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. * ^6 j1 I% g4 j6 f* M2 ~( _/ B; N( P. B# Z6 T
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ; A) Y& m: e% N3 E6 T 3 v' J! @# @3 ^0 QM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- M* B$ L4 p& V- P, R
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 5 g7 u4 d- M( O p+ o- F s- }4 g8 }7 x, rL：(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？0 U/ g' ]8 Y+ w% q5 [# L
& w" q& o9 T! t+ Y1 Y. e, UM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 8 o( y# ?# h5 g' s' Q4 d7 f) b8 V/ y: x% e
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? & x9 R% e1 {5 w$ ]* V6 ~2 \2 s# X1 A( D; N
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 3 w0 p% b5 G; Y y7 m' d. F' A3 W" M# k. {, A8 Y+ P2 w4 }* i
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？" e9 R0 k y+ U# G8 ?
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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.; R) a- ], _1 v9 f
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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？. G- w o8 \5 r# B! z1 c/ F
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. / r; Z j4 Y/ c w4 r5 Y% ^9 s+ W& r/ ?9 `
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。! b9 G7 m- A: B4 P* G& L/ l
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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.# n. a! H1 |# s, ?# Z
6 J1 {$ j" Y# ^2 R) LM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.6 n4 m3 Z$ L) c
. Y: g! C2 o% R' `$ qL：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。7 x B/ k6 T; H3 c# n
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.% a4 y1 K2 N" J2 T! a( S
3 r* j0 w; v7 n/ W" ] ?' R4 K1 BL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？) _; ^4 P) _; s" u: E: t0 R
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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., x- a7 f H, ^" ]- z) I# V8 `4 T! ~& y
7 }; r% S$ L Y, g- W H e- e* [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？ ' s# Z% @6 d! {/ ~8 { $ K$ P$ O! N4 N5 G# c2 J1 [! ZM：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.0 y ]" k( A/ I$ ]; ?* F
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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？' K' O7 O/ t- I- ?: J# r- @
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? n' B h/ B6 B# K
+ Z3 C2 m, M2 S9 O2 ML：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。+ w9 U) N' ?, X3 P! j" A3 }5 x
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M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 0 D1 s. |( A. I: s' S7 [ 4 a( F" F% d! h4 i0 A0 {) PL：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. : h7 k) }- [7 G; V/ q6 p# k0 M( H6 D
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.; p( K# w" w8 Z8 l2 b, g
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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？+ R Q( Z$ ]) H% i5 H
) C; ^+ r- o* @' QM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! 5 ^) A" [: T3 O- y) o n7 i* A1 c4 u' T8 G( `
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。* }: u; P6 \2 X- U4 B1 [9 V$ b+ ]2 b
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