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. 9 g7 G0 u& h# @, _4 {- R * l& W1 ^9 B' U, _/ Q( M' CL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。! \2 r$ D" c, j* ?% Q# h N2 ]1 r
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.9 E: C+ m( K3 b9 c+ l* Q3 p
2 V% a0 A9 F, g1 I- VM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.( W1 S% b" |+ ]. d
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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？8 l- B; S+ n9 e5 H6 C
: _. N' R8 P6 H+ F R$ g# w, n8 KM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 7 t+ M5 @; H% Z4 S# [! |7 r& s' @2 t& D7 J% U! o
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? $ r1 s2 _% g$ O 8 O" Z* @. S7 Z& \! b4 nM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ Q" P q) S, p/ P6 s/ C
9 i2 L: F. g$ k8 Y; D; z: ?L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？. N7 X6 z" j( {6 C( t
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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.7 X& R" A7 P: e7 V, o
& r5 R( V% @: T: E' vL：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？$ l' @& Y4 H; q( y4 O' K* C# D
. r4 \+ t( j, r2 IM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.% J+ D+ V) X' I
8 B' F: h" X' {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。5 q; f) \( V* t7 Z! |
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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. * _9 P3 q0 h% w5 j X; X! X: Z/ m' N8 w2 l- |6 H
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！4 E- l: L+ h# e, C
) U; v0 m' l2 r5 RM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.9 l2 `- J4 Z4 Y. H2 ~4 d
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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。7 A2 ]- Q/ l6 z) _8 p
5 y( ~& r* x& F; z# u3 YM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.+ A% z9 O+ `8 f% M b/ a7 b
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？+ C( W4 H8 S& I
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M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.7 P% ]: r# l+ x( G) j. @
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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？3 M2 Z2 {" ^. {: m" W8 m
* o1 s' t. l6 L$ TM：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. 5 P: i- L' P$ i3 M" ^5 D : j! \2 o8 ?* u- b+ wL：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？ 5 |# ?& i2 T; ?( R; n& d% z8 u" V% g' ^4 u
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?' K e( t* h9 _1 D
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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。6 h* Q) t( N' D4 L$ N# {6 U" y
4 p' `/ H" V! L& V. } WM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion." s- h7 |( Y' u/ A% i. l" G& 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. ! W3 H4 n& V$ E- P2 y, x6 Q5 }, z ! I# c" Z+ d' P2 E: w |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.5 y$ U- k( ^0 W. Z$ x
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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？! k# A$ G" w% E7 e
# w! Y" R) a+ QM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! , w0 S% K# |9 K5 D6 b8 x3 o8 v& B/ w6 s$ c8 t( 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。8 o* [# }- h3 W8 Y: N. q2 P
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