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.; _, f* \' }" @: B/ b& B
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 4 G$ @: Q5 r$ }/ w, ^3 m4 M3 D; a9 A- W$ L
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.: x, k2 a' y3 Q3 T9 v. R( A. E
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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？ # Y9 d6 L, t* {0 X$ g4 i; {' ?( c- z M. Y8 O% {. P& W8 [# JM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 1 o+ I2 ?* L) |+ @: @3 a! Y - f9 y9 ^# Q0 c. oL：(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？/ y$ ]" n6 [9 W A8 D! E/ g* a
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.. \) } m9 |) |" O8 a; e# j
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? - T0 L9 f' c3 N( W! |# c# F 0 {% W* m! S+ mM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.& k q g/ q: H' ]! E
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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？ 3 N: |* Z) c- z! u: S9 J- n+ q! B( \
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.& n1 O" ?1 S# K9 w
0 N, Y! w4 e$ M' r# KL：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？ & X2 e9 N& T# M' u* c/ b ; b, g- L# A$ i4 ?/ q7 ^9 MM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.3 }( ~" _; t2 ?
. e; p. K& W: c4 J. WM：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.9 O1 P" Q. s+ ~
$ U/ ?2 {1 u* XM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.) o8 l. i; C! F% J. _
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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。 8 a* }6 m$ P) i# l2 z* `4 w5 Z3 T$ B/ Q2 k l2 O4 ?1 \$ S
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.8 j8 a- p% ?/ \; h, t e/ M
! n/ o& ^# ^5 K2 uL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？& g- T8 c0 w; j/ T4 } R3 P
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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. ( S9 \! u& L6 U' ^3 [ 8 M9 ?$ b+ H8 `; _- nL：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 n* g% e. x4 W$ t8 u, y; P) v
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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.4 w8 d |3 O+ R o) U8 k6 _5 f
1 a7 M! P# z$ K1 y4 X1 _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？ 7 h+ y% j# I7 f0 G$ s! ?4 {- w4 _( ]
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?% |2 H% t' P' T2 S# O! ~
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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。3 R, U* N) N9 H7 \7 ~
: S( u! b( L* j' p- }1 O6 TM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.+ V0 F" i" s& _9 T! [
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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. 4 w H$ ]% L, [$ {( m ; t5 ]* J- \5 m: ^) Q! vM：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.: E5 _# A6 ]* Q1 f
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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？& T8 x4 m, ~3 I
- F1 p+ [# u T1 ~9 d# t2 w# J6 Y. M: FM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! 0 g3 ~. Y0 ?8 ~$ ^+ t 4 q' P4 G6 n: D8 a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。 + J0 M" \* B+ S9 r$ U# Q+ ~- r ^5 k( y& g A3 l; F
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