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. , R1 ?1 F% K+ o. @& m, S. {8 s + u9 T9 n9 t6 g3 }! uL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 . @: A3 Z% s2 L' c( [# q4 U* L( ^6 G1 B. O% |7 H9 R# O- u+ M0 g
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. : \7 p; t h! S7 N/ V2 U; n% v/ w
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?5 \0 S( E! T. i# F: E: W& p1 U
0 P# }" G! s: o6 FM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. & K- u0 q7 y, ?. ^; D5 S8 Q2 x9 W: v3 Y/ C. }7 c
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. j8 U, W" `% w3 ~" C4 [- W% p1 ^6 F
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.0 j& |; }4 _9 N/ d* u, K
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?% t0 r5 h+ ]4 S, L- o
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.( d9 N, y' x& W
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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?+ G" u) {0 L0 C! {3 I9 |% i" `. K
1 t- G2 h- G/ p$ u e" _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. ( n+ D' M+ c& F( _& H9 e% S+ V0 T + D8 _, 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? E8 M* w+ v8 l3 ?, A! R8 {
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.! m [4 z& l$ h6 U0 g3 p
3 h0 b) T! u5 i; B! wL: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。 }, r* z9 \" f, W- q. R( J& B5 S
2 ?# B+ ~" `" E9 IM: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 J+ r3 Y! {+ n L/ x' c1 R8 ~! O8 k
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!$ h9 O/ b7 g! L2 v% Z
* [+ f& Y, K0 F( Q% v6 M3 V" eM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip., X' u! |# P# a9 |0 o: n* w* M" O
" R7 G% Y/ q9 \, P- 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。 J) Q5 H2 W0 |- E8 V3 P 6 ^2 y4 |) c4 Z: T3 n" A& G9 hM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- i: M& [" H3 ]* X+ X+ z
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?0 T: M- y3 s; j2 i! t5 U* V( J7 Z
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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. 2 |3 n5 M7 l, u+ I+ U7 M2 A2 _+ _) m/ y! X
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? 9 i9 ]. t" L! g3 Q # g' W. d2 N( _1 w4 d$ `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.! x9 x* D9 H% i# H2 B& m3 a) O
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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? 8 t2 I1 |% a z: x! A- J+ ]4 ?. c1 H# ~" M
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 8 l* `1 y! @2 k) _/ N / B1 J/ F1 Q* mL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。3 I! j/ o/ T* ~. N, m' @
7 \% h7 k m& L [1 p# G: CM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 7 A% H# q" t. G3 D% e+ I6 B * j- ?+ ~4 o! }% y& @( f4 v7 `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. 6 V* B0 `6 r9 P$ k. m4 z7 q, I+ J
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.* [ n0 B4 t6 b* x0 {5 t4 ~