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./ G4 k0 H* p: U% Y# `' P* N+ d
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 $ @5 b, l$ Q$ [& K3 I6 d$ |% \& C1 A+ h6 G4 ]0 l
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 3 c- V9 Z1 v. U" d/ u& Q d/ u; |- p" i, v( ^
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? ) J" o3 k- {/ j c9 O4 m' ^" ~5 ^! k2 D/ b7 f! k) y- ?1 w* ^7 u2 G
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.1 c: q t# \( B6 a
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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? & w7 ]7 W- I: T, N' u- T) d4 Y+ R ; F' L4 B. t( C9 EM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 4 _- @0 Y" [% B, Q1 l2 n6 m. h; Z , _/ l! |- s3 c _* G9 cL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? ( R$ J! n1 ?2 T8 P3 c' M 3 E, ?( E# y( [M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.. u0 J O- Z) s8 x4 |
5 D2 \7 y: D& k5 I4 A* kM: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. ( j0 |/ L" h) ~1 c1 D ! D" F/ [9 L8 Q# w- c3 c9 uL: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?# O3 L: M; }7 \+ Q5 J8 H# g
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 6 _7 J. I, ?2 D7 W/ O" r( g& r3 _' \9 a6 G* f' L0 Z7 V9 |7 b
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。 ) J) g% r9 L+ f( @' {* P3 A; F! [4 i$ B
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.6 x* E) p! W4 X* I0 Q* n& @
- W! C1 L% @% YL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!2 ~7 q @! E; e
5 n# ^9 l/ `" y9 s; LM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. # q3 s* X0 ~: n0 O7 p4 k. k! F1 [) l1 ~3 l4 f8 F$ Q
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。' X% e, N% f0 M5 z
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.# c/ V1 u3 A+ ~$ @0 D# w
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? ; }8 F1 q# p1 W2 V) V7 O1 S1 g( }5 R1 A* 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.! b) M# E5 n8 C; s
/ {- n5 t1 ]; k5 R" f5 P3 H4 A& ~( TL: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?' u2 A" A f' B( o
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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.) K, h5 A( s& q7 y* c( [+ Q8 p
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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?1 k- L' x L% N9 n3 R0 N* L! f2 v- p
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? + O8 A$ ^2 @1 ^( v1 L % o1 E6 R* A# ~- ^8 CL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 1 [, G2 o( \2 `1 ^6 a0 Q P5 F1 N( y% A# k0 m3 z: s' h+ j) b
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 7 S8 f. E3 {8 E! t, I" s6 Z. l9 G2 m2 }
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. " l+ j$ S" Z% s- Y2 S l0 r+ K/ ]* o# ~/ d/ ~. c( X( I- {6 }! {
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. ! r2 V8 ~; R& E: d* v% g . n6 G6 Y' w! }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? * Q) i3 N+ S& }, ^! P5 x! ] & R3 U2 P/ \! [$ z' D7 DM:Thanks so much, Li Hua! # c6 t* I8 t# b; o; c ( o7 ^" [4 E* c E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。 + o& q) d1 M7 E2 z8 ^9 a8 |6 t, z" J$ |' `0 B+ k, T4 }6 T
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