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. ( X/ u6 B* \- {% B2 i# l8 _8 C q8 {' N0 j8 K
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 6 z. c7 b ]0 u, H' ~& d3 j % y0 F" } V' h" g7 R/ G: N( d5 qM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.3 `7 ]0 }4 O" g
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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？4 Q9 q# s( T1 U; C% _5 E
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 2 U* r, B" x# i% D# l % o& o z6 J5 D: c8 P; 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？9 X- i" x9 M4 _; P+ J$ ~
7 Y9 X9 D" k4 n( Q# e4 g) }- \: ^3 SM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.. n [! c% N7 @9 v8 L8 _' Z0 c
5 t& z/ T' K2 n* J H8 _& m$ QL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?9 C* y: l7 G6 N# K+ n3 W
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 1 F* e! y# T' M8 R, P; h% e1 C" k* P& \; K U# U1 h; x, n6 x
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？' x/ a2 e, }1 f9 } }& A' o
* r6 x7 P' v; B7 {+ h; X) D- i- @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. r! _$ b# m& {, G% p) ^; m $ D( i: f% S* gL：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 \$ h; ?" |3 n, A# O) r) J2 Q
0 d" v: g; X2 xM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ R, O0 m7 e& y; X
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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。& z: |% M, K, z0 K1 @3 X- S1 F
( u9 @* b1 M/ R; ?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. 0 F9 S/ b- B2 R4 T! I! a% P 9 u; |% O5 F- h* v- w3 {$ n3 bL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！* u" [7 K. s+ V" Z9 ]' R: w' i
3 j7 W# i9 ^# E3 CM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.+ S8 S4 B4 ]2 v O
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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。- ] n+ e0 Y( y" K
5 X$ W ~1 L1 }2 f1 tM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 F% {$ R. x4 @9 _+ b
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 4 w+ c6 L' ]4 F; O5 t- _# U2 Y - G5 m" m1 e+ l y9 aM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.! |$ p& m# K; K$ P* d
) u& Z6 g: E1 X' E) r3 |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？* D8 }* C7 I/ z# I2 E" r
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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.! Q) J+ h' k7 k, f- K
/ o" o0 }! U, eL：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？ 8 x' r7 s. c) }$ Z# ~/ @ # x9 V/ `) O- E: _2 O7 O- r) gM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? " h5 S+ b1 _! ], X ' y! a1 h( m( v9 ^L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 - L, M7 y M: \ I4 Z& z& T, w% H4 \8 h7 _0 m$ H4 @& P
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# X- {8 E& q* a; W5 |' v0 g. n
* W( k3 P" j. g- kL：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 K H# b: O1 s; J: b8 U) O. l+ k 5 h5 D/ W. [; \- e' j! R* a; OM：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 Q" U1 z# Q4 ^6 T2 T0 b* t6 N L) a% L0 i
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 U! t+ i" K& d2 n1 [2 c, R1 l# p; F: F
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 b5 I% R j7 X0 M: Y
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