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 z$ I' C* ^& t h$ ` ; |5 b- e! y9 T: p5 }. L, PL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。5 J( w$ J+ k6 U1 J) E7 w
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. / U: r/ T7 M; F2 ~( ~8 H # b& Q" `( T* 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？- h5 e5 q6 b$ R8 F
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 G% c2 v# q/ t# J1 G' x' y
) C( m" \6 P* j3 p6 k1 o7 I& V T& AM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ( l! N6 c+ z+ P/ l" Y5 M# ?. l, \2 \ f- P9 A8 \/ p" {+ f N
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?3 n" T; ~' s3 G9 T4 ?2 a
- K8 T( O# b4 ~" IM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.3 h' j8 I# K7 j
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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 j0 E, f6 w# v( g$ L % u! U* o4 G# Y$ n/ @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. % p/ F) |; k0 G% {* J! @8 J' H" {' K1 l$ g# J- V; g9 n; M+ y
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？! M4 E+ p) f$ c$ C4 |( F6 G& s
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 4 v% _/ G; ^; B; C" |3 K+ R% b5 p% S2 D& @6 J
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) r2 ~2 n; S% \) S/ f9 R h# ]* q. y9 E% 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.* x( l# N9 c3 ]
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ , ?( l' w6 ?, e; U# C9 Z' u1 q $ t" ?; T9 L$ J( f) o' jM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.. h: \2 @- G6 K. _, |& c) s' ]
) K ?, _# {( y& P! g, j4 cL：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。 ) \2 N R# S# D* |1 D/ g. l! x+ a+ m, v " e$ ^& ?: f6 ]4 aM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- j/ T7 b- m. i& V/ N3 o) ^8 O
% Z8 s5 G9 E! s- s. H7 U6 G2 lM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. . x2 Y+ B1 D( z) D& _( G+ S- J2 S3 g1 C _- `. B
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？( y. ?2 x' G/ D, P
" M' r$ W O$ j! S4 n6 iM：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. 2 g0 u- H6 C5 M0 c3 K/ R , r& X" s2 X+ o! AL：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？! N- g7 M4 u. ]0 ]
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?' D; D+ F+ F2 ^" e* k: i
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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。 5 ~- e! i. h) e i% _* L/ {( ?9 S4 s+ p! ^3 s4 W0 y3 ~( u5 K/ w- q
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# r# r4 j! |" K3 W
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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., N0 h$ Z+ T# D1 W
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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.* X3 s2 s% O4 V: G* m' f
2 ` h9 A1 E, [( E2 ML：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？0 Z j) n# ` D+ B6 k
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! t+ C( A* j0 \) S1 U$ n ; o/ M3 v- r, O' R) k i9 n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。 ) f/ F$ R; s5 J4 n. H& a* X + | |) T* }- ~6 |# F& eAudio as following: + s7 g, [- R" Q- l; `" a2 Z' h
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