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.3 ~& Y6 u2 K R6 V* Y
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。+ Y% a9 {3 S( O- I) L) C
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.* R% t) L/ d J4 z
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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？ 1 w8 ]( p+ [) ]- K ?! h9 J: x; _* ^4 p+ S+ WM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way." N7 l+ E5 H! [) @( L/ P0 p% ^2 F- s
6 A4 Y! k+ l4 T9 GL：(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？ 3 P% D7 s" w8 O P7 P7 d% q E ; F0 w' E& [& }/ X3 [# M x2 ZM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! y% w$ k# L! |* @' h4 a
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?1 s) d6 d$ N" [' z" y; T
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ P3 S2 a( p4 y2 E1 ^0 D- }" L& y% Q- I
: m7 ~* v4 v* I, v; i1 v2 Q$ _/ r7 rM：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. # q6 u( P2 S- ~5 K& G6 ?3 `& W $ L' J9 F' i- x3 sL：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 D0 r. S" G- |0 S( y " X( Z0 p2 a2 ]( K1 N7 TM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.% {- {! N8 Q, ^1 i% q/ b$ |7 P
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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。 8 b8 E% s+ H8 K% l% i# Q2 g " }" L+ a% J; Z0 `2 b' GM：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 b5 p' l4 S1 I9 {0 a0 a: |0 x( d+ W: |0 w" p
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！8 R( ]9 q7 y$ o/ P
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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。 ; j4 K! T; G: N, Y( j: e; ^. i4 [1 w5 l 1 N! B' \3 t. y: O0 hM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.) b0 ]. t& s% k) w& w0 B
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？5 }8 H# Y% z& s- m- K# v
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M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.3 x2 ] u2 }6 e
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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？ % b4 d8 L! T0 Y; P1 \0 C; R8 b- f
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. ! d0 p8 y. D" [ Y: o! _6 q, C$ x( {; h8 VL：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？% X+ q+ ~2 {* l$ K5 t3 N
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? I% ]9 T3 p2 P8 l- z* T; n : m) z; U% a* ~6 QL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。% L! h$ d: i" r
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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. ( l/ V0 L9 q* v) _: S$ D 9 R9 w+ y8 M; J5 F0 M2 Q! i) ~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.. ]2 {$ y' g0 A" k- J( e
% i* l- ], v7 f+ B7 MM：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. / V3 e5 a6 q" m3 f0 b+ v a/ l4 z: m' F+ Q! _0 M& U& E ~
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？ - u- J6 v$ v9 y7 d' y8 ]7 \$ x7 N" q& J2 Y/ D
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!2 ^* c* L$ Z$ Y+ u
- W4 E- O, a% L' ~' 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。 8 K$ N3 x d0 | - Q8 V2 H( m! ^* k& fAudio as following:; f$ ^* C! X4 r7 x: d& L6 E2 ~
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