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.( N: D6 z( r! ~# K! ?3 X1 q s7 Q' Z
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- h% a6 F+ w' G9 R
& \' _' A+ o a+ PM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. * i$ U: m" ~# H8 g+ l- M( _' i* R' N0 A: ]5 _" T3 ]
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? 8 U- W! j7 U$ A- l' I) J2 _. i1 q; Q6 i: W$ N, W; r) G, x
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. : g3 y' t8 o* }# m) Y! V; _2 n : r9 a5 A J. ML:(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 |0 i* L- X8 l/ K $ d% E$ ?) R# u5 kM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. v* }9 i+ c6 n9 i9 K: L2 j
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 6 P% b J' ^. g: a& l) }; R9 W( U0 h. F5 S8 h- a! ]9 q( ~
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. . h, n" r4 G1 F- N " S2 \, q; J, b% i# ^* sL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? . @7 r" I, N% I4 u* s2 W1 o% C+ G4 c+ c5 g
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. 1 N' ~# T8 E* e' p1 |0 p7 w: _8 t4 F( e. \! ?7 L
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? $ b1 U- }" A' q8 |( ^ 4 s1 H, b6 s1 d- k1 U2 C2 xM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 0 n! i# R9 P, {8 q0 V. `3 O 7 S8 f2 G2 t1 T+ `7 K. s* [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。3 }7 d" n: f; R9 _. `5 Q7 u
5 @4 _* T6 @* t+ PM: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., u; y9 u" [- W+ f: I
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! $ i, u2 d8 G6 G- {6 p/ ^* k- x& P( E: Q$ _# w+ A: W6 a# t# i8 ~* d" r7 u
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.( U% t) t, Z$ R. k1 y0 N$ [. M+ z
# W$ u0 O- @; ?6 `, I7 QL: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。 " ~/ _1 ?4 l8 o( _" L 5 \" v G+ T0 r% J6 ^2 \5 O8 m3 oM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. $ t* I, f+ v/ E( Q% m2 K- p6 _ 6 g" w3 N( H$ H! p aL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 6 H+ B$ t5 p7 v9 ` m $ ]2 q( N' g& x% O" D! k* PM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. % ^8 N' Q, [8 ?) D9 B8 A' D) C" j; e$ R$ ^* y- s
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 h- t4 C5 O/ W; g, N3 T" D
8 h* V2 q7 m) w# l+ x: |! W1 Y# k# ^3 A3 EM: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.- i, u: b" g$ U8 R$ V! z- d6 j0 T
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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? " V% `5 X* v* m6 u! ?+ p' N1 u* ]# ~
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? $ q5 \% t2 q4 P7 T: {2 X- X" u9 s, N4 l n3 G, U
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 9 ~! P5 e, t' R: t6 v7 ^: K$ B2 b! X6 z5 A* _. d) \) y( t$ h
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 9 ?8 b/ Y5 q2 H7 E0 _! ~; E6 p, |6 E& z
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. 5 G! k% p5 Q/ H: E1 ]$ y7 @7 e# Z' I1 ]% c w8 @
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. 6 K# q9 J% _. Y, L0 |0 N' b6 U7 o; B" S1 T/ [3 b- B1 _8 h! m7 P9 l
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?" n E7 {4 F- p. k. W# f( Q0 X
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!, c; B2 z8 y, T