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. v% p& h* [* G* m
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ! K) o3 j& o( W" w0 E! O 3 u8 n0 W) l4 i e& h3 W( rM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.3 J8 u' U) Y/ [+ N8 L3 ~
9 e h3 ]; ]' b, Y+ ^& EL：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？ # ?. K6 A( y7 X' n 6 {# g( z/ ?* _+ ?M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.' [' w* T7 ]. c! ^0 ~$ n' a& x
5 M6 N9 j' h2 E- H% {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？" A: v& M4 P C# ?, a4 {
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.8 n2 a! `4 p0 i5 c: n( {
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?7 a, v% Z* P1 O0 Y
, _2 b: O: [! PM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. . W, W# d7 B" s4 h. J / u$ u5 m. \5 w! iL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ 4 K7 q M) H+ ^/ p' l 5 A4 h, c5 M: y* aM：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." W# [ G. h& a3 b5 _
2 R, n$ R: X$ Y9 J* 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？ * e0 Y+ d# J; ^# N1 ]* V5 e. D) i& h( r6 q( P6 `9 v" S+ E
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. : C; {* W3 A5 A: t% C7 u# k+ d! N9 Y9 \+ Z1 ^, s3 T- K) P
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。0 z0 X& H3 f; ?) F/ {6 U) G4 y R% o
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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.8 Z- r+ _, g/ p7 I7 Z
( o( m6 E0 J( Z f$ X8 NL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！/ \4 z7 J6 \ y" u2 N
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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。 3 B e3 W4 ?+ g! ?8 P3 {' ?2 w+ a& @) X, j% T. j; p7 w7 r
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- \3 Q- J7 K2 z8 e8 K/ Y M
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ , C# n. m8 Q- O! o! t 4 ^) m$ \; Z! L: E. KM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 7 }2 [& U1 n! l$ V0 P6 i7 ? ; g3 e; M- K1 r' {# P1 a/ ~' S, dL：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？ 5 Z9 C" P9 [# ^. w2 l , b# K& x9 G; E, v+ \0 MM：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. ' H8 }# w) _: o, F# J C1 }$ ~- Q, [7 i- n$ d- i
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？" W# S9 ]. w. v) Z7 K$ v# E. _
! B% b5 ^9 ?/ n& B. h- yM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?6 e& }( L# ^; B: `
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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。 2 v+ d/ V* b0 f/ Y6 w2 k) @2 G 0 i6 L8 U- w' e0 T1 w; ]M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.% \ m* t5 [3 u, N0 `5 M
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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. ) y! D# X6 w" A6 X9 Q, P- X9 D 5 k* G+ S! d, p" y- G9 p0 kM：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.: ]# T; f8 Q. g0 [
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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？ G: r q( g' X" `! ?2 p1 [# ^: p( H1 e
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! ) C6 \' K e- ^$ W* ?7 u7 J : q0 l/ l) d" u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。 ; f; F v8 s' A6 h% d9 q/ u$ H g; u- U6 |5 t
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