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 o2 [. p+ z v" e: \4 S 3 }" a5 u: M) F' I5 g4 J4 T3 z0 kL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 & \! v8 ]: `( t) s- q2 p$ ?3 y6 z6 R
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.) @1 ? J' S" H7 |' M1 p( U
! X6 ^. M5 V3 {. [6 j: }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？ " x' F. P2 Z( ^& y& J - X5 y" F! @: w/ l: [% _, GM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way." N5 n3 ~' v% g# U
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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？ + f/ @ a+ ~1 n. c: U1 |! s * g% _# W8 t% r( [1 WM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; a" E: \0 J: M8 J
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? , |7 K& l- i# y6 M' z* z0 V1 m* A4 V8 R! {8 x
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted., o3 V9 m$ k: x. `' i5 g8 P
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L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？# V- l9 }8 S! C( L9 X# ?) G
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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？ * i5 d/ N& i2 M: W$ P2 v; o" k; A) n7 x/ E! f9 Y/ w/ V
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.) J# |; u J4 Z1 q+ ]5 T
; z/ N* C% f! U9 T/ z4 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。, w% ~" r4 A o
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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.0 d/ s& C- o& l0 n
2 U; h! c; U6 s; `3 ?+ v" AL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ! J. u& [8 \2 `; J- _4 ~* X) x) ~! C4 u2 x, P/ ~
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5 N3 y2 N7 O& j; H4 CM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are./ A7 o0 ~, ^6 n1 a. S3 L& |9 n
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 8 \1 o7 i9 v; s/ z : [, k5 E- K% eM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ~( s) H2 M! _& F7 {3 r3 D& W* o! ~$ R `9 V! U; u! 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？7 K& ?% Z" V+ {' Q' D, O+ O+ ?
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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？ ( H f, \8 _3 q) S6 h5 s4 ~ , D8 y( K1 t1 @# F: t& o, z4 vM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? $ |! f6 w7 O# N. a a$ u# Y6 a- M) Q5 }/ x4 L
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。+ L1 c, T% I' n" p2 F
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M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. m- Y0 `" Z) u, X- x5 O
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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. 8 t6 P( O& k6 Y. m6 D- e) i . m; Z6 D Z! B$ C( t+ lL：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？) A: |: Q, y2 M1 H& ]# h) C
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!# d+ m/ ]$ z" r4 Z
& Y0 @, C: `' }# |3 w M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。 & B4 }% j' ~5 {8 t* }% l. m/ K& G0 C! R
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