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.% [( ~/ K( ?; d, v& }9 q3 b2 z$ t! b: Z4 J
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 8 c0 ?) A) j% K s% M9 ]7 g a. W l7 r9 ~; F" G$ d
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.1 |9 {5 ~! r% B- l! ~& V O
" c$ N O6 y. K( K" u: ]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？* H" V( o$ r3 d5 W+ d
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.5 q3 G$ r7 [, v
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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 A- O' m' v2 R) p L% F8 B# \' @) |$ p
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ! n$ E. U& S" t# k- z 5 ~5 h4 }' ^* s1 k: [' fL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? ! i: w c( B4 V" t2 y # e- Y8 P" D# u9 \" L5 YM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.) G6 u( x r7 m9 m
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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？8 x/ Y9 ^+ X$ o6 l6 |; b1 K
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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. ) [! }- ]. }- Z4 [% D* v3 }) `- J& S: G% y- S& }
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？# U8 o; a2 V3 g h( S
4 M; w' F2 _, {0 H$ QM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.. J% V7 ^' @$ Y' V" E3 @( |
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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。- c5 [8 g1 \0 p2 j- F0 B2 ~
: p7 q+ d1 p0 u$ ~/ A* A4 {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.- E- @/ z( S1 P. h
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ - Z0 D) N% o+ @. m/ b* ? G4 H" m$ N- ~9 L* G- p
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. / W: w* K3 a3 ?8 z( t - N+ u9 y( F% m# c0 iL：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。 - u6 U5 U# X* J# b7 f5 v( h# {0 p0 g5 ^9 J! o
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 9 L* M* N2 U& {9 N+ i' F3 G) R6 E" Y. V" }1 c9 n
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？+ v) d+ Q/ `. }8 n$ i# m
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M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.) I c0 |$ N1 q& z' Y
$ Q6 I* [7 W4 y- S% t" ]- DM：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. 5 ^# w% n! p! q8 H4 i 4 X& T) U O' f* J8 W, ^9 FL：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？! W0 i9 s; z9 J4 ?; M( C& P
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) \7 q, E1 N' |, Q" h
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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。2 N) K/ _0 |! _/ ~) a
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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.- o# C0 \3 P/ r4 v$ _
8 w6 E& L* g. l5 `8 n% b: ~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.3 m9 N# r$ j3 R7 T9 p' Y
$ n: `+ E6 { Z; o: 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.- k" X# E; z7 h# ^& e) Q- U( I8 }
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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？; z) U& h1 o g; m
2 b; ^/ h6 L( b: A% O4 r. nM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!2 D' T; J/ d+ \
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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。 ' S5 Y: p; a- O% D7 n1 ?- l/ F 7 ?. W& H" q/ ~Audio as following: $ L) w% n! r( I1 e
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