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., H7 J0 [5 s; K/ d
. e2 ~" g5 _: T6 s/ v2 d4 z' l2 [+ GL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 4 t$ J- l7 v8 W2 H5 F |: ~- R , y; E( }& @+ s: ]+ I5 f+ TM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.! g8 c( M" _! `- }' {1 p6 r
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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?5 R8 Q7 z9 |* O9 U+ y! E& f
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 6 T% o# ] A( A+ R 8 ]) d$ _" s6 B5 `, L# j' y, ?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?1 q. i' k6 T/ V8 B+ I* @
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.1 _0 q3 W' @0 P8 E; w% F: T
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 5 ^3 d9 j+ l" l) W* p. m- @7 @' z, r! Q
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 6 k0 v, Z4 s$ U ( ]' m7 }. d& Q; F2 }L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? 8 i' g- m5 `6 y7 x4 G6 S 6 G5 U0 T1 W! H( e! EM: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.0 [" v3 x" @/ g" S) B& \. ~
2 N) S' n% {1 R2 m0 W& a( E7 KL: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? : M7 y) m' U0 l% ]# S2 ?1 Z: ? 3 B5 X' A" `1 R, \* f- U: CM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. & O, ] j* [% R% b, W$ E1 L# Y) }6 M) \* J, K O# V& ]' O
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。 ) h. [3 L( E; I, U" g2 w. t+ m1 C( O! F3 D' D
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. 6 X* I3 U* b2 p7 @; j) X) x3 } A2 ]# y3 A2 d+ R
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! 2 v, R1 O' m. m N, A: s0 ` : A9 o5 v j5 H- H; N; Y9 A; OM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.) \( G4 G( x% F( f% v- d4 }0 {1 X" \
1 u) `. g$ p) IL: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。 # P$ ]8 i" u) [& b3 R ' |% i% e/ T0 ?M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.; S: u+ N* e" u) |# c' b
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?0 `6 v: q0 V- R2 X" z
0 R$ [+ V% f- YM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.7 B& l f2 {* U& m% E/ i
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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? 9 l$ q! g% L8 L; }. W0 @+ F& g6 g' [5 G
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. ( ^ ^' G) X* K ( n5 [: I+ O+ |6 x0 [* jL: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? . G& x2 E1 C3 O- M' { - e8 I! Z3 d7 J5 gM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? S* e: z+ k, R/ r% u; j7 O1 W; T' J- S; C. n; |. K+ k
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。; o1 y0 x) s8 F4 I; ?% U
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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. 4 u- }& Z2 I8 s0 |! X2 s2 B5 R" \% u! N+ Y
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.+ r6 p; G+ u' ~! m; ?/ z# j$ W" I
* U$ k: z# u: ]7 j1 NM: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. 3 V3 o& ?% u; x: A+ Z - W6 P) a' l4 l4 [4 w0 T8 GL: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?$ g2 l. I! Y7 [: \- }* ]. B- \