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.. t' B/ u$ G1 W# C6 s8 f; e N3 ~
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ( j: ~; d! T% ] m+ B 1 M! @3 |# L; J. EM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. : N; ] }7 w1 v& t: p+ g6 x ; R! \; u+ p) n" z9 N& X5 H$ X" `; LL：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？ 6 F- X, y% g% H % s. _( L$ ]1 P# M% x, Z& z( cM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 O& w- a* k0 R. s9 g
* J# ?8 v o' G! p OL：(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？( ]" q' q) N$ w
, X/ _; g# G# r* uM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. $ n4 ]* V" a+ y u S' } P3 F" l 8 j0 J* b8 G1 z+ Y& E( j# d+ kL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? - n. z: D4 p3 c4 I2 \. |6 T+ @/ I+ X& U3 _! y, x6 `
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.% ~5 q x1 ?: n# P6 W7 @& X
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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？2 j. H" S* a/ Y1 m
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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？8 b5 q1 s0 p2 K( B' k6 l9 v5 _
0 L8 O. T4 `& o! z+ I2 X6 |M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 7 b- k6 W3 y6 | p6 P% H! C; A$ t5 t2 W: WL：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 k! l3 @' {! Y. n : r) G2 S1 J8 U( M4 bM：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. / A6 z5 W# a/ _5 F , M* z% |) ?" k) T9 qL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 5 c, X- h. p2 y8 K) L+ F& ]2 ]& M; w; _9 W. h& U% c
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 5 J( a9 I& R9 k! _! @6 T! V5 h6 T9 [& R; H: p0 F5 X' |! x3 s
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。0 m3 T. i3 H* T) P+ d& }6 }# A3 Y' \/ `
& p- b: Y/ w/ a% O7 XM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 6 T6 ?7 ^/ x0 v: N, V X" C ! `0 G _7 l$ TL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ : R% R ?6 {" ~' G" w4 Q3 F7 ]- h( i9 n( Y$ B: l
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ( k( f a2 r$ Q 9 x& G4 X4 E8 S% V/ jL：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？ " S8 f0 s, E* ]8 k/ [5 J) a : R4 `. J% B! B$ f' \' V9 K' x) ?0 SM：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. 1 p5 ]5 ]( w( `* G6 a- u# w, q, p, W5 c9 I1 e) r
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？# w6 {3 L/ x* W7 t: p
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) U- P# }& e: e/ h6 q/ a9 |6 y
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L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。% O) s: m# X, F, F) T# E! m
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M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. * z2 w D2 h3 i. d3 r9 L/ `( s! w
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. : }, }: U' G% {/ ]; d, d( z7 A! w9 e% x6 I) \! N) d' H3 X! A
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.3 }& |6 s9 r# M* v) g, P# ?- 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？ [/ F& j$ E0 @7 x/ O
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! 1 ^8 h7 G: w! e, F$ | . S( y3 E- r2 ]6 t% _- }, h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。 2 V' }4 i3 \# l+ v6 P& }% s 4 E+ O' W8 w5 s, _. U, g# dAudio as following: * D2 g, n' Q5 @" V( l
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