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.; }. y* g1 C3 a: \& ~
1 B+ s; E2 Z" Z* x1 Q
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 / U, o/ J2 [/ S2 ?* e7 h) M4 W1 G7 r+ R; l
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. `; F: t$ H9 W K* X" T 4 F- j# d6 i" [; Y1 {' D! a/ ^0 mL：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？ " S9 `* P2 S* ^8 G+ c( Z+ Z) i4 N% Q" j( ~
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.# `, V. T7 Q7 I0 y, K5 {$ r' `/ A
* i: i8 \) I+ @3 V$ D: A
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？! r' v2 U Z& y% T/ R D5 w
* E7 w3 V3 H2 gM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.1 z$ k9 p+ M. }* g, g8 p) K
; c& O3 F1 L8 N1 W$ J& WL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? % ]! q7 d2 V2 X# `$ s1 k ( S3 d* u4 o9 q8 g6 \) S7 AM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.9 j9 j7 o2 F* s# I
5 E9 f8 w& ~5 rL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ & @4 |1 Q( p1 p. p( v6 Y0 S/ h T8 u9 ~$ }' o. _" f3 r
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.. @' h* ?: ~/ ]% z8 d
+ K9 V J/ o7 D3 E/ P- @+ t
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？ 1 M; i( I: X& D$ Q) D* m1 i+ `/ b3 D5 ~" e
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 9 F6 |. ~8 V& ~ q7 X. c D& ?: y V 3 u& [4 ~3 H/ u# `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。 ' G- }7 F: n& K& E4 y, U3 o5 s# f. n( A
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. * N7 ^7 d9 K9 ^6 g/ m ; g" P7 i- I! ?- W6 |1 X! zL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！& c! C" p! _$ D$ N: Y& S# h
. {7 E2 D4 M$ {' x3 b* ~
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.5 P4 s/ `! J8 _( `0 P' c! i e. H
! V& o, p; J1 N
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。/ X' s% G ?) M: \$ P+ M
; m c$ |4 {' [) h6 eM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.: p5 T6 B U& P0 N, V9 u0 I
2 Z6 a# X+ u# j; U" z) p% I, fL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？5 J6 {% x' o2 u3 W, P9 X9 X
& a$ O0 }5 U( o6 j5 V
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.- Z7 q: O, P" {, U* \6 i7 h2 h
6 @. e9 R1 I8 w# L( O- j
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？ 6 f; R' l w! ~ E$ V% d* e9 o7 g0 a8 I; C
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.6 u# D+ I5 ?" X7 y: B: `& k
1 L* `8 L5 ~5 G' y( \7 IL：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？7 `2 X$ S4 r {% E1 l- O
5 W, V' i* k$ k8 ^" y
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?+ u, Y4 A @: T) w. j( d" z, {
$ H9 R e. X6 ~- v3 pL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 " @$ }7 P0 R& l4 S" R+ J" J: i7 D& \7 V, E5 X+ p
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 8 H; Q& I7 o P# F) g" ?% N- p4 ]% P; A7 I' `8 N2 b
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. , C3 ?( w+ W+ r7 G/ i# L8 i9 [$ W, l: e9 g) m2 \5 G& N. G
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. ( D" q2 `. M) F. h. ]5 { - N3 w) T8 {# W( b( \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？: z* i% }% j) @+ {! r9 b0 z
1 q }. Q9 x; }3 \4 k nM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!5 P* L k4 t& a' [; u7 {
2 H- F. J/ E) F* {
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。, j( ?4 F+ W! z$ i' u" C# [ z+ d
: @/ G( J( Z D4 l9 y
Audio as following: 8 S1 @3 F2 F8 ?; f4 M# c) ?* _
狗仔卡
鲜花(
鸡蛋(
发表于 2009-6-20 12:32
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
