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.; W# E& f+ ]: d+ k
3 X% L7 k, J6 F& G9 A2 CL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。6 l. I2 Y# I- i- Z$ T! I l( l
4 B4 C# o! f3 l: |- h& _1 ]. mM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. # c7 ]6 p' ^- Q9 }/ \/ ^& K2 }$ r0 u- N8 @& d' {) e- j! p
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? ; ~: J" P% S7 E: W ( T# C. c8 ]' q! ?6 X) q o% vM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.1 s6 i7 @5 ^( U7 d9 a6 |5 _6 {5 e8 R2 {
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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? 1 {% B/ Y' O- `" i; F7 q, {% {- y% I
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.: o* d5 M& {& m, B5 x/ o+ s2 h
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? ' D* d. e6 x* l3 f; F 1 j( k( ?" h, }/ }2 S$ P+ JM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.# p/ e" ^1 A7 S4 n" M; V' F
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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?1 _* ]- I+ U# y$ c, V" u F6 f
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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. + ]) ^/ D0 v1 c( I; B& h: E5 ^: T5 h- n' D j
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?4 c. J7 {& b8 q% G
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.4 }+ ^2 O$ ]2 J8 J; b+ k
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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。% e: z6 L& b" j. R4 r) K3 v) g, ^
* @- p5 {- v! f, dM: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. ( y, B. g0 b o$ y5 J( |" M2 K3 q* @4 `4 x
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!# w4 `6 w! x9 o
3 c- a9 X6 Q" |! M* u. AM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 2 N9 O9 [0 z9 p' C4 h( }# s& U, g2 @& y* W8 t
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。 * f$ s. c9 B& r6 t# Z; B 8 x$ R- a7 p, h8 b5 b. E9 v0 i5 vM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. : H/ t0 ^8 J$ x# N' o g+ }5 T; l" o+ Z2 c8 h, x$ l
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 3 T0 l/ {" A- q1 P 9 \! F- p- A/ B' y4 [% ~M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. $ F: f" r+ N3 i+ j" ^- y' |- { - O5 ^' ^' q% K8 z9 D/ x4 TL: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?7 G4 w- U! s# L; v
1 x. C6 l7 k, GM: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. % r, D& O: ~% f: V! Q q. j $ x5 X5 p# S2 b) pL: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 f6 h; z: Q) O/ o
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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。 & m$ P# H2 [8 @0 U, \% Q# H" U" F( V) l
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 0 @" [) [8 g3 Z! N R* d: s2 `6 z6 r6 R4 L5 L4 ]. y# Q% z- J
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. 4 P+ z& t7 T1 w* b r' R' z% C4 H( B/ c$ Y) k1 `9 H
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." f% H1 J' \( A E& 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?. f8 |& {2 F3 F* w2 l, _: d0 ~