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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？! n- T: g- U3 P; r5 I$ w
7 Y Y# P! D, M* v* t" fM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 3 a0 z+ Y/ X. j. E4 L0 ^! n2 d) W( x) W2 L W4 A
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？7 ]0 l+ g! p0 ^" b; A
0 O1 c3 C" \$ i& C2 `6 t% y$ D6 LM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.$ Y9 {1 f- v( w; a6 J, b
+ Z! p0 [/ Q. k6 N, iL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? & ?/ G+ o+ a& q. Y, L& u 1 v6 u+ e% r5 r" x2 {. bM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.& Q" p: b! Y. o j2 k5 ~ M
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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？1 d( y+ M, p0 {' |& f$ u X
2 G2 ]# F3 Q; w; FM：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.! F5 A, m; }. I. P- X$ N
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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？7 n, s* l+ t- [7 R9 Q) J$ c: r" j6 _, A
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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。 / e B4 G6 |2 H' v8 x5 [* T5 m9 |! }5 ~1 C- d
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. 7 R$ G$ A( D; i9 H/ H% u, m; l3 C& _$ h9 D. [. O* A
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！; I* c E {! V
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.: c' p( [- r& {% s4 n
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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。 8 K: i! K" e( A: k7 U 1 I$ ~2 G& |$ c r- L# B7 EM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. % B7 i" _- q6 x3 \) }; O! a7 U" L' r 8 `! M5 {7 V" C# W" I! [7 V" f6 L1 W w9 {L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？, S5 s4 s3 f9 y) w4 m
* K5 R B0 y# H1 l6 m* R! ^/ ?M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 6 v9 T( f d5 c7 z5 K' X. U3 i , s" b+ b. @( B6 sL：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？- K, @1 r7 V9 N n
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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. 7 L$ S2 O: Z/ Y i% h3 i% }0 G # |6 o, w% y2 F8 D$ w1 sL：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？ , Z% Z9 n" e2 R! t$ x- W( A- ~: {
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ' B7 A: N' a, h1 k8 P8 `3 j/ Q- y K% g. F
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 8 z" w, E/ g: N , P4 z8 v2 i5 l: t7 uM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. |# K6 M5 J( r) l& B T/ _6 A) z) @ L; Z/ A Z, A9 |+ {8 v
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. j6 G, g) a2 y$ Y. ?1 }/ P5 i; w; U 2 P8 X5 H: D+ f. O% `7 ?. sM：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.: k; z# B& t: H6 C
* p* U5 w% G' K1 Z( w6 t, JL：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？ , @8 \, k& S! H/ s & J5 L. |1 D& U6 S; m* ?2 @M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!# g% C* r i( K# N0 W; S9 _
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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。 + M, b6 Q/ d' m V 3 G G$ [9 I% p5 X0 [; ]Audio as following: 5 T- r. Y. T: A( ]
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