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. ) m9 O+ O- k& w. j5 k( M4 |) M 7 d2 E7 q, ]/ Y$ x' QL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 + V; q" W7 B1 R+ Z 9 p8 Y! f# o! m7 E$ F6 ~M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.( {0 g/ O0 @& f
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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?7 |9 h& f& G$ Z4 X$ H
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. * @( T& }: P% k , s. ]: J( e* {6 Z5 c: ?" tL:(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?& M' ~8 d3 _& L
9 Q! b: t6 E' x* ? K, |7 Y# q3 AM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; Z7 S+ M1 E9 D" F8 e+ S
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?# o2 D6 ~, G- v! P) m6 D6 e; @
3 _: M: a2 t0 X1 B2 _( iM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. # E; ?% Q: [( ]9 Y5 A* Y2 n$ C& A, I4 X$ Q. E4 g+ K! j
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? 4 B/ n0 P3 q3 i6 {! l3 [% @: \ % @6 d! v6 g. ?( J! lM: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 Y+ p$ ~; \/ v0 m! G7 Z $ P& |5 F6 V3 dL: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? 5 U" D3 }& A5 K1 w% d" m E2 Y3 m+ ?4 ^* n
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ @1 E/ U8 T5 H
$ _' m$ {) ]* q5 ^" J0 ^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。 - Y" w' B: N q" T& w- \ ?, O8 m) T
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. & f5 Q' h2 n) ]: E( f2 F/ t ) d# g4 V- i! R/ A2 xL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! - `( R, H* I3 o6 U; E% O( }/ q1 n 3 o0 }, L G# R( E) m% aM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. + }" g* e2 t C " P g. G; g5 kL: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* G4 S5 Y$ t4 r
# N! h' s) L R, \6 gM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.9 Z4 Q. v' [) C& a; R) I0 V
?/ e; i, G2 pL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 8 I8 q. ?* q! l1 p9 Q) X 2 W- _4 i+ y6 x' hM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.8 ~. S1 y: z# f8 l) l9 \8 _1 g7 M
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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? 7 b% @# v! c- j9 e, W5 a2 f& {/ t4 Y! N5 t" W8 _' y
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 h7 K. H% O8 `, K8 [! c8 u" Q, K
6 f3 e1 X6 g+ e' R* {; q) i1 cL: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?5 F0 ?7 y1 F- U$ c2 E
. @ Q1 I2 X, r) e9 c, a WM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?4 s$ I3 c n/ s8 r
: C; A$ R6 a3 K0 L2 C# GL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 4 U, l, W" ^/ D& l; R6 J, P( L+ R# ~5 y9 K0 }3 e) m) O O
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. * I( U# O. C! f& ?, i$ h 3 j' n. ~7 ]1 S( _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. 7 X j( v: z: Y: O+ l0 ^8 s; K# `: U8 [! S9 [, |, B, q* G
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.! F# @; U2 ~8 {) Y3 l' u h- `+ h
7 a7 i- {' x. v$ _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?# I0 l. ^/ b- J6 e
# ]# n, g# m3 l5 M, y# bM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!8 d+ ~# q% W0 c2 T3 f. G1 b1 J, W8 A9 p
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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。 * f. I( @- ^% J; v/ l2 v 7 X! `! L" W( V" l0 d/ U0 S4 q2 IAudio as following:" V; e4 ]% G* t: @ z