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. ' W1 [6 ~9 K$ H/ N: P# S" E+ b. R. O2 Z) g! {. X- n& |, }+ I
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 7 `- w2 x$ Z. f) ]. P4 U/ q0 a( V4 W* n 6 t1 `0 v; x: N; FM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 7 J& E6 V& B4 @5 {8 w) R/ _0 Q8 R) n T) ]0 [. w9 d: d" |* y5 x
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?& c- ^/ p7 F+ |0 [6 r7 M" L
0 c, [2 E2 \1 m. j7 f5 VM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- L( x4 ^0 `* e1 X1 i
$ O) T2 Z* Z+ _; b8 c0 [/ ] y8 j: rL:(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( F' K1 h2 m9 V4 D- G( c2 }( ?: M" W2 O
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ H, e9 D, X# [' Y- U
( T4 F" i( V2 s5 @5 kL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? W& y/ c/ h( z/ A) E, j9 v5 D: A* ?+ q
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ' q6 Q- l+ l$ I/ J$ B7 H! w- o( o4 G: q( H# V
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?7 z! q8 P6 @' w
( U% D9 x: E# A- {2 iM: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. : r/ ^2 Q, C" o) Q* A k * i/ x o( G5 A8 q) UL: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? , k9 Z1 A- j* H- Z; `8 [% c* U9 N8 Z4 Q7 G) i, H$ D" V8 `, G
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 0 q2 L! _% ~( f+ @- {( f. K4 Q% a3 Y& |( d
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。 . G) Y* y# K3 q: x, v4 U! q5 s& w3 i- ~3 \$ j: Q; q4 v- J
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.! q% q. G' j4 F6 i: j0 i
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! ! E" G; t" ^% B3 D( D, |6 \( q% K% E" ^& B# d! c5 K. y8 z
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.$ a& X3 ^4 L* j- n) ^9 s; b
0 C# R3 ~: G4 |- U) S( c; xL: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。$ y! K5 D/ r, S0 A, B' Z: N
0 U! X: ]8 X) |- QM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. - A% j: ^% ~; F8 W4 N# f% G: M6 `; A: {$ G* i( n4 X
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? # I0 L; C9 z. ]$ C: V- }7 _" P% S9 I2 I1 F
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 6 a' H5 [) d0 j" u. A2 O7 V1 K' v/ I0 X9 A. C
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? * L! _: O5 ~% U0 r; w) f , n9 h" ~, L. a# q( v/ n% BM: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.# ]. W7 f' P7 b6 W. j- l
; G5 G) M4 k$ N) U5 z3 IL: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? P% h9 h- k3 C" P) U8 k0 ^, l- }( b) V) G$ u+ W' q
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 3 L! `. Z4 V$ n1 m) b; @5 y3 I0 p, Q! k9 d
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。$ P' s$ ]8 D( r4 T
) q1 [2 Z5 E$ \, SM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 7 P# }0 \; O3 L$ A+ W- Q D9 q& l ) W k, d) C5 W& zL: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.- M1 s. Q* d3 v# x3 G
7 b9 g8 l, k; V7 W1 YM: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.+ E: h4 f( Q+ W. N U
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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? W' K' b# t( I. G3 m5 J
( X+ r8 T. i7 N& |1 mM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!1 e# P Q5 [! W5 |3 T- K