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. 7 N6 {% l5 M. W. K! Q. R ) ]" t8 W$ Z% |: a2 ^& EL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- A1 t3 u. n% V& L
; p1 {5 L9 p2 U# @M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.7 j4 v" d, j8 n4 _6 i0 M( @
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. . e: Q6 I* y e" h5 r% ~ z: x4 t; x" c; ^1 r7 vL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? ( G: y/ @3 Q! P/ L& J. F* e8 E . w n g4 ?! ~. xM: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 U9 E" Q' |3 n$ b9 B ) b2 g+ [" M& S i7 ]8 ~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? % u8 I' ^0 h+ {' K3 Y- l0 a% x" x, k5 P; C1 Z
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. d. d# Z$ A6 f! ], |& M- s2 u* l
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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。0 _0 m% ^& `8 L2 L5 w
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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.+ O1 Z4 Y, [3 F, k: `' q2 L
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! * W+ Z" W- `+ `7 J y' k5 ?7 d" h; ?" u; d, T
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.3 ~1 b4 N! C6 l7 e1 C: n) [0 }/ K
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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。 ' Z$ G" X/ _5 z2 O4 \ L- d( F3 t1 {6 {0 NM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.5 R# k% C' I: @9 k
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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. 0 N5 i' k- r" X/ b j- J$ T ) p A8 c" f! e' bL: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? * y- m' p3 E7 Z" q/ U z" t# `% t( l0 U( [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. $ }9 n$ E* w. v7 A. h# T2 @, Z. ], c! i5 G; t
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? - w9 ^/ M5 l; b7 q2 {8 D- G! i5 J" }3 l
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?7 ]$ X+ {: y$ Q( p3 l7 w
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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. 0 T. S( p s5 C! F) P+ P6 s: K: c. ?) t2 C9 C; B+ B
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.2 c3 {' O) C1 d0 m