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" w2 X6 h: q+ F
+ g8 b' D2 u" k6 p5 w( }L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 # H) R4 i: _% C5 S6 m# b" |+ m* o8 B# o
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.5 |$ {- a l2 O$ a8 U$ h
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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? 6 v3 n# a/ D2 ^$ t, o% J# B, z6 w6 {6 F/ [' J S) l
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.' }# D) f1 Z5 f
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L:(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? * @/ P, t1 u7 m# |& y+ k7 _1 h' E3 V( D# o: ]6 d: J: S
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! A$ y6 E; m1 k( j
: W! Q/ a' C) E1 `L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? , s! B% V) Q, C Z( g& m+ X# Y( r& a0 |% _! R% i/ lM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 5 G4 H+ y3 @* l" t' F 8 f4 {. `' l' b3 }L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? & n6 [3 |- B9 ^5 Y $ {9 f) K& ~/ n, T- o$ ~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. - E( ?% v( S% S$ q# v* j ( T' H5 ?# W- B+ q+ ~, s* ]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? ; }5 A5 D. ]# H# u, W, d( E2 @: b4 S' P
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.. A3 l+ X* Q* g/ ^. ^( }8 y8 V' @6 e
0 C3 {3 [; B" @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。/ C4 F; ^. X M8 h' M
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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. 2 j+ ~# Y! Y$ N7 B+ U9 ?' V' B" s) [& p# a2 b
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!: }/ i( _; E1 v+ ]' v$ |3 [# I
$ |& x- ^7 ]; D5 [! h* s( ?M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.- q: h1 b$ w# H Z& `7 g0 I
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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。 0 }, X5 G4 Y5 E 2 y1 e9 Q# ]; @9 X; X3 @) \ @! X0 c1 NM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are., m! o+ l% x7 y. q
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 4 l" p% Z3 }* k- [! j! f; l# ]2 p# v0 P; q
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.4 t' [9 R. D4 w8 X7 x
$ R6 M0 r' ~+ |" e1 @) D4 JM: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. U- b1 R1 i/ \- S! b
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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?5 g+ d- U! d- X$ q
' n9 T0 h7 P- y+ FM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?, I$ Y# w( p+ |+ e
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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.) q4 l( o8 p% c) d7 `# B( G
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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.; v. m, ^/ F" G% ^* Z6 v
$ S7 d9 V" x/ V& X: `2 H- _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.. A* F+ t; q+ m( D: [+ d