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.1 S0 o. p& D9 q7 T
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。' H& \) u/ _" w- S- A
+ L W/ I% U: d/ O4 _+ C7 LM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.. t5 ]3 i9 q7 r1 i) `
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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？" q8 L: o' }: b/ j4 }5 }3 E8 q
4 ~+ M/ r' D7 d) h# x x- l' x8 G4 tM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 R) H. i. i# D+ c
; H: q1 }# _) r/ u0 EL：(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？ 2 J9 l. ~" u0 w& ~. \# A; [ : p" x# O* Z; ^" T" }% r, LM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.0 @* H. I4 V( ]& [ Y) f
( I0 _0 e' ~' F* IL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 5 P1 Q' X6 y2 e/ ]8 [6 j2 T4 a! r! B& \$ i5 P# s4 `) l. ~: J
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 4 S: w! M ` ~" | 6 j9 j9 x9 Z, f& L# _7 nL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ 5 Z y% |! c7 \$ I1 j. L! {* u & M* T8 B* n, e" B' B. ?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. ) t. ]! R. X; o5 b8 t: C8 C3 `) L1 e7 e# I! _+ S
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？5 A2 F V( ^* i4 o7 D9 H1 o* B
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 e9 O- A4 V& l* J: _
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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 K$ I/ [7 N) d0 {" |) q' O4 k* ~& m5 i& L7 O- w, b- i2 V9 ]
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.% |! _3 Z1 v# R. Z7 g% f$ J
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 4 b8 t0 }* n3 `% { / t* {7 O4 Z: ~1 ^8 Q, w0 IM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 5 l; ], z1 ?1 U i- R" f8 v9 j; z/ S . M$ L% s2 l! g/ h( jL：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。/ `6 c+ D4 o9 o+ g8 K
) y% l7 V2 \0 a! l) W4 i+ ]M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 1 I+ W/ R$ E# m! F/ f7 c0 P3 S- F$ b2 o1 m( s1 i
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？# p& G2 B ~& u4 x7 A( ?
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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. R f# @% V& B3 T& U
( G3 \' I8 `$ ?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？ ! P" \/ m' ^9 t2 x, q# D+ L. l. ^ % Y, t8 D$ F @+ ~4 bM：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. ! X& e; z7 @* ? {! |5 \" a6 X9 b- U; b
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 z3 X% h9 {0 b v; y% ^
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?8 u6 W3 w$ j# [9 H9 N( E6 d9 ~
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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。 : ]1 O6 `& [8 ]" W/ C7 E; n8 s& }3 t: J7 {
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. : O% w8 g0 v( n( {: T+ j; g1 T- G" O+ I
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. ( V0 A/ K, o" X; P8 D / r) T: z7 M/ g& m, hM：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.# `9 h) F. L. i" P: o' R, R
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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？, _% p0 Z/ [$ |& v5 Q0 j7 @: D
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!* T: M3 ~: P1 d+ A9 |+ N
7 N5 ]0 W, {- y! ?) A: s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 p5 U1 b' @; `" k 2 t- y, R2 Y/ {Audio as following: 3 ?0 T, M* S. M/ J9 s
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