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. ; x$ ^7 r+ i; ?$ K; ~, p " l5 C3 G( {( d4 oL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 5 l5 F3 \) Q. g8 R" T0 X* K / h6 ^. _' f8 Y4 ?7 [M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.7 K! J8 S! H+ w' z6 L) M! \+ u( i
* c( ]2 f4 @, [ |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?- \$ s- ?4 j' n+ ~( g
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 }, Q2 a5 _' P: m. u3 C3 Q5 K
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( J& J+ B. N8 h9 ^# `M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 3 [/ U! r* x& q* o2 @1 F+ [ : H1 o6 y0 k; a5 XL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?& Y C( u5 b0 s* O( Z* v" Z' F9 a; j
2 Z3 t/ U. [8 b% [& l4 dM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. , H4 c- C* r) n% I9 @# K3 E$ J [' ]" A2 O8 I7 }
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? / a& U6 t- w6 ? ; z! {4 `' r+ X7 t9 `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.: ]3 Q4 i6 d4 ]* \% d( |
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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? # S3 M: i6 I8 G. U! W5 v: F) Z e% ]3 U+ d+ j @ P- k. E! ?9 N4 e; H
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. # Y/ d2 C5 _' \6 U" J; e) m; d; N0 Y
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。; U, T5 C' n3 H: L) E6 `! H1 ~" c$ q
7 T, A3 b/ m. ZM: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 T) w9 ?+ A6 {( E8 x' @: N5 A# d9 [+ I
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! ! L$ i0 ^6 d, Z# e. j / g- g" ]; G! S! c( @& YM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 4 g% K. U6 }$ C+ A3 _/ P* h2 T 0 \0 N; q+ H& F( c) [; N! k2 X9 eL: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。% w% `" H! c$ x& ~+ r; ^ @" y3 @
8 h& A" T; b# ]7 OM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.* M6 D1 `& R, e' k7 d. x' z
& Q( p4 |2 L5 r# j0 xL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 7 l" S+ J: ~4 J' a. O9 y$ V+ p5 D7 T/ M9 _/ |, C& x; |; j& ^' }
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. W1 o6 T( F/ e
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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? - }; b' r* i) f" S 3 X- R# g7 K, a, n: ?; M/ A' ]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.* G% N, J( C& G% t' e: 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? + a9 W3 L: `* F9 F& v+ _! I / \8 o% I F7 y3 `( W) A5 XM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ; B# M* y( H7 X8 C/ o$ G : j5 h5 o* k: |- y6 aL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 $ j9 {- _' F% {9 T : e( `1 p# {" ?/ ~M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. $ `- w! t3 X* d - n% B& G* |) q, L; M- FL: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.# e9 _* Z: t& x7 E: x. i
w% z, }- T0 Y4 |( F/ l# EM: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. 1 M4 v* `. q6 W- y' R5 W1 H9 F ( A! r# _! ]8 T5 }3 p( s" jL: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?+ s' f: u4 e, e# \3 k
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! 7 e: B0 D6 t) T* M x! B F% E9 t2 c+ f7 h/ ]
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。 # B, }" s) j/ Y7 ]& h( E. Y 7 b- z. `- L8 }2 F1 lAudio as following: 0 [( \9 Z m# ?5 v) o( q$ t5 |