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. ; H: J: U- [$ _8 {9 `) N+ o/ u3 l) E1 \
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 + P- w9 y& S. b- s- a f+ p$ D4 g ( |! z" p# Z! [. yM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 4 v3 ~+ Y: |9 v4 ~' s1 z. @ # w+ B$ y0 K+ F. f. pL: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?1 E0 a" Q& t# N0 s S
) r. n7 l' f" L; ] b6 LM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.& F. |- @5 @% [0 E1 G R/ N9 S
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. & h* \- o8 ~' P( i& E% m & ?5 ]* i3 u) Y# A1 {+ `: v" w$ ML:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 3 Y* Z: e, L. H7 H! Q- A8 x1 O( z2 r* w, S3 k
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ) o1 {5 l1 ?9 J" E1 s6 T; e3 K! P , q2 o5 E( p( l( N! WL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? 6 }; L4 h# p" c( j' \; B/ ?3 r# E! y0 p- y
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. % i& M7 T% d: Z! e: x, Z' h8 k# F# r4 i/ V* n
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?& `! ^* R6 M: J& ?
$ Y/ F* t7 B, K5 qM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 2 x; A( t! h9 H& j) t5 A3 L% u; I . C# I) q% N& j1 tL: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。& `% o3 {2 X4 K$ y# Q4 y
X# e5 y& Y9 z$ H. V; iM: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.6 p! }6 U9 @% Y2 H: K
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! : y* h" t* `6 ?' K$ |7 } `+ f$ E6 f! x9 k% ~1 l. l1 T" |M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.$ [) o: w5 D9 O8 c
! z* p; Z2 z/ n/ b& ~$ z; tL: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。: I8 V6 n* h# b; o* @9 j9 ?
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.# R; {0 K$ y- L( S; ?, g9 E8 ?
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?/ L/ h/ g$ I1 L7 ^6 N
" ^+ @. ?, Q4 p3 h( Z5 T: j" tM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. * ~ t% l# W7 ^6 o, U : k1 n9 G) ^" X0 @! j1 w, 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? , @5 L$ }- ?% [( {) B; y9 H7 I0 @. S2 V3 e1 F
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.& O/ Q9 F# V5 i2 h$ N7 |! v: |6 l; ~
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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? / M6 g6 ? M1 \: n7 |8 Z5 f9 g % M5 B9 y, A2 ^% e! uM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?( O0 H4 N* z3 @: p* {3 X% E0 W5 T. p
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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。* I" u5 _# C) h2 e, G" r
4 z' ~5 j; t: w( wM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ) q4 y) ^/ X( _' L8 A' H( ? + e6 k: |3 N7 r" _1 C* ^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.0 f6 | K9 S- X
% D8 c( ~3 c7 b! H2 yM: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. 1 h9 A" L4 x, Q! `. m5 I. {% M2 U6 V8 ]
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? 3 i. G: s0 [* s4 u' q2 F 7 S2 i; t+ w; x1 G/ cM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 p( ?3 G' e+ w, `- Q