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.0 U# H% j/ g5 L% h" G3 k
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 4 ]7 h% u3 i/ y3 C7 L# N* m8 U0 f5 m8 i8 n# o2 U2 _& X0 f
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. . {: H1 t& K5 j8 c+ X! N0 {1 {' @. e
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？# f! I/ i+ ^% ?
" G% k" ^6 [3 a& s/ SM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ' ~4 B8 r! C. J* z* ?. a' x B, ?+ _( |
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？ 3 g& V' @4 V: u6 `, M1 b& d " ~% r* \/ g# I- v- F6 YM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ [ z* |, L! l9 @
8 b' O- [. \. ]5 W2 c( [9 G+ t- ]L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?" |. c, D4 u' B% S* g) w
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.% D. K# M' F0 T) _/ J) I
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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？ 9 m! i2 H9 Z% s& O/ d9 @/ [1 a2 d. R7 T
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.& L. k' j! \* [
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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？ 6 p* a. S% U+ u) k' H4 ]2 a) d! ? 7 x H' S e5 I- h# AM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. ( q! J# H/ T. B( S5 U 8 R) c5 ^; V. @& b; 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。0 |& @" D }* y* P3 p+ V
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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. 2 x5 s9 F- C( `: j! ~% h # A G/ e6 q% h$ _. d4 m6 aL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ $ L1 u) {' K& d+ W ^ 5 |" G& B) y7 _. t }/ |M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip." D4 Q+ r( Z7 K% k3 w
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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。 * Y9 _& i& E. a2 G 6 [. Y* e' N. d" [M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.5 a( R. \6 Q6 p! g: M
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？5 k. n9 U; ^ H1 E3 |7 g9 p( R% y
# n- y; r9 j0 C* f [( A; W9 YM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 8 T$ ~1 k, T3 D4 k6 P! O! C0 d7 n3 u2 n4 }
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？* d; A% U" T& q8 b- U5 M
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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.1 K8 z- W0 o3 ?
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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？: G1 x, M3 }$ O% E2 g y t
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? " U$ a. B2 m9 [/ E: r8 R4 }' C/ @$ R3 ?
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。4 c, N, X8 }' h- H1 M- Q
$ j* J" F0 c0 C+ y: iM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. X/ ?! Q1 ?2 i" g, v- 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.# ^# |' a5 `; v$ q9 d5 H+ r; F
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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？ 1 A& Y7 o1 M5 U( S 4 `# _, C1 O* q: \& {! Q3 Q% QM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! 9 s7 K6 {+ H+ H: ]/ x4 I- [& N3 y/ v9 t. @8 G' S" ^
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。7 X. H. G) S7 U @0 F5 t
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