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.+ _. a' w3 Z! s; Z9 W, B
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 & ?9 J# v: L! ] ( N0 \. ?) r8 ]0 C" \, U* LM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.9 X* F7 B) X+ l. g
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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?/ m# E2 o4 K' Q* D
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.! n, I3 k& T. ?
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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?- G2 R# N5 W* ?, P" V
2 z% Y2 q. w* ^9 oM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.6 n: ]6 _6 v* {2 Y
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? ( L1 S' L0 j" t& q9 ]2 k# E+ T- O! d: _( I% A; G
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 4 N, s7 [4 \4 j0 ]! s, S6 D$ V 4 W+ ?9 f+ }4 x; HL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? 2 n" d0 W, h: V G; U! ]* W9 Y1 B( M & [8 n$ H; Y* Z8 LM: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 l4 X" F5 H- a; F
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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?- y3 R! E6 Q; [9 `+ F' j
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. . @2 ?% d4 D0 V1 r4 Z) k) P7 ?/ V: n8 W & J1 l; t& U% d2 f; R' jL: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。3 A! I/ q& I0 H' c9 K" \
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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. ) `- [4 X: T' ~1 l5 ~+ r$ F9 i' g ' p0 F; F) N P S; T& u+ yL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! ) p8 r+ f" y( F2 W' K, {* F" b% R# u l
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.' W" p2 T, z8 i5 x' o; x. K
; ^4 l: j0 Z L5 rL: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。 % i ~+ H n5 U' x5 T& C; D" _! g2 n8 v: V/ N
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.. Z& N' Z$ {3 v
! L" `& }, ]. c! KL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?: s* a# t1 b* q
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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. ; U. _- {- {; \! i & d; t; |1 U. Y) Y& X* d2 XL: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?& u, d% y: v6 x2 [4 p3 z9 a7 Y
K2 [6 E8 E/ O9 \2 ^. y- s, L; \3 dM: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. ! [6 {4 j `; d+ ~9 K- `/ c8 z+ O/ |
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? & D! h/ @: v4 p2 I/ i- y; ~7 |3 @9 E& a5 u6 J- L
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# y* u1 l7 D4 D$ a. U
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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。 ' c5 D. v/ [# l/ s9 X& b; f7 }! N7 f6 D6 D, h
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 8 F) Q6 F! M9 F& e 7 G: ~: s; a& F. cL: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.0 L4 q7 r1 r% r
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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.* ?4 C4 B" T! x, V s, f- q' y