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. 2 r+ H3 C" i6 n9 b+ x k1 ?! F4 k+ w' p, d* F9 x2 T |
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 $ | Q7 D+ @3 f % h8 w- W+ q1 Y3 o& Y( n1 a+ yM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- {: D7 Z! i$ `# m1 p1 j; p
+ a" M. t' |% R( rL：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？ ( i% E1 Y8 g# q, k/ z' s( q 8 @# \ e6 x$ J% d- v7 `M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 3 W5 [3 ^$ D7 r! y9 S4 f. G F7 N" Z2 s
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？ & C |6 \- `$ T8 d" O+ l 3 y) F. [0 S3 @ r6 }1 R+ u# D4 |# k0 L7 \M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.( k/ h: T1 H9 Q3 @$ K: k
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?% ?5 A L6 b/ [3 b
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. # N. G w% }' v9 i# N9 f 3 q- n) w) A- y9 j$ v' ZL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？* m) o8 S; t% L: q2 D. L
( R, |) Z5 E! ~# eM：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. ( U# z1 S* }% ` L + m; |. f( l, E6 d' v: F5 G# fL：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？5 a( m3 v! t' n( E- T
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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。 3 Y7 b' X1 V/ s # G3 F" F k+ |) X+ VM：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. ; W4 Z% ~4 x9 U4 @) a$ `! q! C* F, ^ ; w5 V, A6 j. H0 B& E. IL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ : {5 ^% ]/ q) V( \ 5 X* n3 n/ v' U( _- |0 ]! ?M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.9 I' ]# d; h% S4 T' a9 a
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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。1 I4 p) u) a! d9 z7 g
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.5 c, J' U! J2 s; B# P: T% j! Z
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？: u0 x9 {8 b) U
3 c1 z" U4 i7 V! kM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.+ @7 d3 c7 R8 s1 v l
2 J; G! F4 \$ h$ S( ^+ j2 H2 Q |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？ 1 W( s; r W; v+ H3 A- Y" L / U7 u1 f, `7 C. d! C! uM：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 A: j" u9 _. S: L7 F9 x4 J7 O ' K$ Y8 T; a0 x4 D+ ^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？9 [+ K N* i. q# Q! X- E! y5 M
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# D; I: i0 w }/ {7 _
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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。3 @% K' ~: k$ v
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2 c2 Q4 e: k+ Z2 o6 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. ) W* Q4 [ W) b9 d) Y* B- ~4 |3 `8 Q7 F8 _
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. 8 S, k+ [5 I; s5 G+ ^/ N( e7 B+ W$ \* R+ `6 x
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？ |" ]! U) y# J1 V0 V! o
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0 M2 `0 E6 n, x/ T# w% q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。 & g9 u& Y/ W7 J& s. g 2 N( N& ]* g; T( w4 V# zAudio as following: 0 Y0 T- M( x7 y2 Q+ g2 J
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