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. ! t3 ]. }# C0 t 9 g) I" Z4 F. [. qL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 ; h2 {) w, v! p7 K+ K , v1 D2 V; v! x$ O { [M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.1 S4 @3 V N% [+ {% Y& I' h1 E) j
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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?# G" l3 L, p3 _5 j0 \
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.5 m! w- x1 d. o. b
5 v% h9 Z m* ~( w1 KL:(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? ; S! c. d1 t; S2 M' S% O `( G* ?4 D8 x" |- C& o
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. % M; j% M1 F3 S$ T7 V+ l2 Q4 E3 ? U, V$ x! P! w# [$ r# k; f/ CL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 2 \% q2 i3 V6 q% w' X) G& R ?
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ' E$ ?/ _- w) A6 O+ S- B # ^& H u- [( K5 Y( sL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?" f# J8 Z) H x3 P# U9 X/ `
- {) ~) l8 s# {! P1 |: @- I7 {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.+ F; D9 t; \* k7 S6 V6 [ Y9 M
6 a' q# L0 o8 \. D- v" m0 }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?) j3 T+ O9 C. c+ B* t; c! Q
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.# V9 e* Q1 N) K
) @* D3 v. h# R) | nL: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。$ k7 x& R' k5 o( ^2 i# x1 A
3 J7 g( O' }7 m1 LM: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. k. V- ^( t! ]3 Q8 U" c* k t; ]' ]4 A! W2 Z$ r
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! 6 o7 q- i& N \& e0 B$ h1 Y7 b1 y) t; D" q
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 1 |% H) [, I4 }7 J1 p- E% s0 X% n; k 1 T" p; J, E1 ^8 n8 LL: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。 ; u6 J9 V, E% F" a7 J! s2 A / S5 c( h; V8 i0 aM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.$ Q a4 |9 I( P3 e- M- }3 `
& p( H) ?* m# ^, X( XL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? # ?9 e, w/ r# r7 z) p . E% o/ i& C2 e; AM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.& E4 f. i$ v7 u9 G# {- I0 Q" l/ U
0 F' t1 j( Q) n- u$ k6 z% [( oM: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.; `# ^' |/ q7 K) R$ K7 q) s
7 L( ~* K8 \1 X) {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?+ i' K' m; F( p' J# D+ E8 F3 O; g
# @( `7 i" ^1 tM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? . t) B+ X1 x/ T6 `( h 3 L/ a, w) L2 R( X4 R% J7 OL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。. h% Y+ _3 A- p, b1 S
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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. 7 i0 ^* m' x1 X/ C6 M4 J+ j, u4 S0 P( _: `9 d N
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.. A6 V& a p4 J. m7 e3 q- M