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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？; Z+ G/ z% @" o, y8 b, I+ L! K
& V( o! ^) q$ C# Y2 l4 O6 d5 F ZM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ }' f- l# G, G: l7 W- {
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?% ?& Q% @8 t- t: ^9 _6 N" C
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.* X1 [/ }- J# R
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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 S3 g6 L+ V4 |- |, Y9 F8 A: t7 @ G5 |/ ]
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 L! ]6 v. ]8 v5 S9 B9 d5 T/ u) L
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？+ p4 ^+ u' X/ A6 G" r% B: g% U# X
4 Y' t4 I$ }5 j" v2 @M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. * t F- O7 D8 b% [% U& r4 E( [) b$ m: p
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。 7 F) C; u8 L% u. A8 a# `8 E ! B2 W, ]* [" e7 R9 f! ?1 ~: [, mM：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.! _8 U( @9 \8 [9 A9 y3 f$ n
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！* N7 B9 ]1 \: f" x# X. j4 h
/ s4 ^: I7 J. U. @M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 2 F% q0 j# f1 R; v3 ]6 e0 O' s ! \% f8 V) I, K! O% gL：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。' U! ]1 z, q* I
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？5 U" x h# X' p
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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？ * Z5 D3 I# A/ W- g2 e9 H * d/ I+ r' s- y! H) {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.5 X y) B4 Y# v W- l b; l. u+ E
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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？" Y* Y, ?6 s3 s4 J& j
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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. . ]# Q( g; f% H6 {$ ~4 C+ k1 g/ S6 N
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. ! S+ F3 r* G# v. B1 Z5 T& v3 ^# o3 ~% Y, [- [
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. 4 v l" A" u6 f8 g: j9 Y' g( h " w1 \% B* @! r0 h9 n7 SL：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？ - S, a5 H: J; D* n3 o0 r% S; {- o; t/ K, {* p) k
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! / N0 ]3 J$ Q" z2 n! L% j4 {5 U* R. N# X! n$ 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。 ' q/ X) v4 G4 i( k( o0 O1 x5 `1 `4 g2 `: U5 q3 q [7 b
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