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.+ a( P7 L! U/ n$ k
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。1 o8 l k4 F4 j2 N& N) T
& c. j4 E8 s4 M _3 m D* qM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. * p' H8 G4 n! a% Y0 s4 \0 x 8 W# A+ g) E9 K, g1 fL：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？ # D7 h! i4 V7 B% N5 F4 F: d Q; ~ & u3 n/ \; K v0 c u, M/ FM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.: ]4 u6 N0 t3 S" M- y. r1 i
, V1 C9 X& ^8 v( M5 L: n; s6 ^! qL：(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？ % Z( P j3 I( g2 N' w% [* E) }$ R# k% M : @( [$ p3 Q9 H" q/ y8 O. f& j: LM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.) T# d p _+ j# Q
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; U2 y( {4 M: ~! GM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. : u' Z; O7 o; [5 m2 {% g) j 1 t1 ?# _. [5 B! w' OL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？+ ?6 [# Z- M) u0 \6 W
- N1 {( \7 A6 A) \6 zM：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. - H; k- a- E! ]7 x6 @- ]7 r2 @# A0 V9 B' p' D$ L
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？5 Z/ X. }. `- ^6 ^% _0 f: e4 N
+ \5 L# d, v* u( Z5 H. rM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. " b7 p- R$ u; V9 J5 P! b! d' ]- T4 Q, G# t4 p4 i: e
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。- ~5 W3 X% j7 A3 \& x; U d
" h$ s9 e& j& H6 BM：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. , U6 f4 t. f8 S 9 _$ f, I5 h8 o: dL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 3 F0 Z1 J% s* S. a" v& k d ( S% p3 u w( U P7 j S0 @M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& [# A2 S _4 k3 R/ H, q
9 n" v' }$ w) N+ [* BL：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。/ f% @8 a4 b! b
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 3 L( q6 H7 g: f6 b" O7 k7 ] * \ p& {. @1 ^4 q. }; U4 y3 \$ I$ T7 YL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？/ Q4 m( H/ n# i$ Q3 e0 ] Y
( [8 Y# }% X/ q, @M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.- b. A3 H6 ^1 m5 Q: x% {
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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？2 ?4 z# k4 H) i: a! j3 J% `, l3 A
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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.8 l6 w' {; g2 Y. b$ U6 d! B
$ \* N0 ` h& p! B. h/ e5 GL：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: v3 [3 ~9 q4 v2 q" _ 9 M6 ~4 H0 w; B2 A% K- o4 Y' xM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?" q& X9 T9 c5 ~5 p: F0 {6 V. I
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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。! ^9 \0 r6 c; V& }! g
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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. % e6 z3 O+ b. s5 {! g' r, |% X3 U7 X( n4 r6 E* I b
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. 8 j% j" T1 J1 h+ e0 s+ l . w+ g, |( }5 c5 h. m, VM：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 Y: o+ ^! ~6 E* H. ^* H. X0 [0 g( K- q$ U
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？$ t3 b- X/ L, x
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!. p2 g% d5 l% v9 i, _- d% K
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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。 % v) q- L+ `7 |' I% z8 i5 L9 \6 u0 a: k6 g$ q/ S7 `5 I
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