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. " H+ v1 m3 _3 v7 B+ x 6 A" |' { Y& D k) \* I6 kL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 6 \1 h4 Q; U3 |) M9 R: J) a' A ( L& D- m& ^" F0 C) E0 P9 WM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.' {2 }- G" }- Q- v2 Y6 j* z8 ~$ l
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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？8 p4 E7 y8 C% g; @. z! e! N
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.8 U3 e K( j4 ]! d! ? E
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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？ " L' r+ f2 p: L' V3 p. f% I' i( v/ `# Y! z/ G+ L. L9 E
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. % k" J4 U7 K" H7 _8 j; C' k$ F$ W9 n
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 4 N" Y% w/ j- b - o$ r n4 T; g3 _, u, n- |- mM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ( H, ~ Z. J$ p+ X+ n0 D' S! I. r$ Z2 F: [ u
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？, J- Y9 D! ]. W0 v# F5 A
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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. * B, ~7 y# C# h& R& ] ; `' j: y# x- C8 mL：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？ . h- i, t- q& D+ I1 c' p( C6 Y0 j
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms./ B) N4 ?* Z9 o
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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。$ m- r5 C7 L# y! t( m" m6 }* |
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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.3 S, W/ p _2 e) ] D/ ?
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！: s; |1 ~6 n4 ?0 i
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 2 K3 s$ S- b0 L+ Y8 j4 T7 Z& n , ~/ A# B* w: `2 BL：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。/ j" ]+ t \: s! ? m+ \
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are., ^& D# N8 D/ f
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？% z, O2 U! z: `* K& D/ q% X! O% i
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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., Q( l4 m* Y2 {3 ~( Y$ a( ~
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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？ : O1 [$ ?, T, ~% ~1 X8 P) @6 w3 }/ Y+ w$ t- A
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. % d8 q; O4 u0 O$ E0 I" l! m$ d7 L/ v# Q; p
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？) L/ e0 o% Q; y9 d7 T
7 q5 P0 f+ [ JM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ; W1 `# j" F- |/ o. _ ; |* \$ k5 {& W1 e, N BL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。8 C/ m3 }, V7 f! n
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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. 2 ^, \8 w; m# n. A- `8 M( i2 M/ Z9 L. U6 `6 B5 u
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. + t! i9 p& R/ `& G ( V! H6 V+ L$ p$ N. e; A8 wL：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 X5 f8 k8 H8 M & O. j! l3 K. VM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!1 T' I7 S+ ]% L) z/ H0 v. t5 Y
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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。 9 U2 U- \# s0 `( t- Q9 x: G* y' H, v
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