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. ; c- g2 U. N; B- K5 o# f& @8 P( I3 y6 \+ f3 ~9 \9 s! B
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 . g7 f4 [3 I( V. F% F4 C! U4 W' |; t9 {3 f) d+ K* Y
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.$ s3 X6 D- D- M/ B' ?0 H2 s
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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？ 2 [, C! h/ o9 V# @7 E ! _, _9 z+ r) Z$ F' ~4 E0 ^M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.. D4 { H& Z5 G% f
8 i$ R' Y& }, E; D& N1 F. d! ~' q: b% iM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. . v/ }& ?+ l) W) R . l$ V$ k! g3 G# GL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 2 G9 `7 O% V t& g6 W7 v; E ) _$ X6 D/ X. e* v( O, UM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.8 G5 ^9 T1 g' G1 Q8 n. ~
/ k$ W% E: ]. R: X' jL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ " Z2 J1 i4 ]) u+ c& d5 r. r) X: W9 C: m) q; i. W) e% L
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.) U) e% J9 q# @* ^
; M0 g3 W7 k" y1 z- Q3 [; YL：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？ 8 u" I: p% C" ?( N& z " L$ i6 `$ T, v4 I. Y1 vM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 2 R- F1 u" J% ^4 L+ |! t8 I) a * W: G7 S% m# r" 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。 $ q9 j- l1 R& @$ ^5 O) w: U$ Y' d/ z! R F6 H1 H+ i; u/ U. q" H
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. 1 _! z/ F9 ^# W& F& a9 A& x* |, O$ d$ u( M
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ " |9 ]+ v2 a6 [! `" K6 ^* f: }( x' ?
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. / E" D2 z" H3 P 8 ?7 _. W9 Y2 d6 {+ ?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。 , G) |" W* [% h8 y % t P; s: t, v# e1 d7 ?! n) X& \0 uM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.. U a7 I' q1 s) C- p1 i" g
5 d: P8 H7 F* Y" B2 K* c d, WL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ & g( n" l$ d+ j. N, v. f ! `8 I. r" R3 x' ?! @8 ]# q2 fM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ; ~: z( R5 a0 Z- c7 H+ t9 f5 z" _- i9 t& F. G& Z5 p
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？) }6 r2 k% _- {
8 |0 r5 s2 z6 _9 e( hM：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., N1 L, z( W/ I( I
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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？0 m% z! ]) V; l/ S& }4 ]
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L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 4 p5 f, L7 y' F+ p6 p 7 W9 M" S' ~5 m9 G. iM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.4 f) M% W. ]6 y- B; @ S
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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. $ r% Q4 P* G2 n. D) n1 J( J. p1 ? b+ g0 `1 E! K, @& p
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.0 T( K" Z$ t( [' @- f. W
) v% |# u- y' oL：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？ * x1 d2 d. c& K8 Y* o. |+ r / C' Z( u4 u* ?! l% z y9 u. `M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!$ B1 n3 O# W5 `5 K& d d1 ~
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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。 0 j& V) P& s7 m* X& d" j% B+ ], c7 _* M- i* E9 F+ f* n
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