! J, J, W1 V! ^( _' C$ bM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. H5 f9 X: l% J0 f/ s' E9 d ' n0 l% _0 Q( @4 V+ OL: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?% K7 C6 [9 @1 ]: W0 U g; N$ \
) n+ j5 f1 _( V& W) a! dM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. - ]# h- O, D$ c0 U9 \2 x% U * B. Z I H# J Y/ ~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?% p3 @0 P9 f: H6 D7 I
7 l/ _2 i0 l( ?; \' L" TM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ( W$ X# ], t1 ]6 W! ], ^3 L ! e. ~$ U9 z9 a; O* i) iL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 9 r9 e0 Q2 `- l0 Q: g1 H: D1 U0 c2 K / z+ y. v0 c% GM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.6 M6 S- ^- f: M: y c6 i0 K
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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 i1 ?! @6 }& T4 g- F8 _( `) e# `" l' [' b1 u. `; B
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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?- |/ r q- x P: i; a# B4 k
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. & H" H3 F; e& J5 Q* h ; w7 s4 o2 Q$ N/ }: 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。 `+ T) A7 f# b$ S' a+ @6 `9 }
7 a( k9 V5 V3 R1 q% D) {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. & p1 b0 k" E9 |. G ( a9 v6 V+ X) N( v* S: @L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! 3 s2 |0 ~8 y/ `' c 8 a) J# H( n6 n$ z7 iM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. . }1 N# B9 B4 e3 l7 _( U4 ]' X* }/ p) Z4 p2 W) z+ G' k; ~
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 _- m% r" }9 L" ~ & j- U% D' W4 n# I" n+ b8 a1 d8 o" SM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. - g0 ]$ H7 @: e1 |5 ~. @/ z9 V/ D" m& f D8 b$ z
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?4 v9 [! z* N# u# U7 V
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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? $ Q4 {, ?7 e- K4 ^% P* ^! l5 z; N8 l5 M
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.+ a5 v4 l- a* Y+ a* A* n7 w( H2 B
. u9 f4 l3 t K0 H3 m. w# `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? 9 z9 Y, b6 P- m ) q4 F* T I3 B3 C) i$ UM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 1 c$ b2 P/ l O+ l6 V: `; d+ [; J 7 i* j# q! p( l% FL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。! @1 \9 E" c# }4 |( r3 `! y3 \
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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. % l# {7 A/ l6 ` 7 S" R' e7 X( n7 T" J. GL: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. w$ w$ L) v, ^& b# t ) ?" m- P% a! 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. 7 W5 I& K) ^2 ~- P 0 p* c2 e. l/ |9 E% @4 GL: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/ P& \8 g5 n$ w# Z1 ]2 J
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