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 c5 W) Y: Q% w; q# k* m/ s
8 E( @$ Z1 `# K X' V- v: W, R5 }# [L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。& Q0 Q# A; C6 v
6 ]2 e3 ]+ `% zM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ! v+ i. O8 P$ @9 U* S4 H' P8 _ w3 @/ A7 l* HL: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?; h% B$ P7 g' b8 Y
+ b, j0 N6 b3 X+ j; W3 e# D- oM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.; i+ M4 T6 h% Q3 t2 g. t
3 N% _- X' V' I4 qL:(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? , O5 R9 z2 {' ^6 r" j$ \# N- p: ^: ~9 s( F# G3 G$ w; m: f
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. * V; j5 ^, Y( H7 s0 J+ _* U, b- x+ _$ F, s1 Y" a4 D
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?0 ~" s/ L! K [- l1 ~3 h
: Q M2 [5 H; }2 R" }5 r$ u7 lM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.+ C: z) j/ J F' a5 n5 f4 I. a
" m8 U: W. E0 i' l) q8 mL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? ( a- K3 b: q; Q+ i; Q- F1 H! ]
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.5 c- n0 _% E3 G# w; A) c6 c
7 E- @ [7 @6 X GL: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? . c" j" A. `( `& ]( m* B7 S4 P9 P + V9 T/ b2 w3 N% V" _; Q# ^M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.) d% u# s# K( S$ N1 [1 @
# @, Y0 K7 K% z0 \# N& |# SL: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。" M. `% f( @0 H8 l6 B
3 D) e* ?* B: hM: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.. w( C g/ E' o% W/ P
) u6 j# E- L/ m+ p/ PL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! # \' c- o; B! X# ?: n 2 }$ k5 b0 r" d! H! ]. `M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. & [6 j1 E5 T, T9 e2 |. N) O' S& F+ Y1 n
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。 3 k& g9 S- |2 Q u) |) S- e0 t; o- Y- h+ U
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.9 P! G8 q' V- y9 Q0 T! l
3 Z) M- b5 i2 S7 t5 W9 M4 C( ~L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?- W8 [6 @- c) b& N$ G
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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." Z5 w9 E. _& z F6 S, C' y
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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? 6 a$ z1 A* J. r8 h0 D# \( T4 E" P! o
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.7 y8 p, h G# |& ?/ |" W$ `
# v A3 q& f! l. Y, [2 e. XL: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? - B8 l: [2 A: h( _. y, Z- s# o5 W( }4 A. p3 R$ H
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? , X6 T$ g6 }+ |4 n9 l ) D5 s$ R& o! B9 NL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 G6 [9 o) l, f/ L$ d! P4 ~+ \
0 _- f# ?- N9 o0 m9 B; kM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ( T! D- }$ |* g$ m* [/ ~- K5 s! D, i5 V; `
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.8 B% m4 ^6 Q7 V
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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 x: }) E0 v, A5 ]! a6 V& h2 V( e! D3 w W F* d
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?+ y5 U& v1 M- {8 |4 w