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.8 n1 D( n4 r+ k3 ]' }! E" h# p: r
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 + G7 X9 o. o, i2 C8 l6 C7 t , Z; C$ V5 s- R* J! o& ^8 QM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. o; m! M6 i/ O. `! s$ X
' f9 c) k. N% s4 HL：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？ , W: g( J9 N6 v 5 K$ a: ~* u3 U- @M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ Z" R- G& R9 e+ V$ K4 k
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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？( A+ z6 L4 w; u& T- y) V) [
+ c6 `: e* t4 y5 t3 ]! qM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. . O g+ Q" ?; W* r# |; y+ i. Y/ k1 s s/ `1 E! V9 ~
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?! R0 q) Q/ E3 W8 a( Q5 [
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. $ T+ O3 c' q; X3 r$ S% W) U ; {& G3 F8 m4 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？ 8 B; {/ H! z& x 9 m" n* s2 p( c/ X' i# s- GM：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. 2 O6 V; k: ^3 S1 B6 B, l, E5 d0 ` U
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？ . n. Q& e7 y h0 R9 X6 R8 {0 b: {. m# p1 @8 _; n& Q
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.9 f. D4 b* d) Q( ?8 g! S% z! d
( e: V0 D7 o) Q" o1 q* l! ~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, t. x3 b g \
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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.0 C( y. R3 N$ X3 w* ~# u
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！4 `& R/ Z2 F7 O7 B
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. . H$ U) u$ M j" h9 R: P S) i! p8 _, t7 |% {; A9 b/ B0 JL：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。! \2 z, \& r- n6 l0 O
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. . c F2 Y1 _2 e# x . A4 l" L2 F2 O; gL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ # X e$ P8 ?0 e$ D6 k 9 Q' W+ Q' m# Q4 M% G% R8 Z1 kM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy., D6 @/ m7 c. \' P% j; N) ]* r
# r5 M, Q0 \% ^" r& a2 PL：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？' e3 Y% M5 ]7 S7 m9 q
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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.+ h+ z& w6 H, i4 k
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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？4 ]- P& y4 G1 N# x
G! q* r+ E6 [' DM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? : b$ s9 e& B/ C $ L) u" c0 E2 z) u Y* j k. FL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 & g( |2 [5 }/ I4 u7 ^; H2 q3 L+ r6 J$ f1 N! ^, n/ n
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ! @+ \7 c% C* w M# x% ]& Y- Q . ^0 K6 E$ _* n: ~- l( vL：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.- Z* ^' R1 b9 B8 ?5 f* E
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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. ! b0 }/ l% N* D2 @8 q# J 0 a( N4 \, G" D! iL：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？ % D, C' }5 H; `6 K" s$ T$ M0 e/ p2 z, P
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!* O7 ~. }% b3 O3 d6 v
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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。7 }7 @. V$ e' {& Z
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