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.! Z8 l+ s Z; w
9 Y. H' B: W/ S8 e( ]# D/ PL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 8 l2 w$ F& F7 d" V+ e9 P' A. {4 m& ?! P z( [
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- q. S/ ?8 b( k* L0 @" h% I; v D
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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?4 v; ` ~, T" p6 c
' i5 ]: Q1 a/ I3 p4 O, zM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.: k/ W( L1 f/ {1 j: P6 D* I1 c
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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? . i$ x& J3 p7 h! K/ S+ u2 j* c- t( ?% _) L2 E- x7 f: m
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.: i9 p( P: W; r1 C. W, `
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?1 f* t' Y! P& n. T( f
# D7 k- q, Y9 N3 p& Y7 q7 `M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.' n4 b# o) b1 s$ F; g, z3 s/ z
8 g5 P" D @7 p4 p/ Z. n/ gL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? * {8 h6 H. Y- I3 E3 e* |, o, R" M; }- m0 @ a, E
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.* a; g* J9 ?- U% Z0 M2 z
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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? : C9 A- `" s/ z 0 w' ]! v2 b, J D0 m& M" i8 ^M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. % [/ p) z) N% H3 ]+ R. |$ m* M0 s! N9 N! T
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。7 e) A3 x t x3 i. c
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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.* ^& Y+ Z8 A7 T6 p1 D
& S x. j; a! O& p: BL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! % A' |" X6 C5 F/ ]2 h ! l; b! _/ U3 k& n" M& W5 @M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.) M1 p& G6 n, q" S4 ^2 u0 Q1 ~
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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。 & ?4 F/ v' T1 b7 ^( G 9 y* E( a$ w) B2 A0 ^- J* C4 DM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.# O3 [+ m/ X" D9 L. O6 z. I0 j
! s, H5 U0 r6 P( a7 EL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? ' k4 N% n$ F* r, M; i5 F4 }- V( s2 H! Y, B. S) y2 T
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.- `! O- ?9 t1 ]) [7 Y, P& K
- Q3 E! x% s, Z. ~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? / J) D- N8 T' P9 N3 y1 U" H6 o " \' O0 v, W9 c) O/ fM: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.2 f, b! ^, r1 D7 i2 K3 j1 Z
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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?$ k+ F# X2 _) [% K6 {2 o5 t
7 h) }" }- t$ Q c9 y1 wM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ' e: `9 U" H5 r( _, z1 Q% [& V4 U. j+ c! D7 P& w
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ' |" u ]8 k& V! @% _7 G5 z+ x3 Z/ m7 k
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.+ L; p" m: N4 ^
$ n. w% g/ a A( f4 w$ z, gL: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.) U) O! a; A' _* [& P) i# ?
9 {; B4 x1 ^: t, |+ ]# h' kM: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. : w$ W k- \" s 3 p' W, ^- y8 D/ [' l: ^$ iL: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?: j; ^6 x2 B% B& N5 u' ^
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! & x7 N. h# V1 g- H6 C& j" ]0 a! e, ]" y% s+ k
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。1 m! J. Q) I% y4 R" `; H
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