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.' Y" |0 d- K1 c! g: i- y& w+ b
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 ?# ]& b+ l' K! O' w7 k. N' T4 S5 Z) Z$ o) i' g$ G% A V" [ F5 ?# C/ D: l
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.. H( g0 ?& f% J
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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? 5 G0 L* }) u4 J6 m. S , `! \8 q, ^( r+ B# F+ T/ T8 V2 TM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- b: s2 s& R1 {% J. Y! S1 x3 L$ l
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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; j' k& A" k, ?
2 V" N" B9 x! d* X5 C+ `- C- SM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.' T( _' w' {5 C, D
% X& E7 j8 A8 {0 [- NL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? ! r# K, ~' i7 Q/ L% V9 j* c2 k7 p h
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. I4 X6 M0 x& t3 S
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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? 0 ~) o! }( p$ v1 \4 j7 r- z. z9 \+ R, m, t' B
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 V, \: |; ~5 @; d$ `% r! @& J0 b) [3 [: b. @
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? * v" t; \2 C9 I+ m8 D# E 9 p V# j- Q6 H4 |/ e6 U6 LM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. - U- r" V9 k( q* ` % y! D) J+ E8 O. x/ i% XL: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。 0 F6 |) K' T. u8 O* N8 ]) W- [! Q# H
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 \2 I( _( E* |& [* o4 a 1 [9 e. u8 q8 a! Q7 T$ G5 l3 Q7 \L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!& N2 s% i# h0 Z$ H
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 W; y- E* p& d. `: G/ ~+ u
' I" m( i9 A8 [$ e9 {L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?/ k' v$ u$ X- R3 A- i% m
+ S8 P' R9 l# p, `8 DM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.# Q3 I6 @" P3 d
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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& U& o+ g5 a* S: l6 ?4 p$ [( n9 B0 s$ E/ D( F2 v
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. ) x Z8 ^2 r$ u* ~ 8 z N) ]; T: P* U$ K3 ?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?0 X G! d! F9 I1 J4 L
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 4 Q$ p2 B% ?' f6 e3 K# [. W# u( N) d3 P" {
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 : I7 {- E# }3 L$ d8 G/ ` 3 t" k& Q+ E5 f, R2 h* BM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.9 w7 U( h# _% e; m* h5 b
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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.# _# m, g/ v" D+ x$ [1 G
, b$ }, u( |2 Y0 Z& Q4 Y9 T8 hM: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.6 i+ H2 t' D* [$ Y1 R9 p1 l+ Q8 u