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. . w2 J8 e4 h* p! ?' R! H, l7 R
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 2 W% X9 ]7 }. X) A! P' P3 Q) l& Q7 E* C8 Q$ j$ i U
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 2 v/ m5 ?0 L- g! b8 s ) S; n4 a/ \3 _; ^$ VL: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? . U' `+ s4 H! a" Y9 j! ?2 [/ N; |1 A( y3 E4 C
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 1 m7 y0 e! Y& _+ k/ w2 A t; Q2 p ! r' j! B2 |! o4 Z. i _) wL:(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? , u0 O5 `8 q- @ T& V4 O+ e/ |' }- y* B
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.) [3 z0 k" x% a1 h! m
9 P1 V& h6 r3 Q/ R, {L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?6 I4 K9 z9 ]6 H3 c% c
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.5 J7 g1 Y4 J; U( b/ A5 P
" a/ ~1 _9 K& y% M$ g" @L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?& [9 F }- Y' a9 h
$ m6 ?. I! O Y+ a, U& @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. + P7 ]% i6 e0 F$ | % ?9 s6 ~7 Q z+ K6 eL: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? : _7 f- |1 _; O0 \/ N* m/ S% r7 z I% t- x, @: S
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 {. ]% `' \* M, X% k/ o
0 v- y' I; h6 G1 o" vM: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 z- ^. J6 J" j. d6 b/ H- H* x/ k6 P4 P ~. ~1 A
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!2 z1 |* J0 u- B) A) G. z
0 v% X& y" V; j2 Y! I) T2 YM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. ! [/ x+ F4 E8 b6 J, `" x5 P0 T; @2 L5 t( |0 p
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。 2 h: D9 h! S; N( Q" d6 U $ W, n( \- `+ VM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 ^% s$ J# M' `: W' ?5 p0 o
: R. u+ ? B+ y+ j/ lL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? / {0 R" _" d( X0 |. [ - V! s) J+ x8 W, cM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. % V# N" O9 b2 K8 Y8 N % i0 n+ Q I3 j" IL: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?1 `/ \) e4 X! S
& n- V7 E& C% `8 W( I* [5 sM: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. 4 g# S! e6 m3 j9 D# J6 ^$ g" d; D# r g $ ], A' P& H. dL: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? g& F( c2 B. m6 w6 Q* e; z, ]; Q 2 |, @' l, W9 Z1 M; HM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? , p! T1 q; _5 D w4 f8 A. N/ _( U3 U8 A1 `6 K0 A% z! P' B
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。& m( g7 X, e8 Z4 e& j( q
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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., S7 S E+ y. E) n1 I) A9 b" [) ^
: e- y2 B% X6 d" _0 wL: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. % Q. T$ L; v5 d5 z8 V3 D: v - q' o# l0 d. H" `M: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.2 z* ^* t$ f; _( f9 ^3 k/ I) ]