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.; V5 `* M/ {- X1 V3 F
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ' U& X. Q5 X7 V4 p, J7 x8 n/ o7 t# [ D7 ?9 c8 O
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time." W& F' G8 l, X2 R% v
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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？) J) z! X5 k/ W" _6 V+ [$ ~3 Q
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- g h5 q! r( G3 n9 p+ D/ ?1 O. p9 p8 e
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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？" _+ g h' d8 S7 j
9 F, s) J8 P$ H% K* fM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! _! L% U- }( W: x* j6 I/ K1 _) K
: L, R- R& Y7 J2 RL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 2 @) K9 J& I6 k7 n6 Z, |: E 6 @- ~6 s9 o$ R* P& T: iM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.0 `( Z4 o' ~( ] t8 C. {/ ^
4 w& @. L# W x/ l5 [2 e* dL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ , j1 B3 N% g6 v% r$ m# k; q, X, P/ c9 B" b
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.3 t' C# `- g! H/ z: k8 y
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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？ ' `+ G8 K, {. U: n3 r( Q( Y, e9 y0 l3 _, c2 }- t: h" @
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.9 R9 w/ f; L& V3 C; n/ [
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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。+ B$ m' U7 P# q
0 B* c- I4 [6 y5 ?0 T. \( _& {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.2 G8 @7 w; I5 M3 W( D
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ & a( y8 f' ]( x) F . O2 ]* c+ ~& _M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. + D4 s# E+ M* `2 l& D6 L: \( O 8 _1 p+ G3 n: `) O f! _) nL：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 U$ g/ t- K5 q3 A6 [
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 8 U$ T9 l( x0 Y/ R 8 j; ~+ O/ P( b. z8 FL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 1 {3 x ~. O( |/ N+ V) R/ @ " }* e. T( h1 s( e+ S" fM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. * I' Z+ P' m& x0 m. f9 t- G0 Z/ ~5 u( z3 ]
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？# P; M1 }) o# d
4 B; h5 x. T" E {( ~, NM：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.& r& A2 R% e) L. J7 }$ X3 O3 ]
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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？ ; D- E! t& \2 R9 E/ F / e( y/ Y3 b3 V+ B% x6 |3 H; KM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?; K$ b4 v! p L# z
5 _$ V% u! ^* z& a# S$ O# TL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。- H- q* j- Y6 s* c0 k. t5 z
) S1 ^0 x/ B8 Y" N! YM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion., x0 z! d! L% T1 A( Z
* o3 e8 C6 s. X/ G6 \# w0 F+ gL：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. 7 ~+ R- O. d& g5 F# `3 p/ j " N5 n" l. w. qM：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. ) {: L4 ]' D, ^; D & z* s" G, f! x& q* AL：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？# d2 z# M! x% P! j
) L9 v" S; m1 x2 N/ k; h; lM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! & t$ e' s$ }* ]" e& h1 [6 ~! i/ D
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。 * [* D, D0 X( ^& t' n * }7 Q: \5 K# ^( h+ pAudio as following:" O/ n3 a! \# M/ l! M" k
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