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.* o/ R. M9 X- ?& {/ N/ E
, ?& [. @; U- m( l. mL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。7 T1 R4 l* i5 U8 M+ [. l- O
G( n9 z) ?. X5 @& j0 v5 QM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. , f. M4 a* N3 M: s; }( L" ]: j" T5 C8 n( q$ E$ M0 {
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? 0 ?1 m4 R6 k- ?1 b1 r) b$ z# Y6 c1 C6 @9 e$ n0 |
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ' S. h- C7 D+ \# b" u- A 2 T# y" M1 N3 y7 {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?. Z g" U: V! ?8 X! I
+ U' `( v3 ~" J& l* Y+ ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; q8 i s& E/ G; s$ V' b. H p
7 H: s& U% U4 TL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?. n, z: g+ e6 V# ]4 }, S
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 5 d. K: Z& @+ O# ~# V + }" A( X( {( {; j h5 iL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? c7 Q- F Z2 d. ^
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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.( m/ \: c: [7 q" ]7 u2 X
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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 M$ S P6 a1 n o0 ?5 o/ J& N' J
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.: {( e( Q+ ~3 v) e; n
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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。0 M) d6 o/ C+ K* u" _! O8 d
" C- E/ D$ V1 R) _$ Y1 O6 vM: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. / l" K L. D4 ] 9 f1 Y: }( h4 F- f( ~/ v) s4 bL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! # c3 w9 K7 D) p1 O- a4 Y3 j 1 f" q. S; j: V, Z4 _M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.$ ^4 Q7 d- e% Q9 L U
8 L$ O# P; U4 t+ Q8 n8 x. vL: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。 5 ^8 i1 V; E& f0 Y- t; |/ R# [3 C* q" A
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. " Q; b# @, _. G8 o2 C# f 5 r/ V. _6 y( z3 t" \& AL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?/ O; | a# g- X5 k( z$ `
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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. ( m; B+ G4 p( O- |, ]) ^# [8 v( F5 M- ]& M
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? k3 r4 G. ~5 j% c1 d) v" u+ O _" r# N. Q% s
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.0 f' u; z3 W5 y! M- D) o0 U( S
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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? ! c. }0 \" I( G0 L# \ 9 e) I9 a$ n" {& h' o, M0 EM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?& H, ?+ R- f* p+ r5 M5 U
6 d* ]! F4 J% bL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 2 T N, F. ]) n e5 |; H " u; i! C5 y3 ?1 v7 }0 G. h, sM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.( d! v4 P. q X' l& |/ g
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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. # }% P0 M7 K0 ?7 n }5 P' {0 m3 }' @& p m
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. - t1 c2 D! L. _; b3 k1 }/ I' w3 Y S
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? 5 c5 ]8 I" t7 H" V0 I7 P& l ) p/ o: {! [) m# f3 Z8 qM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!% s, f L, ?/ O* l- X: Y5 l