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. ( G& w! u5 e0 Z$ ^* L $ b) E5 F8 D- ~L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 , R2 i1 R, [0 C3 d$ b- [2 V; B% O# [0 c- u% R0 c
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. : Z+ t3 V0 i6 [& a1 X' C: x \- B" Q$ K, f# W$ @* }2 Y
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?/ R- ]0 S/ D. J: X
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. : i2 e1 T. z! f: `' z3 M7 |1 A7 D
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?3 a7 _3 d9 w( z$ ?0 v+ [$ B8 ]
2 o/ K$ X/ j1 e* m; cM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.8 q( d) |2 l, T* ^) Y# M
* O/ H& b7 ~. O3 P F; ^6 bL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?+ P$ k$ M# q& @9 O0 c
4 ]/ _4 C7 N# `& wM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. # t+ l; W1 e9 ? {' H" e* E4 O $ s5 \( b9 H7 W* A3 f, W, vL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?, l* J% F- r4 ~2 e) G& G
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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. 4 a6 O" k3 k) Y% N& I L : i' h3 o) H: E9 O1 pL: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 V* W1 L) ~ c 8 ^7 P& F+ O" i, L: BM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 q+ U" {" r3 f- O8 I" b
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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。' o7 l# |2 h. G8 u' Z; U M6 `
/ d; h6 Z; J h7 V Y6 yM: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.8 ~! ]1 R! }* ?5 P$ b) T
* W) I V' u" h( t$ z. EL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! 9 r) U' L% H+ o" E 3 P4 z0 t* }* C! u# S; O5 m' _M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.; Z/ Z4 G6 Z, \+ s7 R$ [
6 z' g* @( @2 l9 mL: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。 1 g- j. `" W. @! R# S - }8 W( Y* F* gM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are./ t1 o5 c" P5 h2 v
/ i) f/ W- R! U% TL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?. I* y6 ^* o/ F( C% C/ E3 K
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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% ?. V3 z; w! Z3 l/ \" I ) E2 u5 [3 U' U+ zL: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? 5 N7 V8 n- R/ h( E & ?# n, U, {. M6 u, \" AM: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. ! L. Y4 j0 c" [% a, l* ~0 O 3 D# j. E: |# z8 P4 k1 jL: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" M8 _1 D( }; K( i
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?( H$ k' o& k0 y3 J P% `2 } c
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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。 ! t& v: l- O4 s; T$ v! j ! s' k- B- G5 I. N( a* N" P: S8 KM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# J; F: ?! t4 o: S! T, y7 Q# Y
, t4 G& A% b j. z! A kL: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. 8 b% t5 {# r8 B0 v' b1 @: l5 ]4 S
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.3 |* }/ I. L6 H" |' ~/ @" a
% x0 H5 @! q# v) H/ v5 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? * C% p. V- }! X) \$ m Z! T7 [$ I6 S2 f# }/ i
M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! / l8 a0 V' a( d2 ?: \1 I; `, Q- `6 S! R; }- D* ^6 N. J
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。: w1 s4 C: ?- J5 d4 P
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