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. 0 g' f5 e$ }% g6 q, A8 S \' R 2 f7 x& U- v$ \' j% ?L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。1 f6 a8 [. ^: H
3 J) z6 V! |5 B# S# N3 v; K XM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.$ s7 m# i' `" F3 }0 L
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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？' ?' t" x6 v0 O( E3 V S7 k9 E
* i' U8 a! W3 Y6 u) O5 `M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ; y) a* i' K2 J4 g. ~' J- {) B+ ?/ G# N4 f% R
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？ 6 G9 Q' |9 J" M$ @5 D" D* h1 |: T/ {2 ]( o
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.3 ]" |; z1 `% y6 z: ?' Q
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?' `' D) K* y( t$ q3 u
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! x% \/ K+ ]: Y
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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？+ i! H4 d) Z, S* g7 h) _, o6 t
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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. 1 ~3 \% q2 y8 u$ E1 p F* n: O9 E9 u7 B% h7 f/ d. |" T, [
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？6 N1 d4 C! }5 t, U% a! A. d. b% I+ H
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.( c- x8 w9 V; c: }
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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。) R$ m7 `* P+ A9 Q* g
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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. 2 N. Y: p$ T \% Q. W; U8 l4 D ; b# A( O6 z- G* A% ^: e1 Z f4 TL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ) A4 P7 o9 P- u; T q$ l0 Q0 M6 ] + ]% i3 s& I; r2 Z' [( S2 x0 OM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.$ `. `) M$ K% g3 b
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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) G; `4 n& m. ]& X* \* u; j 4 l$ c- ^; K+ C* p0 oM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 v/ i0 k! \/ U& [/ m# q
+ f. q; d7 X" x7 |; OL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ ) z' E' D% i$ ^ & x. s) m9 s# ^M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 1 f W" `" |* c' j/ ~$ v; Z 3 ^: c/ ^. }9 x! ^3 k$ G6 eL：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？$ F% J! c2 v- L" L( K; y; c
2 b; w/ G* V; z) {+ \/ ?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. 2 ?& A4 t3 j4 I- [3 J, ]; x , ^: {4 z- A, ?6 c2 eL：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？, m# u. |/ m( z. h8 \3 U+ e6 P0 [
! r8 u6 E) o: GM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ( l! J o8 N% }/ k! m: y" i7 }" H6 ?- ?; t- _, Y7 E7 U6 S9 w
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 $ j- q; O; ?. `' f; W) @9 }+ R7 ?
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 5 b+ K6 ?- ]' ^. t4 X, k7 O5 g' s7 P. \
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. 6 x1 [2 `) Z% M N # h- u9 ^2 O, E' `7 e: 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.6 i0 s D6 r9 w9 J k7 x( N% T. u
5 q- o. |+ r5 x& { j+ j7 KL：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？% n6 A& O( ~4 |7 W
% q) q$ t; s9 t+ F S4 V" CM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!3 m! _: q6 f9 Y
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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。8 R" x: K7 X- I& u) V. v* k
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