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 Y+ o. e. L; [$ ?7 m7 T
% q9 g7 D0 q/ j. C) W8 R# ^; aL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。9 S. i# V. c& v- B( o) m0 L
1 w% G9 z8 ?0 c8 I1 K$ q+ N% LM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.5 o0 B+ j4 A9 b# f! Z) q
- [, \, v: ]! f3 _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？8 \. Z, B2 Q) M( |
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* _- s% ?; x' \- l1 I
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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？2 b1 z/ g& A1 l7 s' w' I4 ~3 G
, R- `$ F3 ]0 \7 Q* z0 X8 d; A7 ~M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.( g" t* W' e$ Q9 j
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?: d# b- M$ r; |2 l$ `
4 h; n3 r$ {! u$ ^. U& G" xM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.* v9 l( p1 m) c. @+ z+ M
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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？8 o; [9 }8 j( o7 A
( m$ i/ N# I4 H! E$ T+ w) PM：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. 1 b0 E; ^* K, i# W# k0 W! Y, Q4 J% F0 e5 R
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？ 3 g C8 }+ {! W1 Z0 `* t' B! c, E3 m; z: H' {# Q" P7 [0 p! W
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 V8 j$ I. d6 {
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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。 & i" W p$ w3 c0 l8 q& d' O 4 D( |$ q$ [" HM：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.6 n5 q G4 H/ e- q! k. b
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ! q$ c3 N6 y' G9 i) h/ k% w% b6 A: ]
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.4 p$ Z1 }: m# U# b( _% C8 l9 e& l
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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。3 a' p; g1 ]# `' Y. T+ j
9 B3 }4 T, f0 b# S% }% g, }* M% VM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. * \1 a# g) D3 ]2 _# E7 i $ l4 q; I) M9 I4 YL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？7 U" a' z$ h! c5 Z, t' g
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M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ' E$ Q; S0 {; d9 ]2 s/ q" s( p$ ]' X$ Z8 r* e% _2 x2 d, S
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？ . P% j7 Z) P: W. f2 C2 ^( n( P, J5 h% ^) t$ b# O; f5 ?
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. ' C$ j3 B& R7 {6 A1 E& E! K- ^% H% } + k' Y- G( |8 C% ]" VL：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？) {3 m% x" c- R9 H# N4 @5 l: n
- S6 `+ O/ Z8 i1 GM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? # R6 M9 }6 A9 U7 N. G: `5 U0 \" i8 O2 x, p; k/ e% t) O8 M5 ?
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。+ @, a& \. \) {3 ?/ s
; U9 Q* N% M# s1 x' |M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion., v2 n% V) S5 l9 d8 R2 M0 {
- u4 M, _( H1 N: ^0 C9 ]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. 5 n$ X2 S/ {* ^ G, X, D$ J' U9 ?( U& I5 C, E9 t
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 g* ~' q; r8 U8 e. x5 I% ]3 O
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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？/ w5 D' q' n+ H4 `& ]
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