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.- S: v1 n3 n: Y, G
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ( |( j: i6 l$ l . v' }+ A. Q$ |7 ]0 p2 P& x; w0 LM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. . W5 j; G7 I5 r8 h% H3 Z8 ]. g) B9 E" u
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？ 4 H9 K3 I/ j1 {1 c" @4 q& I3 J. ]6 g " I) q9 C, G+ y/ M- b1 eM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way./ X+ U) D% I6 b6 ]* s: C3 R" c
* I4 b, @/ _" o7 rL：(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？8 E! l j0 \- i/ ~1 q
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ e& a0 d3 Q; s0 A
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? * T* H, D C% g; N3 M) x* s5 x e% c$ _0 c: d+ \/ D$ K7 m' c
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.2 t2 }+ _" ~$ M; n6 e( S1 D
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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？: j( d$ x0 O |* ?
# c. j, a; k: v1 B9 |) \: n: ?& t6 qM：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.( Y+ s( Y7 i4 |: A7 s( O
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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？ / X1 }5 i9 | V* } 5 t5 \6 K# h0 LM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. % J: ^, ^$ O: I! p/ F& p- d$ |. _: A' u
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。 & j! ]( P& ?& m" s6 N$ Z( J# p# t) r% r+ o$ ^; `4 a2 n
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., D$ H$ I0 l4 V- W* d
- P9 j" U7 q1 i9 y9 }0 i, ZL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ , T. w1 R1 l- m! F$ n6 \ ( ]8 o0 O) @+ j# ?M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.$ |" {' v9 J6 q+ Q* {
" n/ m8 f2 U* @1 U$ gL：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。5 q2 g# e; U3 B5 y. s1 @/ A
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ' a$ T1 N% x+ `7 H! Z" p8 R2 [! T 2 |: i d4 _- W5 y' q3 t2 [. SL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 9 ^: V) U5 }: F2 B/ g7 Z1 h ( C0 z' {. [, CM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.. U$ }8 F* Y. @7 w7 o% x+ b
0 p; X9 a3 B5 a0 n* dL：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？' o/ D3 L# E9 z5 [8 ?2 W
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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. 1 v9 n2 I2 E( d- L6 }7 o; N) Y3 a. l* b
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？& O! z8 N4 B) R! s
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 8 I: w0 G0 u0 L* n) }' A% s+ G 5 N5 z4 `$ J5 u" NL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。* R! V5 F/ q. R% W/ w+ I
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M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 1 {$ p7 N& G- F$ F" X: |+ y 6 K) ^9 G! L0 p" TL：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. 2 {- K9 n2 C8 T" p# [7 T9 F" k2 g; A7 I4 \, z5 N
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.& G: p; e. t5 \6 @. D1 [
. I& |% \ R* f6 zL：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 k* q/ p% E( o$ x& r 1 h7 l/ N; c. n7 {9 j3 nM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! 3 t P. b( t) M7 N. D% a( I+ W. r! J* G1 o1 j; q* X0 l
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。 + A, |1 G, X$ D% s" d5 [# e 4 |3 M" }9 Y8 l$ VAudio as following: 6 J: ~" A1 v- ^: T
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