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. ( P' n0 J; ]8 R, V9 P+ U4 {- Q0 s* v' z1 q' B, g* `
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 H& K% N, S- U1 o& N4 z ! F7 Y0 K! f( C$ ?M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.7 e1 z2 ~! ~6 o1 B% P7 U7 z
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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?/ z5 Q+ h+ i. D0 v
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.4 y0 \5 W& c; M/ Z- V1 P
# D# a+ G- O, K3 JL:(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? * [ B, {! I. r w$ R3 s5 A( q* H" r
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.# J# D f7 x3 K& D! h0 [
2 a& f4 C. v, C+ WL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? ' ]+ [ B! P: g" O ) A1 }# k# P/ n5 OM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.6 P* d0 i9 T/ ^* I4 }; x& t/ V* G8 x1 T% i
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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?4 k+ X& i) `( |2 I8 h$ {) a Y& ?# S
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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.1 T9 G& @/ T/ [$ T8 a# m/ z
4 H2 y7 O! E- I: iL: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?; x I' N! b4 W; @
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 7 H3 x5 ]8 q# Z. r8 j; s. W . q+ N' u6 t3 C" ~, V% CL: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。9 Y- I* R T9 Y% _
2 l* o2 ~7 g* q2 v: kM: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. * D: h1 j+ Z/ c" r# Y1 x% M& y a) V$ @! H- W; e0 f9 q
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! ; b5 N* w) b% v- t. j ]9 r* j! R . b4 V7 H- C4 ~0 ?4 c. _3 A* zM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. X8 D& J/ h3 k, V
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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。: P" V, p5 r5 Y2 N% k9 a% `" L* x* ?
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.' V$ B# L, j1 {# S
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 5 m( D. _! _' ^! a' T, [# |4 ?/ m6 R+ s7 [7 X% d5 |, v
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ( w2 t# h @. c* s 8 j n0 a0 ] O1 p) }+ e4 U6 z XL: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? ( U R0 b5 H. r3 _( a( i3 o0 a& S3 S( X7 Y- t- x
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. % Y* |8 k5 K8 `6 [3 H5 s. M6 m3 N7 E$ Q3 R. t/ I& ]' }. r( F( i7 _
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?# o" y# H/ }9 U Z
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? - g1 p Q3 C% e8 e, n: w0 p7 A0 C, ~ I4 w3 H& x" k% F$ WL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ; Y2 j3 P$ D: ]4 O$ G 5 X) U. g$ Z" J+ s& sM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.& s: {- H! l- n) n* _7 q# h5 S4 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. . R0 s- Z1 | G3 p; Y3 `+ r+ t 8 Y$ g, m/ N, } [! lM: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. Y% z: p) @3 d" V8 D