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. 7 w" C# W& Q" j7 k! O, h2 c0 L( X' S4 N ?' ?5 V. d+ j8 i( d
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 3 n: w% A1 Y Z3 b( V: C; E' ?$ j$ O& n/ C7 ~* J! a ?
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. - p" S0 _9 z" W8 b 2 u7 F- P( a- v/ W5 Q+ ^: dL: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?3 X- f& C. d* @5 J6 j
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. $ @- D7 {& `( W' B: Q. D$ B ; D3 f4 w, N. i/ J0 F9 q, A! TL:(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?( z+ c G# g' j7 A {- H+ X" {
5 n$ L" B7 `+ m# j7 x, d/ oM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ h- ~' F$ K- u2 K
* m* I- [5 s& R5 P, p1 aM: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.8 ~& G F; R% Y6 ^: \
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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? 8 Y9 q- g, y. h; h! N+ G# j, g6 m' \: l v
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.! b! y2 E9 `6 I- l! W
0 q! n3 X! J* m+ m7 a7 w3 g/ U+ WL: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。 6 V% Q: V* w$ ~6 W 4 h& e8 U X: TM: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.8 y0 n3 S2 s; Q6 y8 n! W
3 ]' p/ t: B& m& r6 R. EL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!& j4 _" d5 H6 l
5 o5 L: Y; @4 H3 A5 d9 i1 ~M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.8 q4 _8 D( ]7 }) B+ ], ~" h) ~
. C. k [4 b$ U; g* v# C2 }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。 5 R3 w. A2 Y. _3 ` z' N( P # N. S3 |4 ?6 c# E$ L' D; Q0 e6 EM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.6 x0 T, E5 ]/ s2 u; r
! U5 N" p/ ]7 O B7 F! TL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 7 j* s3 j. a# q O- j* o! V, x- I8 W. \1 h
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 0 B/ Y2 E4 A: V, a% w ) H4 o7 e3 r+ T( Z" ?L: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 W% Q& T L) z% g) k
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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. 7 }' d7 d+ }8 T) \$ K 9 F! o5 ^% k1 R2 TL: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? $ h, S% Q% s7 [/ k# q . a! t Y v: l) r' VM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 2 |/ M; u% F- P/ K3 } , j- H0 F$ T; t+ H6 R/ F' zL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。* e$ m" u" R+ d, \: ?" [: Z; B
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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.. p) x6 V T" c1 e' a$ _' {# R3 C
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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. ! T8 n" F/ C* W, l) T# v) F # ^6 y; E2 q& g5 R* 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? * [- o5 d8 B& Y i. q* g 4 {2 @; T0 F1 i' FM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 G. ^# o) h+ v! m, ^ g' ?; z4 J
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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。/ [5 @. K& f! o, ?% X$ K
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