" F- E8 t& K) Q$ A8 |. y, I) @M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ' c- `* c+ H1 u! ?6 Q0 U, @- s D$ x
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?2 x3 e5 M: D2 U7 R; {8 ]
! w( R6 u5 q3 o: L: N. m3 Z& |M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ) g' j- C6 B5 r. ^& I% t- [7 u8 o+ T " G* }' b. N" S! g$ y2 X& a4 XL:(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?- _6 C# E% C& x
, c7 w2 H* M2 xM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.3 X. q$ l) Z Z7 w/ ~. q% |, O
( f! G5 t) e* oL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?+ s/ F4 l0 B4 J$ f# G
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ ]# c- f$ T8 S; ^' x# ^0 O
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L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?7 \8 m( s# U) _2 x+ C
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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?# y( e+ F$ }/ G n: I7 w5 h I! @
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. * g* l* C# q9 Z, J# {3 W3 w9 i8 }9 u2 Z2 J
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 g9 e- y! V+ y; g2 H. F
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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. % g: W$ G. {/ r7 F) `! g* r/ C7 _, s7 W7 \4 D+ h9 n
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! " e3 W; t3 T0 X; s; x- B 9 P- P: ?6 F. H E% ^M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. , P" Q: a6 Y( {! M7 m: X6 G: L! b. t' @
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。* e& j! d4 a! ?! r
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 0 B, M( a% P) }$ ^& Y) u5 y, Q( {* F) V; E5 j
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. : B2 t& H+ Q' ]0 `- | 0 w0 {* U7 s: V) C; s/ CL: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? ! L. C& }9 k& Y6 B3 x ( N+ ?$ Z* G3 B8 hM: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 h' b$ y+ \& Z; R
: h0 i. b1 l4 @+ W% S; T; GL: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? 0 A# r5 p& f# M. L# z) r* g4 x: O9 O - T/ V$ q0 w5 E P* LM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?- |: ?8 \4 D4 p3 y, k
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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。 1 _- ^: q+ x% r8 T - p; Q' O/ @* u, K/ NM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 5 Q' g" U3 e: f3 p" V4 v : ? L3 M+ |" V/ p' q. YL: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; E1 H! H, c$ E
- ^# `8 P6 D. p3 M+ N$ A" OM: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. 0 y$ ]1 S+ {1 p) D z! x9 Q7 ~* l 7 ^+ V# K8 j' o K! HL: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?# u5 q. b9 g$ s- z& ~5 C
. R& c$ R9 x( B0 a, Z2 W2 HM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!8 A# }5 K# c3 R( ]2 _; b0 }
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