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) t7 C! R* [7 G8 @ ; z x' U) z3 b) s5 q6 a Y) IL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 9 j7 Y+ n' ?1 W6 y- E6 D, S) `0 C, B; i
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ( ~2 t, c+ j: e! d9 Z2 r# q9 I+ l7 G2 k! b
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?; ~# h. v! a( x) n" c3 y3 u; J! [, \
/ y6 l3 \/ }( \- S( d3 |1 t! gM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 7 M3 w( T: }* A. G6 Z: z. T 1 o' {4 J. b' YL:(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? : C+ q# Z. Y* Y6 u2 |) {6 X4 d" x( m8 O& m- x4 V: K
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ e' {9 {/ Y" s% y- i( Q$ v
, z9 T6 R b( h5 R+ A pL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?* s, g* C" i( M# m2 S% X
4 H9 Q. O2 c2 o q: LM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.. i' x5 H' r- r. M* Z
# C) y1 U% i2 F1 F9 ~, g% M. ]$ jL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?$ s/ y6 S& p; F: G0 w _
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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. ' E6 L5 p/ `3 c . @0 t1 q; M* {+ s" Y) }9 UL: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? % \4 k9 Q- E* d L2 o0 X , I# Q' ~$ m3 u0 sM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.; R2 Y. @4 l, ]
7 e* r# d/ B6 f+ p' q7 i+ g( eL: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) ^: b7 Z0 {- T3 }3 h + J+ } [3 r# c& UM: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.; w, Z% S- X7 Y* }5 }" S
- b5 m$ ?; [- m% K0 j% V" xL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! " y' f! M* K' b. ~ ; a( R. z( i3 ~+ H5 \4 ?M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. / _6 a* |9 w. ?% m" d. L% R7 f. Q3 `0 E
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。 # J; Y" [+ }! w8 T' m- r . Q: D- ?4 Z5 q; ?& c# BM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are./ r- U* I4 H! u
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?' n. s. v2 M O4 j3 W
4 o7 N& C: c" XM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ( Q" \" S& r: l# }1 c M" S; w* C/ ?5 ~
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? N- _- D4 b1 K5 S! U ! }6 b n( E {( NM: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. - P* I" h/ F s+ t 1 ~$ W! p) z7 c+ }2 p% ~3 F _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?2 k& Q( `& A/ X* @+ E$ f7 L! F
: L6 t* m4 T% n" D3 B( {! `: t" p$ PM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 1 J0 o# T0 w/ ^! x& z0 N; r3 k 8 p! M3 H' C+ N% pL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 6 K; [$ a- R3 W1 u+ h% J4 n * V/ R1 j$ |3 y3 R' @0 q7 Y T8 h CM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ) f4 m6 ?" u. k3 e4 X8 x8 q" b3 x! l2 u2 J" j5 O3 ?
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.- n# w ^( ^ r Y' O& r( e' R8 i
! p% C# |3 m* u& {/ q* ?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.- e, z# z* z4 s H2 K