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.2 x: v O* N% c. b1 Z8 s
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 + ^% O3 ` j7 \# l' |7 n. G3 Y2 Y& A, z) }: f8 o, `
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. T \3 u: g; ]0 B
7 T1 ]! `: O. j4 K0 YL: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? : q# t% h+ g/ A- a. Z . ~. E( j3 q4 `/ bM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. [) V) U) j3 Q- e" ?$ |
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; O# l5 U! Q* @+ `. D9 v% n
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?) `. M/ a& T4 j5 w V
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 9 L2 Z1 A) R, G) Y6 u+ `, s1 s" C( Z, T. h
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? ' Z( D3 y8 o9 q! P& V % D3 G6 \$ u0 @; _7 G# qM: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. 5 F6 u- c, n: B) ^' c/ i* X+ ?+ q( _2 p4 A
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?) Q$ n' K6 t4 D: |, U R8 H
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 6 N9 z# T6 Z. f$ `: W. \4 b; w. f; O
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。 2 @* d. q# [7 A! m/ ]) \5 i * X# q$ Y3 [" m& 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. 2 e) P7 o# P3 H8 n/ `- L. L$ [% u7 I7 b* o8 { p9 \2 c0 @
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!" C2 m3 L9 U: j8 A- i- a
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}; X( i2 K4 y$ e0 O/ mL: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。 ! y5 F: Z6 h% Y4 H E: v 6 [2 g1 m0 I. |+ B4 O5 t2 G; qM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ) D( A/ {9 M' A" ? H 3 k2 e0 \7 }+ m a* PL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? ! m) Q. q; }( |& X: ~8 Q6 Q8 n 2 ^, L2 c* n6 E$ D/ k6 T4 `1 Y0 QM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 3 [: {, o$ H1 }* A1 ? 0 q3 o( f# f% g/ [( {+ {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? o- N8 F6 r6 h. o5 m7 ? " T* | w" s; j4 u9 f" q" \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. - Z5 x1 Z) o) D3 O( l9 i 4 o% U; n* C( O9 lL: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? ! d4 M9 _9 B7 D0 N4 v& \" f1 r6 g3 X. O7 t: F$ B' H& o
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? % s$ v; P; ?6 ~, Z+ L: E) w7 ^# X& W9 O* @9 D0 a" O- y7 Y
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。& L4 ?# |6 _/ f& ?! W
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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 Y! d( e* G, Q& v" Y' R" | " t6 ~6 N4 u ]2 ?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? " n S# n1 j1 d9 [ * n: {) @4 w) q2 `M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!1 p7 P) w8 ^# h