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. + P& A" j& i& c0 `5 u- m / F1 l E( O$ C) G: t, lL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。- F2 ^0 z5 i& T% F, C$ K" U6 e. W
; K8 s8 Z+ H7 m: c* ]( @M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. " g9 H; p7 u+ r1 j: W) u; d E# P# n0 \% X0 O
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？. n3 E/ J! c# B' f) E/ I: _' m: y
7 j0 W, B: P- m% ~8 A: gM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.0 _- e& ?/ |4 I9 r5 y
4 L1 w- X) Y. `- EL：(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？5 K. a# n4 @- m+ J
5 M- {. I( p5 ?. ~M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.6 B; F U9 p. P W$ A
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 4 ^9 C3 G8 r5 c O3 N( x3 A" _ * x$ B( E! Z# E9 v" kM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. & K) R r* c1 M+ }+ h& Z) v1 J: y3 t F1 R8 A
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ - D& v7 U2 m; k: v$ l# M4 ~7 b 7 i: V4 ]2 O! h2 R* W* 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. 0 U, @" X( q/ d4 ?% F. k$ \: F/ b3 m7 R
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？1 I! P. N u' P! l, N
" s7 i! r3 b+ _& f! T8 yM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 8 ^5 P0 b; N/ P9 W7 X4 I7 a$ y; m' v: Y6 g/ Q5 J9 b8 G# N3 e5 ?' N0 c
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。; W% }: i- ]! X8 W# N" N8 `8 U
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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.$ O4 T9 M/ q" k1 I( ]3 J' r+ `
! W/ \' x! R8 r- CL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！8 I3 M" e) y2 B! A0 {6 C
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 4 |& M4 [& z) z3 N' s! }7 _; | M. s( q7 ~
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。& r. w0 \$ E' J# T) D7 S! X
], I8 r; v; }' oM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. B1 s: W: r+ ]9 g5 y9 I# Y + l" q& h, z" F, \, C& a) a% s F! zL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？4 q/ s8 Z1 N( ]
% o" R& k5 W$ m' pM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 4 h% F* v' W( p ( Y+ ^2 A5 c3 b$ i) l# h8 VL：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？ / D& Q$ L8 D/ q; z- T$ v2 T0 ~ : g1 y) @1 `/ x- [. qM：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. 5 W* } P0 B8 w: W Q8 q# g/ T o* A 6 y$ S" W. Q2 m+ Q! kL：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？ : h7 F) U+ {0 Y8 \$ T& p : F7 @! ^+ H& ^/ x0 SM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ) d; V) a7 ?8 ? + m: P m* g$ k7 \3 @ t$ rL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ! @0 @; h) y, C3 _- L- t8 ? d/ n B7 d& T5 q' t& H% bM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# U2 R( L$ B- ^: U
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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./ ^9 R5 E/ N$ ~7 D- m
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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. 5 n0 o5 G+ M4 z" y$ t: ~! f r( n g4 b. G5 T) H( \* n3 V. g$ ~
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？+ c N7 o) p5 R% {7 @3 ^5 D: ~, E
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