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.3 N' Y: d4 | Z+ a4 ^; K
$ X1 k+ U( l, g4 {+ o8 r. eL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 1 S0 _; e; g) R. O 2 C- L. O8 \0 T a$ L: m, pM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. , q" @: B+ |! s" M7 o. M' H* O% j$ |$ r2 H3 D
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?- k8 {5 I8 M% R3 `' u% Z
/ E$ e4 R" A/ bM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 K: p% W" f, f& h: z/ |
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6 |) D$ O/ D0 x2 ^& G, ZM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ! U, J4 j# ?6 \: Z) X# o. R8 f `* f' ~- f/ A# O5 w6 c
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ A/ |3 q3 B$ R5 ]9 `# P8 b
7 L2 {% W& u7 s8 KM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 6 B9 O" e! t! ?2 M0 x5 e- @3 ^4 P5 i# c+ D/ k: C; W# x @
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? 5 Z( q8 o7 u- B/ ^ * I/ q) d# B' Y0 aM: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. + @* H2 W; m( o9 g; l' ~ ( r$ R) e0 I4 h$ Q7 X* ZL: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? 8 W( l) D* i$ o' T9 Q# g7 }( v6 t; u/ @1 w5 `7 [6 S, H9 ?
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 8 c2 h& e) v- k3 N' a! n5 [2 }2 k \! k) b1 f @- w7 o6 ]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。, w, [7 M1 e4 L& e9 P( ^" J
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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. ! T. j# i1 f" c2 b8 A( n3 i) @' \' t7 }: Y( t9 X: y
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! \$ ]" ]$ h0 b& A . q: o5 \& r/ J7 H% Q- z# P% uM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.* U) B. L7 K/ q/ [6 i) r9 @
E2 i( d4 ?9 y0 c$ k1 N6 z; A2 q$ PL: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。 ( ~' Y! z5 J4 K& T* H f. k! C! V7 L% `% N
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 9 b. X# p. R$ j % v- H2 h' A# {L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 0 C8 a" n [7 U( N8 i3 s ]( I9 @! v7 o8 r# O* l n J2 M
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ! v6 ^: K' B# h- g; c/ |) K; F & g: c1 r/ t" h+ W+ f% T Y& vL: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?% P2 K7 h6 n6 Z% I+ R1 |4 c. |4 @
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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 J6 X( I. w% ^0 j K3 C
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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? $ A% K, w, l2 P) H 2 S/ p' B4 o* x+ g$ S4 A& E0 KM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?8 P x+ F! C6 g9 T# L' b) _! w! N
5 T6 T/ I4 W! n' P7 b8 A6 yL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 + n% O( v6 d8 I! z3 F; I$ v, c& K4 ]1 }! i# e, s4 s
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ( Y& f% K i: e: I0 S: g- [( m- O2 q; L D& F
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. 0 t2 l2 U1 Y, b: s+ V1 W5 d/ p) }
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.# J0 W' k2 E: G& x
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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?9 {# e, a4 H5 W1 k6 [8 {
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!2 m; Z0 Q/ @: @" c, v0 K1 Q
! T$ V2 Q b/ Q( x: N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。5 V0 `+ {, |5 X. E
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