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 }7 ^, [' Y4 P P3 e( y' p5 J4 [( X5 ]+ V' W; Y7 m" ?
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 3 e% I" e: A" i 9 S* `6 A; n8 j/ J* z1 x5 R+ ~M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ; h1 f$ Y: O0 }) I _/ n$ ^7 Q% X# V
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？2 G6 W6 z5 R* i4 v
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. . k' F5 M) R, [9 x , `0 k$ L8 q% s+ }+ 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？ " y* Q& E9 n* z5 d C 7 ^2 A( y& _+ C9 E+ R# B5 w' u6 RM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. : M" s* j$ X2 R1 v5 Z ; ]7 ?5 w7 X$ Q, BL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?: i' b6 N6 M" p$ V% {
" s8 J+ p2 e. {; h0 }! hM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 8 s" a5 U0 {& e. y4 e " g, M- S4 X2 O" ?" Z. I0 {# OL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ # }) j0 q+ I1 i5 M/ d. L ; x8 ?: N, @# f8 N2 xM：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.* i. p2 [- Q, H1 P: i1 B7 i& o$ K
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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？ O5 B4 {+ @9 ]1 W1 J% c. z1 H
3 Z- t8 H6 M: d. b( t) \M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. - [: t- r) I0 d! ]( a5 Q* S1 a2 |
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。. ]; M) ~9 W2 { K' b
\3 r+ j) C1 S: P4 \ b6 \; T5 u- }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. ! O+ D/ @& B% q8 r O 0 x' f6 _, g2 s+ ]- x" _: ?L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！- e* @% a$ g/ V6 t0 e
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. ; K4 M) F1 @4 o; q* R/ D2 f2 J( }: l4 {
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。- _# L/ ~" D5 U( v! v" Y
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.$ k% \0 Y' J' \/ O/ E9 ?
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ M- b. V) G1 B. L9 C6 u
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M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. * D( l0 f/ k |, c7 H3 f% e0 N8 i$ W% e9 S9 d
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？ . z. |: q: F/ X: K( `% N ; Y/ N) ]# x, R+ V5 h) V# ZM：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. 6 d, I( d/ v1 L# B' @ ' O) B+ w- [0 ?- D4 w: B9 zL：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？% W0 X" u0 z( c1 ?6 i
# s7 |$ e l5 ?/ C" A2 ~0 yM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?5 C. }5 t: v% S! X6 u' C2 H, Y. {% S
$ i$ X+ S: V5 B Q1 `/ M4 ]L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 - x0 B: m8 c8 G; k9 T" v9 g5 t' u) m0 j( `3 ]4 o6 M& a0 F
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion./ j; ^" F" S2 Z# t; a2 s% i" e
8 G, _! Q1 t4 j; lL：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. ' M% J1 t; y# k9 \, `5 M* j : o2 Q% t% s% z% t @ l8 v& d6 rM：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.+ C# ]2 ]: X% y( E1 o1 h
( \1 @- R, J, I" c/ S- TL：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？ M, [' B5 e! t6 O2 E ) u. u ?3 ~7 z- k R9 ~M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!9 S! f5 f5 A0 R' T! b
) M6 V# |6 \ ?& F5 P1 C. x3 [- Z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。$ m6 G9 V) _# [% g2 a. J, N0 ]
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