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.& q& R. O/ F( Q
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。. P7 [$ ?+ f0 j8 f6 ?" b
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. W1 V4 z& B, f" q8 @& f
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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? / o1 a/ \: n! M$ r! U d5 A4 O9 e% m$ z
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- |9 X$ ^5 C& Q) `& A B
; p, }; y5 I8 q% i: YL:(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? 5 q2 K G. r+ U8 l! X, _, s- G. z0 _* v) ]; u2 q# Q6 @& E
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 1 l" }5 S! S0 i% i4 x0 |" {5 ?0 w; d" j
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 6 p# j3 z: A, H0 e' _6 z. H B9 q% Q/ Y0 d3 Z
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. & e7 F. e! k- |4 [; `( b/ I6 o) i' q0 @) v7 r
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?4 k& A& Y0 j( F. F$ ? z
2 u, E. E/ G& \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. + h" R4 W# P& t- R' @5 S* Q8 g3 B0 p" Y3 ?6 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? 3 Q9 L3 s; p z5 a9 Y 6 q8 [8 H+ ` ?! L, \8 J8 EM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms." D( X! J5 J! d3 l' U' @: P/ a% I
/ W) M9 d, P# s) @* g. J+ n9 TL: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。/ ^/ d( q8 m5 m9 ]/ {/ W: C
" L" r# w" Y2 o8 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. # x0 A/ \ c h4 D4 @) M. Q# [: K+ C7 k% o8 z1 a- B! r
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! , G1 p: f% t! v 8 Y% H7 X' j8 CM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& d2 y# K7 d' X5 z
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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。 4 L1 }3 Q9 [* z8 z3 e4 o" a( C, o; W5 F+ i% ^; W' d2 Y5 G" J' y
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.1 j; \4 F* h) p1 H O. G
- O3 a& r- f9 `+ x* N; c* x4 l7 hL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? , A" {- ?4 f* ~ D @* m0 r( }; W2 |3 Z6 C z" Y& {2 U% m) 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., F" m+ X) q! I9 o, @9 [# }
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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? 5 C& s0 u, A$ F6 X8 O0 z' b( j. Z4 m- h
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.# v' s# H4 C2 z7 e
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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?% Z G4 \& l$ b* _( {- s
# V( U1 j% S. X7 r, G- uM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?. `' ]0 c+ ` k
2 Y* k+ h' X; \' m' k6 l7 T, wM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. $ j/ k, n1 i* ^( ]5 N- J 8 [! ]5 b/ j) S+ @+ gL: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. 9 P6 a6 h+ Y4 x# p% o , e+ k9 D7 s) k$ K, H: mM: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.7 h7 A( I! a8 t% A
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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?3 W) [, e( ^. S2 U
5 u! E8 W1 O5 h/ t0 Q/ Z( aM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 o T z- i2 Z9 g- v; j# S9 s$ K