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. 0 t. `' b' K! ?* D; }0 K : Q4 t* m$ X+ |1 {L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 1 J* @: O( K; b8 M Z , f4 G% f, b. n; M2 aM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. " F+ n0 x f$ A * I: ]! q# d+ GL：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# h+ Y% M1 ]( {) Q( f
0 e- V( a1 S3 p/ R1 P- A% {; wM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ~/ T. |7 f, X7 A' [2 c
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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？; E# N+ V' ]& v% r, A8 Q* o4 T( A
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.2 o6 A/ M2 Y1 O# G/ N |* ]
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?$ W/ t9 z) Q) n9 s
: c+ h3 |% O4 U L( e% WM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; j- f# v& |( F2 r, B* A
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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？4 M1 _8 \5 z ~8 ]$ t
E/ |( J9 K4 gM：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./ \2 Z, I& r' b& d+ f! R! x
0 v4 R9 I3 ^* ^ { s; M# u# ]: mL：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？ & N9 F4 ?9 V! l! y+ b3 Z" ^8 X1 T( k) Y/ H! F6 q/ b
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.9 D" n( f# a5 f9 ]. \5 a) Q
" l1 s' M5 l- j G) cM：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. % i" e y' F! L4 n) n' f G . }: I7 @0 B H5 rL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！) ?$ n" ~' L# D) Y% v0 W
/ q- K! R( p% j# t0 ~! W$ _M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.. Y5 R2 z& k; e6 a' r2 {& R
2 S: h& r' M9 x8 oL：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。 / \- w) `' s) g% F% f- e. U) J/ r1 _* ]1 \" O. ]
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ! q9 I+ B m, x9 t/ u6 Z* ~) b% h
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 1 p' v' p+ L. `0 c, {# M* l) b; h4 e6 ]- S9 D' ^
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 7 X7 |9 ? t/ c' |# @% u / d" k2 c% k7 [5 |/ QL：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？ # R6 p8 y4 C/ c3 S& c {. z' p7 g' l2 d2 ]! kM：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.4 D7 G1 R. R. S
2 B, N; }% B. V: k3 @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？7 w# q# I% D5 G) p/ C7 h7 G
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?- J( V0 s( R2 F) Y( l% E9 K# t
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L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。7 |; K' m% u9 ]/ R; Y
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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.& s7 ~& s. x8 R/ w* _2 Q. H0 T
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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.& k$ E! a! Z% r/ E! v; p. G. h
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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. 6 q; |4 V# ?9 o, r 8 S' z; K3 a+ i: gL：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？. ^- [! r; L% ~ Z! f0 u: _) `. R
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! 5 ]5 x' B/ E3 V1 v5 }+ k' l& k. ?. Z0 _3 W- C
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。 1 W7 `- p* e# y* P+ B" G' i F I! u% w( e' F
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