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. 1 } w# c! W. @1 X9 ?" J2 X* l" T) z4 Y
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 - @1 w& A( H5 O' x5 B- q 3 U4 G9 X" B* uM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 2 w" |! T1 G8 A q3 M A4 U/ a& ^. f! u* O
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？$ _ h0 O) {) d; ?2 {
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. $ }) W6 r* h8 {9 L# @! \7 m" R+ c( b; ?% b6 @
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？1 O( B$ I9 m% {. v6 Z
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.# \+ N; t& E: B, ]( d* A
5 g0 f* r J( G; B ~+ ZL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? ; N' ^' G+ d8 F ( p6 [) u+ Z. P s* ^M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 5 ~4 J* f# Q( L% T9 T/ V- Z 0 z5 r9 r) b" ?/ y7 iL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ . ?2 L! }) g$ S+ C2 x8 P0 L- g# s& J5 w) 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.. f/ ] D; y- Y3 U7 }
1 J, e; P* ~, A# t- l5 mL：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？ 2 f x; K" D L. N * L% o! A7 Y3 HM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.& J6 o7 a6 _% d
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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。 9 F: K' P4 o1 g B+ }' A/ X- I( W! t2 [; w- _+ a' K
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. + e2 O/ M, n6 O+ |( s * o1 G$ U& }4 M4 \L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！" Y. K* ? {% V' S8 _
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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。 o* E/ @8 p0 M* S/ [; f
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- o8 k' \; f9 I
0 m2 S- Z% N4 ~+ u( C, uL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 9 y, C, Y. x |1 j6 i% a - c: F0 D9 R& _% }5 M* K* eM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.$ x0 J5 w; M# h- S, F( p' I$ I
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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？% J: `# }7 i) g; ~$ `/ |4 J
) \+ o8 k3 w, e# o/ aM：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.1 l+ S, o X1 Q; h
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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？) B# W1 m( ]5 }8 a" N2 N
" v7 ^" y# j9 f5 G* v% e5 ]M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 0 d& ^0 }; `* e I" T6 h( L8 O& M4 i) i7 R. n5 U3 |% c
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ( |. |$ K" l; \# [% B: k9 x 1 e! G" h! d5 O2 SM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 5 M4 V0 ?1 l$ y. a! k7 @ $ C& f9 @6 p' G% W* CL：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. p& I5 n5 z* k, H
+ I( g9 v8 E, P% nM：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. 8 @1 P& o! E) G0 w3 {' o& c. y, b1 j3 s) 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？: m) k1 n- W0 v2 n0 y
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!; W7 A* }% A3 U6 o
+ Q' X) v- l* C4 k* s9 J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 t: N* z) ~* w( N% L0 d ( B# ?2 ^: g7 |/ u! c cAudio as following: ; S: T. g- L4 W' b6 p& p
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