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. ! o F. H3 G; y4 W# L+ B" |/ l' C) r G# e8 m/ ^, t) v9 C
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。. R8 ]* C6 l z3 c3 b8 k1 ?9 p: U
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.' g0 w5 \; F0 t' G% E4 V
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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？" k8 c+ Q# O2 j4 \5 q
7 B9 H# r5 y1 C0 F% q6 N& t! D/ KM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. / U: [4 ?2 w( ?# K9 |! N6 m- E, E& y
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？* m. z; j& c& o2 J2 G; ?9 t
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ r1 M& ~7 k+ H) D7 _/ |
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?8 O9 x/ B H/ m- m6 Y+ D: W' R4 ~$ [
& Q0 @ Q2 u7 ~$ R: t# o6 K% }M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 1 ~5 Z* D5 D9 g5 n ( [) |6 I6 U. 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？# j, D$ Y5 t6 f2 v4 X
/ Q6 r9 f2 O: V$ fM：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.; k7 c4 I8 U6 p* Y
& o" m }$ |: {8 x/ `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？ * L9 v$ d. {9 K$ t2 ~; U5 N) e1 q ' g+ D# s6 Y- I8 ]: ^4 _( LM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. + t* y+ @8 z4 F, g6 p ) @, r$ i' _9 C% v& P1 t ?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。 # t' c( W: Q" Z% P! s- X 2 w' P4 n7 [* f7 q6 iM：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.2 C/ m) D7 ~5 H; Z
+ }2 \ O( V4 X& Y: h, oL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！4 p: q- F* |. W+ w9 r) P( f1 M
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W8 F8 w, b3 g3 V* T8 \$ R" aL：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。" P% ?6 k+ ~. j5 r. e
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ! ~$ x- O# Y+ T2 ]$ S: k 8 H0 w U* H) u2 b2 fL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ ! n8 U7 ~) q4 N8 g , f$ L) `. i4 U# O$ DM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.$ [' \& E! m! `2 I
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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？, R- i9 V' _6 n8 V; I. F! \
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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. # I& p4 d6 v% B- Z/ B1 w 2 ?; R _6 \. q G/ RL：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？+ i9 {* H8 V; P' u
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?9 O1 |5 j& Q0 Z2 w+ s7 o3 g' t1 n
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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。) g' C4 T9 ]# d
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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.0 X) x4 ]; M& z8 g% p6 @6 ~2 U
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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 }3 N: J. o) ?8 {' c) B# d
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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. i; ~: i6 G$ G6 m2 T, G% t# b
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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？ 1 H6 r/ ]% u3 Z% Z" P' m 8 Z$ g- S+ H: ?) P: y, `! i2 VM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!# D/ @* k$ d4 i/ f4 B* ~) X
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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。7 T' g" a; m# ^" a$ Q5 y! \6 o
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