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.% T) z' x' S! Z( R }5 J \9 a
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 4 V* N$ D% G) Y1 ~( A1 u3 [ 5 t2 F0 q) P" vM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. $ a2 y* P. o' K5 k) T f2 o+ V5 D# t. BL：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？) Z ?/ l4 Z v0 j& ?
- \! _( q: c5 z; V, Z1 ^9 AM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way./ b1 q- Y$ R2 k; A7 s# t
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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？ ) C/ X/ J$ k" A. a5 O / v* U& y4 w+ d( YM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 8 Z$ }. [" d0 ^" ? 2 ]& Y. U) E0 fL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? ( h3 I* z# M9 }3 n9 J * C, w* U1 x( b i; |8 ~6 M x+ W0 {- LM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; l W# O, b( R4 [; M, {
6 X+ A# S+ A- b' m7 v4 R1 N9 tL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ . o4 E& U6 v! M2 A' B & V4 e; U; @ A+ ]2 L( }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. ( ~1 E( g/ t* b* t' ? " P2 A" Z% d Y, CL：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？- _3 H. O0 D, A% F' M
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.2 E7 Q: S0 S) x, Y. t' ?
; O$ D- s' [6 Y8 l: H( eL：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。 : i: }8 b$ {) Y0 w# ~/ l, }2 Q" V' u& {' L8 v3 c1 w
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.6 d: C5 r9 A0 A: z9 C
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！- }5 }# F2 m3 R/ H' z/ E; ^, F% S) {8 V
8 W: ]6 x$ e& o5 q4 p2 Z' zM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 3 G0 U% U2 e, c6 l( f8 T2 Z. M 4 K6 R, f, F% ~: I1 qL：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。 6 _( e; ]4 k+ d) q1 H! h 9 W2 \# v8 L7 P# V7 ]* MM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 3 U& d' R0 v# q' y* k; { ; ~: b0 z6 |9 z) X" BL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ - P3 i0 z9 H6 X' f- K2 k; \% u% q: ]7 ^) c7 _( z _1 L8 T
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. / S+ C, V- L( K' m5 H8 w0 y, d. `0 k* p8 {! |% ^
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？: c, A. V: W" i* Q" t$ h
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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. 3 z. y2 L# o' d# I& i0 }/ p+ z" r3 c6 m( x8 \, y( H
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 |7 K! N* n# p. D/ X/ Z7 S( c5 F8 _5 J/ ?, u: {. X
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 4 P$ J/ t6 j* E; Y {- }4 v" T9 s$ q, YL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 - ]; Y' {0 `7 U! Y3 u& d8 j7 F+ g# n# R1 M- M4 l6 [! t8 ]
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.. i2 w- w8 w2 w7 _, T/ p
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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. ( p6 l$ N. X, {6 ^8 K9 r1 h9 h. Q# [7 {) u
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.# X4 b. o$ h, U( o6 `$ ]
" g. \1 _1 L& O' s' D/ V7 Z/ xL：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？ 7 w" T, [" b- t3 q+ D } i1 |7 s$ ~% h2 k bM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! V3 @: i2 e: N
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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。5 Y. Z# S* f6 {4 Y+ U8 W
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