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.4 D! v; X& u5 l0 U3 P* Q( O
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 " X3 [, g( V/ O& {) m- X * F0 X5 h% {" B E" `7 H5 XM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.9 k) s( Q( Z$ H1 J
* C: Z) U6 n% e9 `; F, QM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* r! V4 `, O8 A* Z2 m- L( v2 z
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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？3 u2 u% d3 ~1 s$ x1 K4 m$ T1 `% p
& p$ I1 K' j: |M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.9 u) q" F( J+ m$ a! K% I
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? / K/ M$ d+ O, \/ R( \/ v! ~3 s0 B# L1 \& f$ y
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ F+ D, T& X8 e1 z/ g
' W$ h, K8 w/ eL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？0 n1 Z( ?% @( N2 p
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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.5 b" P. u% Y5 F' J* y
- n7 I" R% p% n, M+ l: BL：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？ 4 A+ w7 S8 o( v9 L* {% I: ?8 p) K$ Q5 c" b6 f4 ?3 W2 W6 @
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.$ ^/ n) ]; N4 w$ `2 f0 K
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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。 $ Z+ U: \/ n3 y+ L0 q/ t 6 k' m$ V+ r) [7 ^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. `! W3 {: ?, {
: K& a) \5 e; ^$ r0 p* {L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ - i' N: d) A: o! k 2 L* L$ r: i/ G2 c- u3 FM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 0 H4 N# T2 l1 t, I1 Z* n- ~ & q' D" t, c# ~5 M# q' AL：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。 8 G4 [1 O& {7 P $ b- K) J8 k( k |M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 l {9 C9 U) b
- R# E1 h1 M: o1 [8 bL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ : r. J7 `6 [; t0 {) s3 Q; v8 A. e- q; g% x+ G ?0 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 |8 [& i R# ?0 `
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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？) p+ i6 N* }7 @" L0 m/ h- X/ C
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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 h8 R s& v& d: B4 d$ y5 `1 w, i6 U$ B
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？6 H/ M) D' n4 k2 Y: f8 i
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? C7 p: y/ f6 x4 n) G
: O5 V' B& ~$ B x4 O* `: ~2 I/ ^7 J2 SM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.' N$ L/ h, A, {4 x' O) h1 p$ t7 t
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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. ) B$ z" W; D( {& |- P) R z1 F$ N: @, Q1 v& @
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.# P# o# o ^5 Z: q# J9 U
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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？ 5 ?9 c( |* R L7 g6 H & Z* L0 h& j& C1 F. r' _( x0 ^: IM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! 7 I$ o& I/ r" @: r) A+ J. W * M, @/ v, Q- d3 F8 o4 _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。- u; h/ n; I z2 i( Y) I
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