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. ( E6 R& W/ ?; N* h7 V4 p+ l7 C% n P) R z
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ( U0 _, U- `; |3 O6 E9 v! A( S4 ?# P) W: q
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. & j! J% z2 I% I! J9 h , z0 u$ J+ P& l/ Y$ @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？/ T! y2 P- G, @& `
# ^7 U* s; [) X# k, IM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.( r% H: P: l3 V( l4 H
4 `8 Y; H3 r, 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？- L) @; m) S7 T( O( p) S* Y
h S S- d( P4 z3 |+ VM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep." f0 v" I7 d% K9 a7 F2 ^, `" P
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 8 k9 o# u4 O& H: K) e 7 G) y- L' }- [2 s& V8 t& C1 p" t/ BM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. + h" w- b9 i; _( I% b* I5 G6 q( G' U" S
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？) w5 t5 U. w$ a
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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.# A* b1 z/ q. S6 {
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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？ 7 c6 z! _ q0 S/ Z# Q, C V1 g& L5 U3 q" L' DM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.: m- N; @8 x7 G# p( [, q
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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。# q! B# ^6 k0 `5 ~. t0 H( K
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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.: y! i" x9 J1 c- ~
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 8 {" V9 d; j% T8 i( _) ~, N & I( a$ R) m! C8 w9 Z* dM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.; |7 B3 w5 H9 _2 u+ l
7 U% X, V5 t& F! iL：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。. V6 b/ M+ u. i6 V0 |
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.& x, o! z m) G$ r$ @4 u3 c. C
( D2 J& e* k8 E7 oL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？# |! A4 ?8 H) c7 `- Z
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M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.7 F, `5 o( t3 N* T
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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？4 l2 _6 [- }1 C4 Y3 }0 j
$ ]% }3 O2 B- g7 n) J9 ?9 o1 x0 _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. * \' `8 |3 K$ o. L7 G8 u7 n1 E# [- Z; ^3 t
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？ 3 x. O* [: m$ R2 j/ Z4 R, n) J 5 M2 y' o/ V# I- B" aM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? % [& S1 P Y/ X9 z' r! O- K& w2 T, q0 T. n$ b' J! P
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。# d+ p6 V' Y# t" Y* y
9 y; }! u+ _3 m R. E j KM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. / n1 d; X, k/ I9 m# B* F( P$ R1 j: y' ?& l
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.! E% z/ F: p: E6 n) `8 D5 S- r: v
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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. 9 S" C) h$ S; }( Z( e! |) j; U s: U
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 J! V' A* m6 V8 k
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!8 J* C* Z0 ?, n: \* W
, \( P) }: g% n; G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。) s! @/ u# s2 e; |* u$ G" d
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