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. : W. @! q7 M+ {4 L. C5 H3 Z$ f" Z 4 t; E$ U% }: K4 CL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。- D! D4 { E+ `. y4 G; v
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.3 w! i4 Z7 ^: @7 o* n6 B* A4 ?
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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？% t+ x* w& m0 `1 V! v' N2 M
9 Q8 i" y7 o8 P9 AM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 1 d2 l( a( Z& Z! I' e' a 3 X' X6 h! w( sL：(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？! I' c% i2 K" r" o: m2 o. c2 O6 t
* ?6 T; P( z+ N& \) ^4 L5 w }$ s3 C# oM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.0 A/ y! O: b1 }0 [( O+ z6 e
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?# \+ X1 B: B4 e: g% V8 t
" x0 P. |! D* GM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. & s+ m% f% v* v; a3 m: I 1 T2 E1 ]- T. _! ]4 B" Q* @L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？9 S0 i: N5 a* a
& C P& q) [( Q& z$ S. Y. Y% eM：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.- E- @! J1 ~( r7 F+ W+ t) {
/ u4 M( I4 F" }) Z. ^& CL：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？: q& @! q' `" d
5 H0 Y: f5 W$ p4 `( RM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. " T' y- b8 ~# ?2 s$ W" ` e6 F* r( J2 L
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。 ' B1 j5 Q, N' F# x- n$ M3 `+ d5 L& \
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. ; G& U0 T! i/ z, Q, P& ^4 M. g$ W, l S0 w
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！7 M. {) m6 [5 y* N+ i8 _; u
c6 d1 o; S$ |. _$ P; B* X7 QM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. % E: @( ?) ]6 A% ?% j* g# ~; ?8 D6 A$ v& F; j% B9 ~) X
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。 , w, y! y) [- _$ X2 R $ b4 |& p* F5 T; AM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are." I$ N5 q% \. C Q. r3 n( r2 L
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？9 U- Y1 f; N% m
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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.: g+ ]# p( d. S
, [) Q$ N, D7 [0 S3 E0 Z9 Z2 A6 `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？ 0 a: w/ ^, m$ c$ v% O: B+ }7 _3 t6 g& F" P/ I" v0 a. u# f& e) f# u) w; l8 i
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 T [9 X5 \2 d9 Y" `' q9 c( }3 ?" i% C" ]) l1 z
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？% R4 g2 l% C, T0 b9 \
, m0 Q$ p: D$ ^% }& W* {7 @M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?* x6 O6 O' D8 Z' ` o8 G
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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。 % x7 @; l- r" e! U- v) j, r# R3 z$ a! v! E* E
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 7 {: G }9 {9 s g5 X: n' u+ i" }
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. ) C0 U; l2 X( A$ ` b + i4 A \+ b$ `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 k) a6 h9 @5 Z
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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？ 5 t3 h8 x+ V/ N& t" R& O: U( {) A$ U7 i" s
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!. _8 I7 z1 G9 A0 e
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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。+ n: u/ L* W9 A, u- M. T
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