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. 0 o1 Z2 \/ ]5 f; _! p7 h0 I* a1 \0 z# g" }$ j: ?
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。, j% m/ r8 X: Z2 z4 H/ O
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.# B" x* ^6 }8 n3 Y8 x
6 c2 c6 [) q, |4 x5 oL: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? / e/ y. X4 ^2 ] `6 y$ H " }% C2 R# C' t, ~% o2 ~M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. + u! j* C. Z' _0 i* `% G( s. r7 n4 _4 x 0 M$ P" v" [4 m+ ?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?# t) m( z" ]( ^1 ~, N5 X
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ' V. {% [! K# i5 |3 o, D7 J, M5 r$ n1 M+ }9 Q3 _$ q2 _
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?8 f9 p/ v7 O# s8 U- g& W5 e7 J
: T5 r9 `7 X# v. R6 RM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 2 z: |! n# }2 X, v' h) {. B' T& U. W- Y% \3 W
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? / b( p ~# P" `7 V( w- O4 ~$ k- f3 F) u) Z! w n* ~
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.' n3 V6 Q6 g7 T0 T* Q: w% }
7 N9 ?# ?" T0 E9 }# {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?0 C8 M J% Y: Z
8 c& E% L, V9 W3 J$ rM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.' G+ d E# Q( x
- U! Z. S# K: C% M5 BL: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。! ~& P" d! i* e
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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.7 `: M* u& C5 r0 u6 C
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! - L2 ~$ M+ J# W& ^& a0 l$ X- O8 [ + \4 j4 [2 \9 A; t- d( P! FM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. ' F& N. s' s! \9 O3 T' k% h- Q) W4 `2 g. K; o, K6 c
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。0 X3 L8 `* t; o/ ?1 `# }
- }' x1 p4 _5 YM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. % A* S0 J2 v+ E3 b7 j2 I- w( [9 C " ~9 F/ }) {' ~/ X; K' m- @L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? / [! U: D1 L$ j; R" W4 E. F9 ^ ! N, N6 ^% `6 o2 P1 MM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy." a( b* _+ L- @, h
1 f6 D& [ B1 |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? 4 ]2 O& o$ S0 a4 C; j+ ]" X ; K6 x9 g. O1 _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.! }( [5 n- k! K6 M
, {1 E* k! H& d, w8 I& |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? 3 F9 U: ]! J) j- v$ A$ P% p* j5 { . `' N3 a1 V$ ~1 l/ [7 LM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 9 ^+ F) ?# o, C1 M% v4 A* v' Q) E5 Z8 g& L$ m8 v, ]
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 * K( o; ?/ [- Y h% { : V6 b9 |" k7 Y, w! F8 JM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.+ u- j# @) s Q7 y/ {2 q
, w0 A; T# m* N5 N2 ?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. 9 g# e; c; R' j/ T% r9 W% i * d; _7 B0 L1 I9 W \ eM: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. 6 C5 c: G; r; f* @4 H! q3 i- Y; h1 {% L0 Y% f u) m# Q; J, _
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? " b; N9 J$ y. N. \ 4 E8 K+ b2 ] l9 X2 }M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!3 b" F3 G# G( C1 C5 |& s# X4 L