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.8 Q# u8 ^+ Y2 T7 |; m: w/ H
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。. {$ l# t9 [$ f, b; U1 |3 u
9 H# _ [* d) E( C- w. f5 @M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 0 B. d8 r/ x. ]9 O3 y) _. z% R9 m( F/ r0 I# A: O
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?( F: m4 g* G9 q( t( y
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ( D U, j' G+ C7 V8 A" g2 o: v: z: {" F8 |" r0 N; x! n) J
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?+ P$ F4 e. u0 v
! C- U" G. j: S7 kM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.5 V) L$ j% z3 y& i
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? , ?, v, f$ o6 K3 X$ h' V: r ' i8 `7 o: S! p+ V2 ~& U4 s9 zM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. , f( O9 n) v; Q' `0 Z: c0 E/ g4 a. o
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 Q9 J2 }7 l: ]' u* k$ x% X 9 q( y3 c+ p% z# @$ E7 s) RM: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. 6 W5 Z+ R. h! n0 g8 F2 {6 }) u , L Y+ s3 ^2 @- H+ w1 d, QL: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?1 Z& k( m# w; v' ~) i* J/ s! Z% [
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.2 I( d- d. c5 g' s
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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。 k* C' ?3 m$ w+ i4 V1 u
. q5 L- E: v% v4 vM: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. 8 G) X- n' c4 n! Z7 g0 x) O ' @$ N6 c) z, x( HL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! 5 I7 X/ Q/ N5 {9 k6 Q! y x7 J- u( r$ W5 V7 p% X
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.6 p8 G S% k) m$ F* \7 B, i `
) K! I; z; q2 f& V& \+ bL: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。 - \9 f, A- d& P , E; \1 Q$ m: o; K" M: u0 L. t [M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 m, o; s l- L! N
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?* A* ^6 K1 N% ?% r2 R
5 \* P& D6 S& u: S4 VM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. % U7 K3 R; K: T* Y. q( S) [; Y3 x; P+ N" g5 p$ w
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?! y" E& v' p% |+ V
* i& c! J; T- |4 c1 b% hM: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. . m# K6 C4 ^% y) r. g$ E, Q8 G& J% ]# B/ {' p' Z+ h4 C/ ^; |
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? 5 ?) ?" C! t- R* E. E3 }$ R" e% Y2 H0 P* r$ Y( @' F
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? S* \) I9 A3 W; y2 G$ v5 q" f3 S% H) o5 _+ H0 B
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 J# G' j" v( U: t/ ]/ j; l% X6 Z
) z! }- r% S# K; {! \M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. : C1 q- l% } i4 r3 s) O: x$ H* M, W0 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.6 v5 Z# l- J0 q: _
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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. 3 u0 r% x J. {1 A) X- ]1 m4 R& ?- R, ~9 d, \
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?( ]" Q* ~- u# n! D) R9 ?
, J! s' A) }& G. x5 P, kM:Thanks so much, Li Hua! 7 b, T! W/ a: y. N) ] O6 `8 ^
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。8 L; D8 u5 k! R; H+ y8 u
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