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.* M' s! T3 e( l: y
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 + q4 u5 @& d( a. Y6 a) R, i. ]7 X$ s; o$ {) d+ M! d% u
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. : F' o, d+ r$ K; d) C ' c' w9 r* u! h$ XL：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？ 3 I: F1 P0 M I+ q! u# H$ g- M8 M* f8 O6 t6 q) t$ C
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ( O; s. T% P/ ` ' k) M' U# |! c0 L2 M) X4 H4 ?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？ 8 j4 r$ K1 w; S# w; Z l' p7 D1 l3 x z: eM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ g6 Z) r1 g [
8 l8 F l$ Z3 _/ J, V, @L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?/ R3 y3 z4 d* B: o5 ?( @2 a
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 3 Q6 i0 k' }! O& H) l [. O 9 F$ ]$ B9 ~6 O1 lL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ " o g8 f2 c3 T3 M1 g' X3 N' ^: D3 O! l0 A2 A: d5 |
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.% g, b, k) c1 n2 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？7 s U& j `* U3 u% }
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 2 P; V; E) n6 Y1 Y+ v& J ?, |7 ]7 }( b/ R7 q' a9 ?; f
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。4 y2 c) \# I) V- N* E- @6 Y
' J T& S7 w( |1 z8 q4 i, D- k- xM：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 k# |4 M& ]. ^
: ?1 K4 a; g( K( V3 ^L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ' [# ~* o* R \& O7 ~! R Z1 }% B g9 y
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. : X/ I& T; D2 b4 L; C, b1 w 6 c0 j9 M. C7 v9 cL：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。0 X0 ^; A! `( j/ C6 V# ?, k
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. , @' d/ a# O% i% W: r( l5 n) P+ j3 B0 Y! Y9 J- w0 `
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？. T1 x* y3 m! s' j) |
6 R t8 \& R+ _2 l# ^ q9 `( M" t( ~+ tM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. # X* n! n6 r" n4 v6 | & _6 \; B. b! G4 K: V+ lL：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？ 9 ^ ^8 d% q( J 0 W1 Z0 o; [1 ~2 L8 D- TM：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.- q5 M: S7 J! _2 ~( q) v$ X3 r
+ v6 w7 I; x" zL：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 j3 w' E" D! @0 q1 G5 r- [) e7 N o: T( V
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?4 G/ I8 V/ `; ~' r" P# n1 A' A
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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。4 ~5 q0 g) c- Z0 T
! i" o9 G9 n6 j+ c& g3 C0 _M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.: j2 j* \( s2 K' J3 T" 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.8 p2 ~# Y5 Q4 H
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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. h2 d' I" h9 ]* ~" {( j
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