8 M, ?1 _3 |4 P2 WM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.& E" @& U- u- ?3 m& t
8 m* E) x! v# R: {: _, iL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?8 _( F+ p3 C" v9 H# F( z
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; Z! `3 I1 e# K- \
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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？ . {! [, ^* d0 {& f2 @ , d2 D0 j" A0 V: G. G! W6 AM：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. 3 m8 g: O( P0 p/ S ( _8 U; j* f, z) q- A! m bL：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？* u+ j' `% \. F4 f# F, i
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. + Q' o! w! Z3 u " U+ K3 n: l% m7 @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。0 y. [* t! J0 Y. ^ [, e% A5 }
7 ^" ?# L$ o) L2 l z# 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. ( M1 j6 F9 j. ?( l0 G8 V* O9 q, R# L: R% j
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ' i O" z, { H) t$ m2 `9 E' r ) \: y- |: v9 [ V) c& oM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 6 k! _7 q, |5 t) l+ ^ f4 j! v" L) W6 O2 h; L# y
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。 / G* g/ K* E3 a! X! S; v" Z$ i0 q! ?( w. K) a; }9 f7 f: {+ F }
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are." s9 s5 Y4 {" h) ~6 i
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ : Y* Z. ]3 v; g- f/ [! M$ x& A4 m* l7 M# |! `
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.- m3 }3 T ]$ {+ p; @0 ^
, Y9 }! O0 n1 f, u* U0 C1 g: lL：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？ " K5 ?+ N1 h; F# e1 T$ L8 t * p0 u+ d( @, G1 b6 A2 wM：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.0 e; c, Z& h' P
0 h1 ~. H& N2 Z7 f# [3 R3 |* P4 FL：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？ E5 K$ ~" Q6 q$ S9 I
[' J6 F: t* l4 N& q) N/ y* ]$ ZM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 0 A0 o5 Y H" ~8 L0 d ! j8 t& M2 c5 ]3 oL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。2 m- I) i3 y e( e! I( B
' F) p4 W( d o- nM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 4 _$ Y1 \; d0 ^' K" s2 ^6 h) e C4 ^6 [6 ~+ a/ s
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. ! K) K# j& Q- @7 b) }& N: Y( W# I8 _- c9 [
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. 2 r ~6 d% q H# }& g 9 m6 |! @3 x3 [8 VL：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？ & T Y! }1 }: A0 t: L& V/ ~1 l h& K5 a7 Z8 F& N
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!/ r K' F* e7 ], ^# n6 E7 r
' T$ t" {4 O" _. T3 A8 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。) G+ t" h+ n; b, O
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