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." f7 H0 o8 T# E- ~: M
* P* Z- k, f& R& G* S4 s% M( ML：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 3 P, t; w( L% ?! y # T! }* C$ t; l! cM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.# L% t9 F/ ~+ \7 x$ p* {
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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？; J4 P! r9 v2 M; f/ g. }4 Z
6 j5 G$ c; a$ a9 W% u' |, iM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. m6 V9 R6 M% ?0 b1 ]0 {3 b8 ^: w% }) S; p% j" E
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？; e( w5 _, m" r ?5 p: f
. M1 u, _9 S" J1 W* [M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.3 B2 D1 W; t. d
. O& s4 w& K, @9 N. z& U% ZL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?# A9 y1 W% C- V/ e) |& O2 U; E9 t
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.+ Q6 p1 M4 H* l. d- X/ H) l
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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？ " M* C& c, z8 F: W/ X% L& X* Y( R" ^+ p; g& Z
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. ( \$ t' K) ^' u1 U7 ? 8 c, a7 Y/ w9 D- v S$ y: o4 [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？ 5 B8 Q* Q& r5 A2 D7 x & s, S8 }/ j0 B' @: W/ CM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. ' c) u4 m1 ]- C: n8 h" q4 z" H/ z
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。, n( J4 @ h9 {6 }2 E
8 ?9 @ ]6 I$ f% p2 h! HM：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. 3 ?/ {. ~1 U6 s9 t6 j0 v" b! C2 {8 W% C) J& l3 x W
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 8 c7 \5 N% e( v. ^( V4 h! j$ D+ t7 @1 K$ I9 ~) M
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.% ]0 {- p: h2 K% x( H: d H! z
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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。 4 g' Q) K ]! g5 ` ( C% O3 Y. p1 q, n$ `. a3 hM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ! q" f' |' O' g & k# P, t2 u! S% FL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 0 V' p6 i3 g$ ?8 `! {" @& b 1 \2 D( u1 O5 l+ ?M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 5 `1 y' g: }9 t. P- [- m/ x3 y o) Z' F% }; T' j9 @) 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？ 2 B/ @- L) V% r& d+ ? # Q; m( ]5 z% G/ w0 Y1 @+ HM：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. : o% f# n* @# \& w 4 t' g3 A5 l; f% g8 ^; V. ^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？ / w- K4 T2 x7 t3 V% E6 t, ~8 W' b8 G- F6 J0 W) o; |# a
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?/ M, I, \6 C% c4 s
0 O+ E9 ~& C7 I, O: D% iL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ! H6 h. K3 D8 F$ P. v ! G. D$ l$ x- JM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.7 q% ^6 p" N4 [* ^
* p% W3 f* ]8 F) i2 l. A" ML：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. 5 W0 x/ m/ B" k+ O2 p$ U & @( b) e `0 P, R2 RM：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. 6 L, Z7 \' }$ m' K7 F# s' K! C7 `+ V . _3 S& p7 M2 K# KL：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 J0 R+ r) V: W% S4 v* V( ~6 v2 v/ I5 \& M% w
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! ( t: j o$ ^4 n/ n: g4 M4 `; Z8 g* P) |5 F" S* a% d
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。* m, V8 F x# I5 G
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