. x 6 ]0 _1 q2 N5 I0 hM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 y7 z- b3 M( O" M' P
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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. 5 \& d4 P# H7 G* _) p % a) Z. S& i' u1 k' U* ^0 A. hL：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？8 ^# y4 _! I% Z! q2 G7 g$ T! 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.5 ^& Q$ l+ S7 \9 q3 }
; V5 E, r" R- ML：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$ O, n! S( _0 M' z
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?$ z& H: H, _" Q; x$ \6 K
% g! C% N: e" o$ @% _1 [2 \L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 5 `$ Q+ y1 s9 k& U2 N 0 b. o" A5 y9 q$ T, tM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.3 {& P- O! f# Z7 K0 t/ v
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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.1 D& O) a, [# d/ M5 J
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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. 8 N l8 j# r$ \( x% Z" x1 Q- g' T. ]) s* ^# d+ Y- K8 I
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？ ( ~: ]1 R2 t+ i: p# p; p 2 A( ~6 r7 L R8 uM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!6 ?4 o7 r" q/ h8 m
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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。 ! C5 Y, ^/ ]: Y4 L; U" n ! m9 u: s) r" U( R$ zAudio as following:7 \% T$ b' c+ Y v+ Q8 ^, y8 A+ _
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