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.; X0 a) F, J$ @' J3 b% B. |
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。1 I* k, j& A& b$ I+ d
: p+ m# ?- b: Y$ d* _M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- T7 v E( T) e* b9 E
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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？/ I/ z+ b( @' u( E- N% T2 H- H
) u; a4 @$ E( GM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 4 v& c$ Q( g& n, U3 x% {# W* Q; S/ f. W9 b; {
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？ ! ^* E+ j& c5 {) v0 E 0 z; T7 Q/ C# j; aM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. $ Z% v" N9 E* E2 W0 P8 }3 l* k2 h" `4 h4 c* E5 P" T; [; F# r# [$ ?
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?, E* p5 `3 a& G/ u1 e5 ? e
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! V8 u# G* f: {3 F
. C( R' `5 G1 n- {9 ]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. $ r, s4 E* R1 ~* Q8 |* r$ b , l0 ~* U' f* A9 wL：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 _( H8 X% ]6 v" }! J& R0 W + j& a |3 l- X7 @( fM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. " R; I; M% B) [6 p9 ?4 x 7 b& T" E0 U2 _/ o6 A' N% ]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% V2 E; M, N' t; W* P 2 V: U! t; [, y5 D6 e4 m5 FM：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. ; {- p& E7 _1 R O% C0 r, v" E7 \ L. g( g# i
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！9 K! C- M _8 O6 W$ F$ H0 k; F
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.+ ~) W" G: i4 P* |8 [% r. h
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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。8 w2 c* v0 r8 ]- m9 R% R6 Y
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 y9 ?9 u- U& X" E8 Y
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？' Z- |7 z1 e# u; n
2 {# k- E; u: |( l' W6 w, {& K( }M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 9 a' G% d3 y: I5 D; S# G5 J( x) ?$ `( p; M. s
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？ T$ n/ U5 ~$ H, h/ U
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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.' [5 I9 L$ p1 @4 e0 n
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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？, F5 \) b+ J% k+ I" `5 R
# Z8 c* P3 v) R5 S. C% HM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 8 d, g v8 P3 v6 \6 d( A" e 2 F$ l; g/ l# K: p8 a0 h. mL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。+ H* U7 ?, n Q/ U& d/ S& M$ u
. ^, b/ e+ u$ Z& K1 R9 mM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion., c) z) h9 @, _5 ^- z/ u
8 l- Y( C1 m7 { }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. 0 K# Y+ x, z6 H# F% O2 K7 L, b4 g # x4 `7 ?# P1 N; P3 t8 l! BM：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.8 h, g, e# B# L( ?' b: X
, O. ^/ O T, F1 z# |; PL：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？- E6 M) j( L; S& e* B. o
/ V/ H+ r* M' [# s: d$ XM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! ; F+ x* Q- o d9 R9 H) ^- j5 s" u3 A, V* g" Y
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。 $ O9 X6 e8 x: V6 l9 b5 N ; z$ C7 c) U5 S9 ?Audio as following: - ]3 P+ T0 o5 q+ K+ c: ~( e8 i
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