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! }/ R5 ] n4 N, u# g* m
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。; g+ a) i) q3 G! Y
$ K" o- D4 ]+ n. wM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.8 A! p' [9 m2 \# O5 T( S$ h
! _/ d( c% @! S& u/ O% B1 I" ]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?7 [6 E) i6 M. G+ J
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way." J6 Q/ H& R; B2 S
$ B4 k$ a' N$ T8 m4 r1 K- SL:(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?' r5 E3 A. {9 S
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.8 @9 n) P8 }: h* @& `
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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? 6 ~' T) i4 B( u% T 4 A! E" s- N' N4 l9 EM: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., K6 s/ Y1 z: j. Z/ Z4 s* c: d
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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?4 M U Z5 u. n
2 R: ~) p! ?4 b3 p! y' z0 F. RM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.# r! g+ u0 f, d, r# R6 b4 `8 g
8 Y& n3 L. k( y/ C0 o2 HL: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。 ) u& m$ ~% q. P: Z/ ?7 @! F. D7 P- ~* b. ] `+ |1 V
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. ; t% }% E0 \3 |2 v 6 G7 l1 z5 c% O! l x/ W. A( G- rL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! + }6 c! s. x, e9 P6 o% \3 L0 m; e6 M6 q( e
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 1 u- T& z* `/ Z " z; Y( M: M: n4 T0 n& |- w1 g% |$ fL: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。 : e/ N1 j+ H I9 C, Q* ~, f# U' r4 g- Z/ r) \2 I
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are." h6 Z2 n4 e) [) U6 ?% `
% E" h, q4 t6 C5 v# {. c6 g! NL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?5 G J/ b( y8 Y3 A' L& J* g
9 N0 _# R, {0 N, K+ \+ Z f. _M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. . f4 ^! q9 s; C0 W/ A* E 2 D2 E& G. V, X6 R# h1 |- JL: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?* U! L) {% S8 H9 W- w& _ i; v- ^
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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. 9 H# o4 S- H6 w! e 0 d; m4 v @ rL: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? . w) U4 [ ^/ A: V& S6 ]5 q" b/ S# Q 3 o& {$ ]: G( R: z$ m/ d8 ?4 a3 [M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?9 _; l9 k, J9 G/ H$ j
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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。 % C2 O0 E$ ^' ~ 5 A, P% Z2 r ^$ [M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.+ G6 C% @# J+ \; v5 l
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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.9 k' |) h* \( |% ~
+ p8 }& Q9 u. F& _1 Q/ b. UM: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 B1 Q7 U& x) E. [9 ?* J0 `% }: K