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. $ D% C/ G" t+ g8 P+ K4 y* T4 O" g! z; V/ E& r" C
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。$ ` y. t* ]% }- s7 u# E
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 2 ~6 P$ O3 ], q5 f0 R; \ ) K0 t, V3 b& h' @- oL：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？; C$ x/ g Q$ |7 v8 b2 N
/ \$ f1 Z2 k, L. V/ Z b rM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.0 f1 { |+ M+ ^+ Z8 m5 D
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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？) O" d$ p% y5 q* B7 ~' w4 V+ f, c
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.1 [# }# d; z9 w4 O" c; N: L6 y# C
% B1 z7 u0 k6 kL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?$ o7 y1 u/ B' T5 Y5 K$ }' L
; E& I1 \9 w8 g, ~1 D: GM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.) a7 Q7 j+ \) \3 T
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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？ / \) Y8 f! ^* U" F7 O5 r. j& g s8 y0 S9 K4 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.& _! J9 X8 ~7 N# [
. J" Z! G) |1 `% _( c; \L：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？' B8 j o) V# r: S" o) U' }
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 6 x I% B6 }8 J, Q% D l8 @; P3 p$ x ( l1 y; i0 ]" o6 }6 c6 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。" q$ P9 ]- M6 j5 @9 ]% e
" b7 {% |( G5 W# k- }% H+ A1 d( sM：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." y+ _- a- p& E$ Y- k
" m& F5 W. u8 ?% p, h4 k6 ]& qL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 1 p6 e, e$ m* N; ~8 K" ?: Y5 N0 X6 I2 @9 s8 A% l/ M
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 1 s5 `6 h4 J2 a9 h5 J. N ) f, f+ h" A, F0 k7 a4 P+ }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。 4 ~2 L: l. x* L) { % _ k; w& p1 X6 bM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.8 K) g7 l0 \, {/ n1 n2 T
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ ' w, Y3 p/ Z7 K `9 F B4 n: D; }. E) C! X: j6 B
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ( }2 W* M9 K8 c9 V, N" \ , v4 }. H5 s" `7 |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？3 ]3 [7 i1 C( w, k- M* e1 ?
4 H+ S: D j. V, d3 Q) yM：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. ) i8 ]% H$ J2 I8 e8 z h ; V" s8 j- H) k0 d' ~. OL：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？/ r9 C. e* ?' y; P5 i
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?' ?" b- k' R* k
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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。 ( [, n% `8 l# y( i1 H# } 1 H9 h5 C" z" d5 uM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.) o3 ^- L! e. C) x9 ~
/ N& b$ y5 L4 { n8 P nL：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. 5 n6 V8 @( V" u$ @/ n+ b# `2 X * B* X. [" p: [! I4 m& _ c3 rM：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. 3 n% z1 \$ l5 @2 O3 }% d0 h; g7 v6 x$ R; @/ X7 v- r2 O$ o. P, 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？ 9 a+ V7 B0 L2 N6 B, _2 m1 j9 ^- o " |2 D4 v8 {3 \) WM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!* r8 e# I6 p _5 I+ q4 x& b! q6 F! O
8 l% M2 }9 |$ [3 Q M$ F4 c) U% z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。 - a; m0 k4 o& v) b& Y& F }+ d7 {6 Y# L0 v) N- z ~
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