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.5 I" c4 ^. C, s/ G
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 $ j& [# U. O+ E' h+ Y+ S( j$ `# X
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.1 F! S3 _; ^& f9 j
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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？ 1 J& _' s' c% ]% A$ V/ d- P: S0 p+ i/ g- s
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. + _: {( h; s' t* N. f; t : x- J5 S6 m' o5 [+ cL：(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？ # J/ a: f: {6 d W$ b$ } K" C& X- N, X9 P
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.* n! N$ l- U& N6 H( x- K5 f5 ~5 _/ J
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? b+ \1 D# w2 I! \- A1 @6 R
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. - k) n, C. ^, E, T9 u8 }7 w* ^8 }% }6 Q9 P* c, h0 k; l8 }+ j
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ v( N# V" Q+ ]
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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./ Y' C6 R5 h/ q% ~( r
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4 T/ E' ^4 d! |) ^9 nM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. * F+ a* U/ k) B' O- x! q5 H6 w" ~ $ t# I; _: y; @. UL：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。 # @7 Z) u, {5 a# A) e5 U1 k8 i # z& `3 Z( b; I9 o! FM：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. 5 e% y- n9 N" [4 C/ {9 O ?2 J; t1 B/ f3 P7 ?: J1 k4 v; r' e8 B
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ' O1 s: j/ s! \4 V 4 G' O& Z8 X, P% p HM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.# s2 Y/ e3 X9 A
/ x' M8 G$ U! o, h7 b2 I2 P0 GL：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。 " @7 n% D$ V1 C$ h& f 4 q4 e F$ G+ y9 F+ M1 pM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. " [7 K% u! P5 D0 I : W/ K$ a1 {# b2 a* L# p. d2 O+ hL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？' ~3 u7 B+ `9 o @6 R1 n1 C
6 K! @( r* H. B W& BM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 3 G; _$ P( z( b* v% c5 R$ p4 U. I
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？ 9 \- V* S! r! _7 k 6 l1 K1 o/ ?8 [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.! j! l# r& h3 a# g: l1 ]5 h
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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？) k1 y% D4 \# ~& z$ @9 w
7 c0 v0 S( L1 J" U* k4 CM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?$ x+ f4 `- X# x0 s
) X* ~3 T: a/ K5 j. \5 S6 ]: _L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 % w7 j/ e+ R% c6 `3 A0 t' s" g) P; P* ~1 c/ I! }
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.4 S( m" A& f# M
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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.5 O7 r# k0 _6 o
& G7 W' w) P8 q, e5 Z/ c3 VM：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.$ k# @$ J/ F }( u8 h9 _. h
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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？ 6 F! z( ?2 d2 N / ^: Y7 }1 ?2 ]; b4 Q7 d3 Y" uM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!2 J& P# q+ R$ ?% g/ ?
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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。 7 h s& H3 A& q0 b; {" P: Y* n. C) O" E0 k; y7 G2 l* ^4 a
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