: v, x1 `$ M# a! P: {5 x$ Y! [L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。! U7 ~7 r% a+ I$ _0 l. B0 x; D
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3 r5 ^# _2 v# B: C% \M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ' L* S: ?( W) `' \) \# i4 n4 n0 t$ v; Y5 U3 B3 ^
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？! W+ @/ G4 y* c, A" @
" G& q. T6 t# d+ sM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ( @) h9 F' W8 `/ a( p o5 f0 d* ^+ H) O: h. h' g
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?" B+ a0 z8 Z5 O5 w. [" t
2 V6 e* f/ V( P- j; o' D( AM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. n9 N" t$ N3 m* g
) g& F5 j+ V# BL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？1 {) _* V7 A2 l! l- C
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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.- A% K+ D4 N! m. H0 }. u
* z' E" `4 P) z/ uM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.' H) J* V& L% K- v, A; R
E5 f# @' m3 dL：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。3 s. ]0 I4 W6 c- [2 A" V! h
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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. . g/ `$ n0 F$ z# ], I. Y0 d8 r- G/ s2 {6 K4 M3 S
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ x& K& m% Y1 A* ~( Y. `! b& A7 K" G9 Z3 t
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& W2 H, S( K) O# \( u+ _
. `/ ^4 h3 d: X1 u% C8 fL：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 g. S9 {/ S- I& C) s3 N4 S6 A- i5 K0 i$ C U& p/ c7 r
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 S( ^ ?4 N, A1 r# K
0 _4 v3 J6 {' a$ ]4 YL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 4 c8 {5 J3 Q! F8 Q3 `( c0 t 8 N3 i. [4 `; y; S# KM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.# p( u* Q m% \$ e1 r' m9 `, ?" L
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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？ % u% x( m) h( T ?* D& f$ Y) t( r5 A$ ZM：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. ) w) k( Y/ v( _3 E7 c$ t7 y& v9 J+ A9 o3 Y* F" r$ ^' N3 R
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？) V+ c n: i# E2 X
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ' J) ^6 X8 X8 W; m- c( S1 Z2 `' _. ^/ w0 W
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。5 H; N: ~/ ?; ~$ `2 Z! V* a: V' X
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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.- A2 c' S z- Y4 f
& n* @$ L, X+ LL：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. . B0 E) i+ q- I0 C 3 B0 E3 c5 W( I5 N: ?; s) dM：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./ |% C" Z( ?. q8 X2 r) }6 J
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