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.* y5 j) [3 b8 ]+ x# I5 q$ b1 H
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 + m, |# b! x0 f$ c & M# p7 [7 Z) H0 iM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. & q. S" B) y) ], V" F5 a/ ` $ P5 h* _: O, A( O- _$ s' KL: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?" A5 u1 m4 x3 d( `; w' b' b
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.& H0 V+ Q9 k& V: x! c
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ) H' t, S+ U! | ; L+ u7 o3 A, D& g) v& `L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 8 w2 G1 a0 s" _( E' U, W7 m6 W/ x# x/ R' A
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.- i U5 ~( @' k7 T1 }0 g
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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.; R. ~- r; ?( |, o% v( c/ z
! X% R% N7 N) Q& H h3 |, e- FL: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? z% k8 |) l+ p. I , x" N. \/ u# F6 W, b$ f/ XM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. ; l. S+ {( i) ]4 J" @( a# ]# d6 B( t3 ~5 i( t3 J3 c7 `" f
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。( ~9 z% ]0 k H. v
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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. : n5 L3 |/ |* `% s F8 b$ P+ N/ Q- H9 T7 E
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!, B0 v# f. y K5 R. F
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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。 ! T$ i1 y8 i; n2 x% w 1 g" w6 n3 ^& c: }8 [M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 9 B! h2 v- M9 p; s& [! M3 ^, e3 |" h9 Q( u% c1 _( c# e! X* m
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?/ @5 X5 ~0 m9 g3 T- ]2 V8 T
* m, t3 [ A; @2 A# oM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ' J3 V& j, m* s; V8 B' k . `7 S, t9 V' S( Z5 B: jL: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?% L1 p8 D' K( m/ U6 s9 t3 `9 E
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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.1 c& I% ~* L2 r1 R
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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? ( m# v) l0 K: S4 v+ j; I0 Q. y9 t6 E; {# ?' W9 t) g
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?+ x( \3 U5 V8 f, V& t0 ~2 w
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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。* b5 b' {2 b, }% Z
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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.( G6 H( K' A8 x
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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.6 f1 E0 A8 a9 g9 K" R
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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 W: d. Z! K" w9 @3 U$ j* V & X# L' i3 Q2 g# V( Q# K4 JL: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?. W! B5 `# b+ O, W