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 h7 t- O9 d1 ?' H4 N' [
3 ^4 Y6 M" z# qL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 5 c* ? W- L4 Y8 U ^) p6 D8 W , \7 U. E( A9 O2 oM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. x) H: K- ]2 ?1 m
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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？. a" z& X- v) V& C( B. p4 a; P
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.' U7 K' c5 ^- J. v' ? O
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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？/ h* x& H6 U1 e( ~
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.9 X- F K1 p6 V% e
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?% s9 f9 F: I8 M% ~1 }
2 r4 F* _, A( z D! m$ u2 n* `M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.4 u; M8 I4 m* K% J
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L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？, h$ @3 h1 H8 ?6 N. C2 E
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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 P/ B' j! \! i( N$ W" ?
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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？3 v5 E2 p( w) V
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. ; b9 }! v' I; G7 Q+ c, ? : Y1 Z% x( L- }2 A- u2 L$ D6 kL：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。 : D# i$ K# x! C8 d; E3 k, I, }- X4 Y5 Z1 {/ |- h% ^
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. 5 v+ M5 q2 n& c2 V . F6 [: E% K1 ^0 x; o) f5 HL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ + d/ `" M; T. K : w# j+ r4 i' K7 O |6 @' W UM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. V) a0 G l' f- S4 i
/ Z! j u( Q' O1 y* h7 z. SL：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。 5 R# l8 P" A- o8 ?. U) N3 o$ U& ]. e; ?2 g4 d" |
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. + s: [, J, `" c& \) Y- w1 { . k1 o+ R7 O: A- M# SL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ B# D& [+ j* A& H- f; q) }0 d) {/ J3 b* V5 n f* O' n1 Z
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.. N! n9 B2 V2 e) v
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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？ 7 }$ p& I: _1 I- M3 k5 M 6 J; |6 G% p1 a" ]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.3 R; e/ ], L) L$ t
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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？* E. U& ~& C9 A; @% e
/ h, T+ P, k: h# e$ T4 I! ? {M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# P0 _6 ^) p9 a, A# ?. }6 W; R. N/ [
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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.: v2 G/ q/ D [! V U5 u% l2 T# f
/ b6 ?& M- P& d" C" _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. 5 h, a, m$ c4 Y6 m/ n0 Z; K& h( F7 |5 }; [2 D3 f7 }3 W4 z
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？0 W5 p1 ?# V" \& m
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! , }$ g' \. Y2 [( {, j- h , n a4 g: x0 B& X7 c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。# V9 m* M0 ~: ]& U' e# i/ a7 s
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