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.. a. Z/ V6 s1 m4 u" S
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 & f9 `" |6 l4 N; v8 h2 i5 | 4 B, J2 u+ B5 T" x0 N: ~% MM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.7 _$ v4 u: D5 t7 C! e
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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？ ( C4 p( u+ f$ ]5 y# f. k ; L1 u. ^0 N$ c# Z: ?M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.9 I* Q% ] Q) F0 P1 x4 A) 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？" U, [4 B! M2 i; N% Z% Y: D
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.' O% P/ k* P9 _. y2 `
7 I# L- U. O3 k- T5 CL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? + q( F5 i* V, ~( X; P* [9 m$ k% n* J$ d' E. }# ^) @0 @1 {
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ~9 c% X9 F0 i9 N: v' @8 J$ k( D
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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？ . N5 v$ E* r/ {* W3 K. [1 o5 g% C6 _+ J( m$ f1 i 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.9 O5 }9 F( Q, T2 k* ?
0 z8 T. w: L3 H- M F3 P, M0 o, RL：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？ * s% k1 K4 y6 ~' m 4 v7 b' H; S" \7 Z/ g' ? D% ?3 ^M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 1 t& ~+ D: i; P5 D. r5 Q9 e7 j* ~8 S# Z$ }# w/ ?
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。 * a/ ^# p! X6 h2 d' O3 o7 P+ I$ k5 L- Y/ E
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. 2 R( k- K2 i" f* o 3 f! s4 v( ~8 X' n3 AL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！2 C) Q- S* R" {8 {+ P
* F: |- L6 {9 _5 AM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.: Z0 A, M% [( b5 B4 }
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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。 7 t- g; C# ?1 G3 y( a 3 {- H/ w8 A+ V% p8 B: \M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.. l0 z6 Y' |9 m0 Q
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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. $ b6 U' z+ Q, I4 W' B; T! _# f1 A4 ~1 v- t( O0 B' l
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？9 {! P' U: v' P) N4 ?4 d
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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.- j1 F& f! h: S! h9 z. p4 N% e: M
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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？7 h2 s6 f, Z1 X( T- {/ t
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?* h2 {' g: `- P- W; s! \# g
" q0 ~* ^4 j( Q) P1 s8 TL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。. s. g- _! B d" R: R6 [9 U/ m
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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.# D0 Z' ]: U9 d9 c% f; K* S9 Q) H& ?! r
) }! `( X! U. \! ^; dL：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？% M# l4 v/ o; R3 @
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! " |. n0 z- P) r 1 D. Y- t3 F' C" q# @$ V% E+ C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。 , R4 ?2 p8 X7 d5 u / O9 `* G6 z! x8 P( \" zAudio as following:. v" s9 _2 Z3 |3 `3 F4 _
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