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. " z# x! Z4 D. q8 H 2 v q- ?+ Y) t; TL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。7 i: C' E& D% c1 W7 d
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ( ^# D7 }8 H/ b, P. W! F" P, z1 x( B; G
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% V @2 [6 g, r7 [/ Y8 V2 Y
1 B) J/ J2 @: Q% z# Y4 N9 zM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 1 i6 `: q2 I! t; a8 L: v. V. }$ k7 j# V# ~4 \" i& } m) t$ U
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？ $ k$ v2 z4 W) [. |1 p 8 C/ ` U" `6 ?M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ' Y& d7 l5 Y, j, t! O! E3 U* h- g) }
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? $ J$ F; N, G$ Y3 R6 q9 w. b o. U0 V( S( y, H+ O! }$ C1 Z- I
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. # A: G) }) q& t# V4 p; L, m- z& {( r/ {5 ~( Z) s0 [5 J- w
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ ' r2 k6 y1 w0 e( \2 U2 |5 r# L0 ~, r. A: e7 D" A# x$ k
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.6 e' F6 b( y+ F+ H
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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？ x3 Q8 f8 q; l: I' H8 F( |4 [
1 V7 S$ o* q/ i) r. TM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.$ r. y/ P4 X$ L( q" z* P
. U Q* I/ P2 y# V/ ~# 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。 2 S9 n& `0 T. ^" i+ W / S& |" _# I8 o. S9 d( ]- cM：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.: J; J6 r* q3 t; Z" g
. H) B+ `# u, J% z' f( H' }L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！; V' k2 \( v; y
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L：这杯咖啡就能让你一路上不困啦？我可不行，到华盛顿之前，我至少还要喝两杯。7 A5 L) I* g/ Q% a0 W# ^6 F3 A
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ , {: A7 _: x" I1 e! o7 ~: B% s/ \* |& K! l. a+ u7 T4 I
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy., P9 m. _- C; I
# N8 v; W% O5 ~& AL：这么说，wired可以指对某件事很兴奋，也可以说对某件事感到紧张而努力去做。 要是我精力充沛，可以说：I am wired; 要是在大考前我感到很紧张而抓紧时间复习功课，也可以说：I'm wired。 是这个意思吗？5 h, B7 Q' q3 h. z) ]
4 y; \) \1 G. ?6 O! M8 @/ F& k. gM：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.) s$ E) G/ Y$ w
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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？: g9 t, \- m/ t$ o) x5 T* w
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ( [+ o6 o4 I+ }8 N! i! }5 y% i( I) @5 k
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。+ m2 V. w3 C! [) h7 \3 e
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M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 7 y$ a" @9 |; F. _, G( U+ _9 G, `. N) n9 G
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.) D( p+ G0 q5 W# v
8 X+ D! b. s; P* |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. 1 L% R; Q' G* C" |( X - n/ q5 }5 S8 \, f: X! `; t( sL：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？ " X; \ h! q: Q. P& i 5 D8 U5 R: F) p2 mM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 ~- @8 i6 S4 S4 z1 p" d
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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。 6 h' Q q! v- a, f. Q: e6 h, ?) F9 M! [( r0 A7 s
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