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.* T& I- A. M$ t- ^
# q5 K- \3 `0 _L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 9 {2 V7 g# x) _& z2 y - O- \; d I5 y( I. T$ Y2 Q* ^/ V/ UM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; l+ t! j7 m P7 ?
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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?- Q& _) s$ Q2 n$ B6 X5 Z3 ], }. y( C
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 l& x, E* l4 |4 S
# q( T& Q$ B: s5 ?! iL:(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? 0 i# |( T }; E# J" N% e# n 3 Y; c3 P( | i, H* a3 X, S# I% lM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.8 J y D; H3 J# E
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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.! ^' t$ c9 l) r. }) n7 `7 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?0 E. B4 Q4 U9 Q8 Z: j: E
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.* g8 E+ k7 _; w' U% t
! C+ }- o5 @* zL: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。3 h1 x- P" ~; \% B4 ^7 k
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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. % q A" V2 r, o1 X- u) b# g9 K3 g
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! - [# \2 |6 V0 c# J! U) C & m8 S/ w2 i% Z( ~5 _# q: WM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 3 T4 d- `: x& F+ K& B* e5 r! _& G2 `& i: |2 C4 B! u4 H3 B
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。 k1 Y7 b9 D2 p+ ~4 F N0 E2 [4 M0 l$ N* U) X, b# {
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.. I$ z* T; d9 b: b" H6 r
o) m9 e& T" _- `/ I! OL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? $ s/ Q3 @4 m0 L9 y/ @+ _3 Y" \2 W4 U3 W; n4 i# F
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 3 h3 {5 A2 T$ ?1 r! H , c1 D: y1 h. {7 `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? % z+ T7 A+ y ~) J0 R+ | 9 L7 l1 I2 h c0 L+ 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.* r& e% Q" Q* b2 c0 Y! |
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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? 2 Y7 {' y4 I! {* E$ m( d7 E) v. s
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?/ ? p. O$ o% s
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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。+ j' v5 V& A) X; K: T3 F
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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. " \& S, I% M+ Q& [% E2 J% x1 b; r6 ?8 ]; @( B5 d
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. 7 ?+ e( @5 g6 a* J# ?; S6 I. ?2 ^4 G3 w3 l
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. & g0 @$ f6 z3 Q: `; |- ]) J 8 l- n4 H& k5 v9 Q! iL: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? 0 {$ N7 y. |3 b: O+ q- E& X& c1 f' |# b$ }% N2 G
M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 i/ ]( s, d/ e) z* {# a" P