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.. k! P1 l, Z" M/ {
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。- S( q8 K" H& Q, h( J* ]! [3 m+ k
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. : h6 u$ ~0 k7 K2 }" d4 P" Q6 o2 J% |* [( K. 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？' k. g2 U1 p8 o7 u' L
; l& [- A/ \4 ~/ I/ sM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. * z; f0 B6 k7 K7 e3 z7 d) w' B0 S7 Q) _+ [ w' ~
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？ 5 L6 ]6 P; V3 s* e0 w2 R7 V: b8 _/ ]: @+ U$ ^
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ g/ T6 n) c+ k! }
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 0 y0 \+ d' }5 x# j3 W) v 8 c7 }- F. v7 Z) _M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.& e/ _2 A1 `* g) F# m% ?
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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？7 C4 C$ }7 o! i; F6 }
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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. ' s2 ~- Y, h) y; o; j2 V 6 i- B" v4 \2 G: g5 N* p# W6 ]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？9 ~' O2 I$ e0 {$ b
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.( c9 K2 C M4 d* n# o# }: |% l$ R
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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。 " c0 f& |# F. I3 P$ J, {6 T# | i- i: n# V6 k. D' LM：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.1 @0 O, T! j& {2 `
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！6 u8 E2 A2 ~9 L8 D
9 P- Q1 @* Y# h0 uM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.* j3 L) Q; |! t8 Y+ J" c
3 b! A3 e, c6 E8 kL：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。 ( n6 w) B2 R$ Y 1 d, o; W5 E, E9 AM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.! t, }3 g" K0 H
8 U4 O/ m( c+ M( Q# q9 h# ~5 IL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ % K x& f, @# y3 p" ^ * u0 G' H- q2 h# e6 v9 |, qM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.8 w- K1 v7 c# M3 l6 _3 c
- U4 w: n$ U4 D; y- E8 f! ML：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？ 7 X! T- C$ S( q& x4 ?% e9 s4 r* v 8 @$ F" l4 t$ _$ K tM：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. + T6 C6 [" J% v ' ]5 E; w9 c! n$ sL：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？: ~) a3 h& K- e4 U, O
! k+ z, K- B9 m# T5 ~9 k0 [M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 2 X0 i% M$ M" e' |! U3 F% D* w. M) G) z8 b
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。- c w, {7 ^" ]# y+ q* O
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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. 7 s( u" A$ E4 ]! X3 A0 V ~4 p* S r. _% e! c% l, `$ 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.# ? k8 V& @6 y, }
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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.& `7 Q$ e2 ^+ D5 @5 a5 X' Y" P. l! i- v
+ X1 Y# h9 y( K# d5 aL：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？ 8 ?, k2 j0 j# l# U& p8 Q" g( J8 {3 \$ }: i8 p6 }* W
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!$ q( H# x( }& H; r4 K( O
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