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./ c* p1 A8 s7 o- w# o. e- d
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。2 m1 q+ O& c; t
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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？ ( V* }- ^6 I% o [1 L8 }" m# ?. A5 @: i o- J
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ l, ]) x# ~; U5 P0 q
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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？" i4 {. M% E4 T7 R
+ ^* U4 g# D" I( ]M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep., N2 V" U9 H9 s4 K
, M: b7 f+ D" e4 gL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?) `% F, C; W+ q* [5 A
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ ~9 q- Z1 k/ z: g
- D% @& c7 _5 i, {$ JL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？' ]* ~, R) I- V
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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 \3 [- I1 n' S! Y
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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？ * r1 d+ Q3 G5 S+ y% m - v+ S" e& H r) Z+ qM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.; j# N9 F' f. h. g3 o/ C: g
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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。 3 W' F; w# v! v0 x* ]8 F& S0 F5 c, y9 ?+ ?# M
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. / M: e1 C- N* S0 \: s: Z1 e. D5 j) Z6 V9 d3 w
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！# @' b' O8 h, T( l3 \6 y
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. * s N& x# o; L0 v : h) i" _* C' M3 e7 C1 y3 hL：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。/ L- \' \7 ~ e) W2 V/ i1 l
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 3 R! H: n9 x! V) U4 ^4 f4 @! X U1 p, Q! ^5 q) h
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 5 X2 b- R* H5 P% v % }6 ]9 q* a1 i8 rM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. & _9 W1 j# I* q8 f& x4 Z2 v8 n* N; z! _2 L) e/ P. z, p5 ?# ~
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？ " H: w. b5 G; j7 k! s& Q( j 2 r" A4 G* ]$ }" o2 a, oM：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. % A, X3 b% I/ w! e . u, K1 _( a4 Q1 qL：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？ : h T9 d' o% N. n( \ 8 r, Q3 g2 w# O4 {M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?8 q% a, b! x5 \+ _2 a" M) P3 I
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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。 - G0 t) D5 P O3 s- L7 `& f& B, w9 r* K
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.) u2 ^1 ]6 C2 d$ o& n/ W1 `
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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.+ a5 P2 x# _& y# f
( r8 o5 n5 a$ c( ^( S; `1 jM：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. . |( T0 s+ |& z& ^ 8 H0 `- g. [9 \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？" k: t) u* T0 X# x1 z* c" y) ^- \
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! 1 v4 }' `/ ?5 P d: Z" [" \ ) z7 f% f+ ]# \% ^. O) i9 Y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。* @# r+ d% t2 ~4 f; M) [# |
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