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 m! Y1 b+ \4 @! b1 A; G( \
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 # w I; L+ U8 c v% ^+ Q' b9 ]2 d& t6 O
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. % k! d3 v# e* z6 c 3 O' w( }0 E3 ~4 uL: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?8 R: ]$ R! g Y: X6 n
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.4 k1 U. d' g1 h, |( s* T
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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?: W5 K, b. a/ u X/ K; Z! \
+ @5 T* d0 S( a# B! ?, K G/ w3 ZM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.7 h0 w4 ]* Q! U2 x6 K3 L
$ \' Y# D6 a. \1 [8 v0 WL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 1 N: h9 \2 u0 k/ u$ G ( A% ^9 r- [# E9 v3 _' i& XM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. . {- D! A/ `8 m ( K- Z4 Q1 \7 }2 h, SL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? ; [: L# G4 ]- q7 j ) p! I c, h/ Q, s% N7 S3 [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.9 C) j% X+ w2 X) }7 b/ b
9 o% R1 H# F/ c8 ] QL: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?5 B9 V6 N; D c( Z
& p$ I/ w4 N0 i2 [, _M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. ) D( X% ?8 c* E2 V4 K- f2 D3 b# v/ X7 |# c
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。! L) o* s0 i& q& z
/ A$ h: b$ E5 K" a& m6 y, tM: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. 3 I1 v2 \3 m8 c8 \ % X; x4 n/ { z4 n* p1 F1 f" \' aL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!6 G/ Y5 n" P" V9 I, ~$ d, B
/ G/ U i3 W3 N/ V; l) _1 u4 LM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.1 `7 t. R* o' K
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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。( X H9 t2 C4 p- V2 r! Z1 m5 W
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 q9 y$ ~( H* D# N1 I6 S' p2 p
* Z5 W' z# L6 P% v9 UL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? , y+ R9 U. d# c& m0 Q5 @0 {% L. }0 b, G% B, E& ?$ i
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ! z6 U4 ]/ F( K/ l) W 6 A3 m% ?2 h9 \$ U* XL: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 @$ J$ `6 x# o7 [
' F) R" b; H( V& E4 L; M8 V* ?# cM: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.# p# l6 D5 r- y5 H( c6 l
+ T* t2 f# z& `' Z% B1 w' c& vL: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? - M0 I8 `" U) `. m0 s$ j' R# ? # y3 m$ E' {2 s9 s5 O4 PM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?& J9 Z! X; o0 ]. q( P5 z
2 r& \ y/ U5 \0 r! p S& l8 }. ?( U8 A PL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。8 n1 ^+ c/ s5 F3 o6 Z$ t
& W Y( Z9 b. |# o7 L% WM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.6 k2 l, g! ^6 R; T
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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. ' f9 q4 t' ?. G+ m- ?5 | 5 f) u2 q$ u- q8 Q, w% D3 z" sM: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.0 X2 Z) \( e. ^- i