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.4 x6 t/ d- @5 s9 Q3 ^+ O
- i, ]! e8 m0 W8 B( b( O" b8 zL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。2 o1 J8 I+ u) L6 ]* S: C I% I
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.6 f* C4 [0 u6 L) E
0 @7 N3 q; p+ [) W0 SL：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？ . _$ H5 t; V4 m, e# t( N( _' F+ Q : g' O6 t% T$ P3 nM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. - j6 e& V" J2 N# s$ \5 q6 o' ^# G$ x& z0 R1 o
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？5 s8 @3 A5 `. V) Q! K$ @' N0 }/ b
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. K5 M. |$ X1 V6 P7 |4 \* E ( h; M! G( q$ T7 W6 W* R OL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 8 ]/ J8 R# T8 w" E / p* R' t- v' I8 JM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.( B2 n- m: i* T
3 J! n: V, t4 u9 a) G9 w# JL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？! v, a: s. o7 Q ?7 n9 N- ?/ S* c
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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.) J: P- T5 \# R9 C3 h7 E
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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？/ m: W0 w2 \/ e+ s& b7 [4 K1 t
" }. g5 h* S) l- {M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 5 M/ W% h( i6 y* F- } 5 J0 b+ s$ U# _6 D8 G/ R' G% fL：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 E1 D! f3 {& C" V
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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.7 B, h: j# p6 b, D+ d9 H
. |. _' m: \/ H; hL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 8 r/ S4 V+ `! ~ , r* w+ _4 S$ m. g% `, H! d! yM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 2 Q- O- v8 [, N( x2 [8 Y- Z3 |9 N1 r! p# @ I
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。 - ? t. r5 y7 ^, J' ]+ B * t9 M# O( x8 H# I& K5 @ E0 _M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.' c! n1 S1 r6 q, h6 s* J
: |9 c4 T9 P' g! M5 m$ F; s+ |2 h% cL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ * u1 ]8 U( }+ [# l# J 2 f7 y8 W& v. z3 ]+ m3 U; s# j# I2 \M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 1 F1 D, T' \2 s% A8 N3 i- _1 j 5 k+ d: |9 r$ @+ d# pL：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？# A" @: V! W, m3 j9 M
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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. p6 ^5 a3 E1 T8 s$ x2 c- L' f
* u: a! {' d, k0 }- B2 A( pL：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？ ' H1 Y4 v- M! d0 x9 i 0 \+ m+ d% \ P$ l, \; hM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? & ]& s7 ^0 c3 e6 {+ h 5 m2 ]7 b! x$ T/ K2 d" X; L( o0 WL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。5 r5 `/ b; m+ N# q3 N
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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.( N+ D. D' Z3 M9 I
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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.3 g9 _5 x* D: Z
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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.2 Z) r) ^8 k, {
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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？ 7 ~4 w2 o& ^8 D3 Z. @/ D( y' f g0 Y5 I
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!) u u, N+ W$ W% N) H
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