: v, x1 `$ M# a! P: {5 x$ Y! [L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。! U7 ~7 r% a+ I$ _0 l. B0 x; D
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 4 E r2 B7 D: _6 `2 a . \3 a- w9 W0 u K! S y$ jL: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?4 I* t: t: R# x, C
3 r5 ^# _2 v# B: C% \M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ' L* S: ?( W) `' \) \# i4 n4 n0 t$ v; Y5 U3 B3 ^
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?! W+ @/ G4 y* c, A" @
" G& q. T6 t# d+ sM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ( @) h9 F' W8 `/ a( p o5 f0 d* ^+ H) O: h. h' g
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?" B+ a0 z8 Z5 O5 w. [" t
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) g& F5 j+ V# BL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?1 {) _* V7 A2 l! l- C
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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.- A% K+ D4 N! m. H0 }. u
* z' E" `4 P) z/ uM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.' H) J* V& L% K- v, A; R
E5 f# @' m3 dL: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。3 s. ]0 I4 W6 c- [2 A" V! h
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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. . g/ `$ n0 F$ z# ], I. Y0 d8 r- G/ s2 {6 K4 M3 S
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! x& K& m% Y1 A* ~( Y. `! b& A7 K" G9 Z3 t
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& W2 H, S( K) O# \( u+ _
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 S( ^ ?4 N, A1 r# K
0 _4 v3 J6 {' a$ ]4 YL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 4 c8 {5 J3 Q! F8 Q3 `( c0 t 8 N3 i. [4 `; y; S# KM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.# p( u* Q m% \$ e1 r' m9 `, ?" L
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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? % u% x( m) h( T ?* D& f$ Y) t( r5 A$ ZM: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. ) w) k( Y/ v( _3 E7 c$ t7 y& v9 J+ A9 o3 Y* F" r$ ^' N3 R
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?) V+ c n: i# E2 X
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ' J) ^6 X8 X8 W; m- c( S1 Z2 `' _. ^/ w0 W
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。5 H; N: ~/ ?; ~$ `2 Z! V* a: V' X
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& n* @$ L, X+ LL: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. . B0 E) i+ q- I0 C 3 B0 E3 c5 W( I5 N: ?; s) dM: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./ |% C" Z( ?. q8 X2 r) }6 J