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.; E+ J3 s5 }4 R R1 P' l+ X) H! B
1 _% w- t P9 m; ~' eL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。% t [/ w' q* U' q9 ]2 V( {
$ {4 }- ~* a4 X, d: NM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. + M$ n0 i3 {3 c; r9 e X: e2 q$ `5 O" z1 R
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？- M8 O5 W1 P7 o2 L- D6 h8 O
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 5 a$ f6 ]* x( R6 P2 g0 t, p 3 O# H1 A5 [# ]) a4 aL：(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？ % y9 B1 ~ D% K" W! h1 Y, A) r) G8 G8 A( ^7 z9 p
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. k$ f# y) U, k4 L% ?+ @ B( Z2 q) ?( U8 a# ^7 a
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? ( {; t4 q F/ W) y7 a" n) ~% o7 B* X' z
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.- R9 L8 p: H7 X$ y6 j( I% c
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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？ 8 V8 a1 r7 U" r1 s5 X: E; i/ ] & P \3 I7 Y/ U2 b% N( u% 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. - w4 `8 P5 M9 q) ~6 ]: d) n 8 O! k9 L5 M( n2 k/ _# k# lL：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？2 s1 y C( |5 I$ i% t1 w+ D; L
3 s O2 j6 v& w9 pM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.# g7 T% o7 C, p. q& c7 E
8 O8 q) F) s: }& U6 fL：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。8 l, k Z( u0 f) N" ~' B* E* Q3 K* w
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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 v8 l8 [) e% Y W/ p5 [: K2 f2 f: l& v5 a
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 7 e9 k0 v1 K3 c! E* j / L5 j+ z1 B, p; J6 I1 dM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. + {# P2 h/ x% j1 J% l( m) T* R( | " Y9 W- t1 n; j# H# I3 P3 P' XL：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。( n" t% v, L3 K( R! y3 A
: I1 v; W/ {! y3 w# J; SM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.: t1 w2 Y3 J# }' s- @! I, _9 _
0 `# d+ N1 p6 Q) C7 BL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ $ x2 ?; \: ^! F4 a( f& c" q, P3 I+ m* T/ U- k4 L) o2 ]" ~
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.4 @- o* \2 ~9 W- p
. N+ M |+ r6 NL：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 O4 u- X2 n* G0 I 7 |& W% E2 [9 e! \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./ B k3 d2 f, G5 w7 u
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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？ # C' U& u- e1 S, ^( q \$ b: D0 p3 ~0 e! k4 F! \+ ]
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?& k/ |8 e# K9 y- x
0 r9 v" J2 P& y/ m9 R0 @L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。: t' g7 U+ f9 p. Q& u6 }# ]6 \
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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. " @* |; T9 I: g! f1 [ ' i! y! \& V& a5 r9 B7 ?; y8 l7 o' _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.- S0 t1 n# S ~% ~( x: K7 c9 U
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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. 1 ~( P# L! p/ f! a( E/ J! T$ k+ D! ?& D5 Y9 t. e$ e
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？6 m1 H5 v9 f8 c6 { e5 U
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 k( v* K$ L6 X: W8 l
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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。$ A# t# |8 }; v
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