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." \, b& \1 w% c# |
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 [# P. a. B6 a
6 E/ I4 x# v( d/ S8 vM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 3 v$ t( y# _1 R( L8 a# Z9 C8 @) ?) n/ D# G5 P6 O8 s8 G
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?) d" Q3 ?4 Z) q% u2 g
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 3 j) K- [ ~7 b1 U4 i8 d4 b9 Y. N6 u z, B/ W# r9 w
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? 8 X9 e1 z& [2 H; i G2 m3 h- { B8 J, w: b+ P4 @
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.6 }6 Z2 O L4 h1 _# B
) v( | ?1 V! v$ F! nM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 5 P9 h) ^, B0 t$ H/ C , C' P- M1 Q7 N+ jL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?! e3 C. N0 s" }' P. _) u
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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.. v, V' v0 J& h' N% Y2 s0 R
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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?1 w' z1 }! Z) d8 f3 z7 a
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. # `& a F/ y/ U F6 r: `' Q: Y! N4 j0 {4 [8 q
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。4 A5 b# a* }7 l7 D/ C+ }
% v0 X1 h% s. z+ L/ [" NM: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. 5 o! @8 k* W- ^) n/ ~* v. A! l9 j5 @: t* X
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! 6 \+ O" J6 z3 E u7 U$ w7 F# b7 h& c& R8 l* V' o& x) Q
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.$ m2 l1 H: t5 _" {9 X& g4 p
' O E, ~$ y G. U9 ^' a/ JM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 7 z7 H& d" Y; F: j3 H3 K" v+ e; n8 Q' R, R5 [% S X
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 9 d% `" G+ }* o" Y 4 R- ]. o+ C$ _( M5 KM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. & D* S: h: a8 v : w4 @, G' i$ y% fL: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? 6 ^' U: h& u. g 6 Q) _7 f6 G- {! r _; A5 KM: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. ?; @$ x! k9 C3 w# V+ _* Q% S , t2 Q8 o' {$ J( @5 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?& [4 r% }0 t$ L; p5 T
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?- f, ^, A4 w; ~0 e
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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。6 z0 ^, u: Y* ^
: _2 y& v5 X, z' _9 nM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 0 K/ n; T* s) E" w% B 4 u0 u$ b, f0 U; OL: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. - c1 t" P: {' N/ \7 R ( S$ _' l! A1 R! ~; _: AM: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.* U5 ]: c+ J5 ^" K: r5 V
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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( g6 V9 m% I$ M3 x . b% a' r# @, [- R2 Z4 gM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!. g" q8 K; H. `( P! B8 [8 y" T
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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。 7 U4 z- u' x! b5 Z+ T- E ~" r8 A0 j! l$ r* j+ Q' i: L" k5 q9 U
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