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. n6 i: c8 f9 i8 l3 _$ h8 ]6 t4 {* O5 }; I
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。1 g: X! [ L) O n+ M
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. & M- j4 O( h `& M2 p; X 2 t, H7 Y" U9 s- F9 h, S7 h N% Y- n. bL: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 w( Z6 u5 P4 l: A( ?' @- s; b: k# j3 Z9 W! A4 {6 j
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. - ?% K4 O3 M4 L% [, M7 F' N; ]3 c$ L ]) s8 X5 A6 k
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?$ \; n7 e! g- e s3 E
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. - Y1 X$ J( F( W5 E" {( Q 6 K z$ a$ P7 m x9 jL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? . q5 D. [1 v. P7 T9 e t0 f6 G0 X ' z* B: v7 Z& [ p/ D( U) f9 \: dM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.7 ?- F2 f6 g- {- h
7 u) _! J4 C7 z5 h& U% Q! `2 V* B+ PL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? - W& Y+ K) }. }# x3 e/ P8 e ! T3 v2 r4 V: v) ^" UM: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.- x; e+ k# g( W$ b2 B7 V$ k" e1 E
- Y8 h! w! G) a' Q' eL: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?; N' S) `$ D; Y
7 G' E" M( N+ ?5 EM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ p: B* t& X7 M/ J/ x
: @. K* [ ]% d4 i8 S3 w! u {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。 / K% K9 ]6 f/ d( D& n8 _$ _8 T ) q& ~, c, T3 o/ u% ~; j% yM: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. " C( L( L% x( p" _4 @- m5 O2 d H ) K4 N& Q: a4 V: G# KL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!5 S+ ?, j. A. u( C+ l; M" @
' M( \; T7 z) Z1 {: oM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.% T" G) [3 U6 C% w- h7 c/ m& t
1 `1 J. P7 B" O7 F7 j" iL: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。 $ v0 J& A5 z2 \8 |$ C/ }4 F ' t, U6 S8 q2 g( MM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ' p" T. a* z& C n5 ^5 w) f3 n$ n9 Y: F
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 1 _+ ^7 v I, g- Z% t, y; j% d0 D4 v( p# S5 a. ]
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.2 H9 h; T/ @) y9 q" }! O* z& n' U
4 e# y9 U7 { A$ c) o0 b( {, nL: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?3 i# R; t- O- X7 t- H/ ?; B2 R3 f
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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.4 e, b/ a& l" I" M7 j; d
( i, b1 Q& H0 I2 F1 [8 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? + A8 O* ~# X: m9 ^" d. @5 c! J( ~, q
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?' w! j1 z5 D# `% q4 h
0 c* e" T. d0 Z1 p, p W5 k! sL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ' Q/ P* w; a% \; i; j0 `1 y4 S9 [. r % S) f" P* r; b# Y$ o6 p; C: YM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.5 b% g2 E. `! _+ W7 y, [6 v7 o
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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.$ K. M- |' ]- }: A' [