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. 8 o/ n! g M7 R0 \* Y: W# Y # G, ?$ o% B0 {# nL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。% E! J: ~2 A2 q
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ' ], r4 m( i' D1 _) j $ W6 L5 Z4 g% o9 u" A. |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？! l% r8 O. m8 c0 `
7 n+ L2 d& m/ o: SM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.5 A: _. V1 j$ T& ?( k
9 i+ c* |! l) h1 w) D- QL：(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 @/ X5 u" ^$ B0 E : `1 W/ D% q9 B& b: pM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! F; E% @/ D4 u& E! F
+ d4 h: d! v) J# m; g% X# nL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?1 y( N8 K. [6 k
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.* u) g4 v7 |7 ^( p9 \
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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？( c8 N% i o" f9 |7 l' Y6 `5 V
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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.1 ]1 v( [) O$ 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？, L5 T4 ~ C8 B I3 P4 b' z
% s3 P j/ s `( WM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. ! V; X* `4 ?- {! }# x/ f2 T . b" O' w: o# G( b3 D" U7 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。- x8 t [" \6 D: W$ p6 I
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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.% B. e! q1 h+ x5 F4 `
& K& R$ a' n2 G) g6 x) J/ mL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ) I/ S [+ t1 r% B. H3 a . }1 r J( ]6 z; G# `M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.! j: ^. @) e$ j4 H4 t& @) y2 Y
7 ~" Q4 F% g$ Z n) K- hL：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。 & p/ [# e. M; j& @# c2 G 0 W! Y9 k, M* T- wM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.; q1 {6 C E7 L3 w8 a
* c6 T4 U% Y( N. @. |9 N' |8 R! x/ tL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？7 l* `! U) U: B! O z7 W* o8 V; W b5 T
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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.% y4 |. ]; L E/ g/ g( }: [
; A, a/ u+ U* N2 p, I/ rL：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 ^' G4 t9 a3 u* D: a' A
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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. 3 Q4 a) [; F4 {' ^" P' f; V / c: p% T) C+ h5 WL：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？( [, D5 [) [1 ^, b" q5 u6 A
' w1 e5 p0 P- \0 T# F/ k7 V& DM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?( m- h- y7 l6 L' p# D6 e3 X5 T+ H/ K
) v2 \( C. z2 ^3 lL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。$ r, n$ v# R( P( \, ?4 d
8 ]# J6 F( M4 ~2 z4 |# @+ C+ t# LM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 5 u$ t: @6 C+ m4 t$ `. q - @4 y, R# C$ T, q, T! |# PL：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. c* N4 j1 H7 f1 {" {# }! U1 | F% F* H7 Q# w* p* a! j, W9 v# E0 e
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.( n: P" a9 k# r7 U* N3 D
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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？ w/ m0 B$ i5 p3 T( T& g
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! $ {8 j+ r4 `* e! t6 {) _$ e8 M( Y% \0 Z6 K- |: v6 j4 k
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。7 f! d1 m2 ~/ t4 k* k9 j
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