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. P; X6 j R2 r4 t0 b. n! k + F1 Y. i& Q( l: I9 Z5 U0 K" cL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 / J4 u! x3 _, E: Y! M4 _5 A " a3 a b- n& `% \! e8 M/ |M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. . J# D% P. y3 D& k0 R: x* z 8 ^( Q" D- n% i8 j. GL：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 U, o4 i4 S* N: r$ R% A/ i
0 z( b( s: i/ c3 g$ _* ?) i3 mM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. & e% E7 F4 P% _2 B% V- \* A2 ?3 B7 h! S6 V# p ~4 c
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？ / x. V, k& X: k% i* N% \5 S7 h7 ]. ~% [! `" \$ S* _: d
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ v2 q$ w" s* F: h1 w$ B" r
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?& G/ O9 R& m' _7 o$ @" T
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ K4 q+ w3 I* C& e8 B: ]2 A
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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？( o, S f! b" E" Z
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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.! q$ z6 I% f% e5 E7 G
( Z$ }$ k9 U; G7 XL：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？ 0 r2 ?! ^$ s1 l$ E9 p # l, j. \( s! L$ k7 \4 \) ^- TM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. & c- L, E6 {) K 5 t; k$ v1 S, D7 R# H( 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。4 y! C: q- P& c0 u' u! C
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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.1 r& L a2 C' n4 S3 J
) H! `% D+ n; `. nL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ! ~# w: O8 C) f; d3 z- b5 D* _# I
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. + e7 r" _) q4 ], z' m 7 `1 W/ P6 A2 a/ uL：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。0 O; p+ H; X& v/ w' g' Q& n
3 ]" ^* B6 W! `; Y& ^M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ' |- w& p4 ]1 x ( x" b# g5 R( J3 N! Z2 `8 i: OL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？5 i( A% W, E8 \ ^4 o( w5 r
7 p1 x$ ]: {" u+ |8 C% u5 B! C$ HM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.5 M, d! e) h. `3 s
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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？ 8 a, n: ]2 @! T! g4 {: D7 S/ X9 M* p' W2 y4 ?/ L6 S
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 w; m1 r3 L5 H- G5 t8 o9 w" b& U* k7 D
# X# D l6 ?- c: C# w3 DL：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？ # m! i5 ]% A: H- I+ s# e7 \' n" d0 Q
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?; S& N) s. q; g' N$ P/ }: s
8 U* s+ j4 b) i9 ]L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。6 z- R6 F, j$ S; j
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M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.8 a/ B7 ~1 d3 k9 }! ?1 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 {& z! r e% K3 A, H* L& D$ ?# Y. m) c6 @6 k6 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？2 j% u( r' n9 u$ v
+ a/ F; J% Y- UM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! / u) \8 d+ b- ^! V) l; {7 ^) O: r$ x. }6 ?0 m- q
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。 + i% F) P5 l0 D' b1 o4 D5 N3 M. v$ k# N7 L" S9 b
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