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. 2 I! x+ c' ~: W5 {7 o q$ [7 k4 b" Z) W
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- I# M5 J8 h( w; j
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 1 R! @ g) J9 r1 H0 u u; H E% T3 I$ J% O$ A. M4 L+ J
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? ; I# m e k9 f9 L7 ] / a' k1 s" L& \M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 @) b$ H1 @3 D( Y4 l% C
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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?! e" f6 U* e% \4 b
; O8 o/ Y t9 b n2 D& I5 h+ xM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.4 d3 m; c, m6 a( j6 j
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? : L2 _( ?, o# @$ m- t# H$ m; q4 w
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. : @6 j$ q- b2 e1 i+ ]( }* r, E' w, ^. p* s1 a- i, w. w6 l6 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? & j/ ?2 P* m) B7 \9 @, Q$ v . X' M5 r- t3 V* \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.! R1 R1 M; s2 V I
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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? 3 V" v4 D8 R3 b) _, B ) W1 t- ^; d' D0 [- j* B+ eM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 0 m% p8 P" n$ g0 J( G+ b 8 B3 \ s1 k! x0 I6 q4 LL: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: u# f* y+ W4 Z6 N) V+ I. { 1 N4 g; y7 G. C/ ?) U% U( iM: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.; ^/ ~& O$ j3 L V* d! ~* W& Z
; G1 c8 T+ E. m+ O/ R5 r0 LM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. l: q! ?$ R. o. | 0 q& J$ w" i" N$ H2 d! w TL: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。7 ]% G2 ^0 p2 p! V! O
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.: x) y8 A$ m% u+ k/ l% q" Q, \
$ {0 y8 |* E6 O/ iL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? $ b' I. l2 H3 L# X! s y& L 0 z) x5 d' {4 c7 [4 q) z+ eM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 6 n: L- x% p1 Q$ k; W/ Z# y $ E# y2 l4 \6 ?8 m/ n: x/ w$ U* i# kL: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? / a2 K- W. ?: P, T2 x- W* q. U% ]# q2 l( F& k4 A) y
M: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.% I2 k4 L% s1 J- P7 }; m( a
& E! b' |8 V7 [+ D# b, Z4 RL: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? $ Z* a) @( k) v0 {/ N - ?5 G, B& k' G, K6 L' y' VM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?0 y) _8 u7 w* L# _7 X
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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。& H. ]2 z) d/ L" V! k9 B0 I
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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. 8 E& Z4 D: `" K7 Y; y9 a3 M . K5 M9 T4 E4 l5 O: ?; wM: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. 8 X. K9 O4 h! x1 V T" o# o% P! {8 R. N6 @1 u
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? - O# y# O4 R$ i+ O# @( l, }) X6 k3 ?& P; q5 y$ G( w$ \0 a' i, y0 o
M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! . _" Y+ i" M( S2 Z 2 A4 B9 f! N) H6 e5 _5 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。" p7 |$ c& {1 `8 `7 Q% G7 W# f
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