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" A' @% A# D' K/ X4 b3 L4 {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？, s4 M. r# i. p6 n, b! c
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. K7 T! Z; T! w9 a( x) l- k% A! C; U! B: Z1 C
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ : o5 P: z6 n( D* [; G1 q) m1 `5 o" I0 F' p
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. * D! c G5 k p1 m/ S* C. I7 [: U0 F, y" U
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？9 f4 J0 V% {; H
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. ( z* ?' N8 |0 X2 G8 T6 o , K, e! E$ `5 l! l/ I' NL：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。 : I& ?) Z6 D# y, F7 L- p! q5 T3 ~( {1 ^8 D& g# q1 }
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 T$ z+ {) Q6 n7 |0 |0 x. s3 Q* Z7 ~8 Q, a
* A, s- ^1 o; q& LL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！; h) K# C- C& G# m$ P' H$ _
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L：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。3 k0 v. ^; y8 p4 ~ f! h2 z- Q/ H
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. - g4 {9 b/ S& v$ u x, k, U$ U' N$ F1 X
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？% c- S4 I9 A% z0 p9 I" D% c
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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？ , M i" R0 g9 i; F M) X2 ?, y8 A2 C3 k! L
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. 3 V2 N# U4 l( g / ]( W4 E" K1 RL：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？ 4 _: j) _- q3 n& [$ W6 k/ p: j# v' q; u @5 P& p, F5 H" j
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) y) b1 W2 J, {! y
0 s7 L6 n3 M. OL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。: H% R2 n( D+ t) }2 W, z7 T9 |5 n
7 j( }2 i. U% e8 }M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 8 ^2 p" O3 U* N* `' D/ X' `# K% n' S( }. I5 J4 x
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. 1 F$ [, V, y# G4 T 0 N) g' Z# U' C' l0 H5 s3 @% YM：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.1 a7 @, s! g8 C7 L7 w
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