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.& u% s- L- H+ `2 S1 I0 L& N
7 d$ Q: o q- w0 ]- c+ qL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。" C- b" }' L% V
5 ?1 u% c% Y8 |. o4 q0 Y# lM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ]; t# z5 @% T
$ T7 Y$ u# Y9 ?* bL：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？ - `' D0 U* M U: m - v8 O* p/ g M: i2 wM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.( V; }- E& m2 }1 D' c: m9 b( z
6 a; O5 K9 C: @) o1 LL：(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？0 F6 j1 z. w2 P1 z; S/ I9 v
* { n/ {2 Z) v' n7 ` lM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 4 v, K* n+ G' ~: u' O: V& M o8 z5 F0 |& H1 C) i5 |4 i! E
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 3 ^" P' K7 J, P. R' t7 w; M 9 s' V/ H/ J% tM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.% M& r [# y+ ]( w; N
3 Z* A; m! D3 R- ~+ \' K0 nM：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.6 N# D: J# S9 e7 S: T) C9 W
1 |$ j& r0 H4 gL：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？ 8 {! H5 O& L( G' y7 P% I3 V( J m/ Q , O/ o0 u% A: D$ a1 l7 o- p3 fM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 f' O$ ~4 w ]' v, N6 b
# g- ^/ G& {9 v3 lL：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。 8 {( ]2 ?/ n: h. F+ W3 F- @2 r 2 |. ~' G, E, K4 `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" S3 o; X- k3 L! x
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！0 {' S4 a3 Y! f+ ^. K
8 C$ q& P5 g3 O' NM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. , r @* H4 }/ i# }3 z 0 @" O, z4 Y( YL：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。8 G; B6 R3 n' H: V
$ ~; y, X. u4 g1 a YM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. : r( B2 M+ X% O& b: x2 B9 v. m* x+ @/ }; g
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？& u' ]" p. h! H7 O
, l/ O5 X& x: A nM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.- ~0 l) v8 p+ d( A0 O9 x: g( V
2 m2 m9 Q+ w- C. h: s( K+ }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？ 3 K+ q, }6 c! _% c- {$ @. f6 L) [6 N
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. 7 K( }# D. R+ @( b7 U# q7 Z0 o/ r1 D$ n7 |; g: O
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？. L0 `2 y. e2 o: j$ E A' m
3 ?6 L" i8 Z; Q0 I' a' yM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?3 D# k7 {7 [4 @: @
) A) @( h9 p7 i( \* s: O! F: F( UL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 . Q* q0 b) W( ] 4 a% R, M, q; hM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.' n; H5 A& e4 \' @
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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.( S0 Z+ r/ z+ E' j* L$ h- t9 f
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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.% J% x, M2 U/ l# `0 U
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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？ 5 P: t9 i. ?& Y- j1 ^, ^! ~ ( \4 a: \+ l8 Z Z. g* ]M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!1 {; m" C; A5 I' {: ^4 D% C3 m3 V
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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。0 U( ]9 g2 ^7 p7 ^+ i* s; _+ @7 `5 v' v
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