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.5 r: V) ~) ?- Y/ B+ M4 q
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 : \ [2 v3 V+ g' ^5 X+ b ( V7 I/ F) H; R6 Q# yM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. * {/ U( m# c% D9 Y4 [; d. @( _3 v# Q, j8 T2 K
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？+ ?. E7 \6 @; U' {! D* k- K
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. : K, u' l( x0 R0 A( g8 K& F! `. n$ z
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？- ]9 b2 ~. P1 E+ M+ C
6 C. j# a7 ]: V* g' | s* @2 ^- E: oM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! z& M$ t) j! K, D/ ]5 n% D6 |
" F" v3 r* Y7 e7 p' u* f5 Y6 ~L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? ; n3 p/ B7 G; g4 U& g + L k# q `. p1 KM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted." }) P3 U7 Q5 B% ]& p
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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？ ; f8 P$ o6 [$ t7 ` + s/ |$ R$ |: v$ w! Z5 o; uM：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. 7 y5 Y* `' _! p6 x- t, y % w9 Q# }' A/ z* EL：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？ ) p9 L8 b% |% O9 L. ^ ; U4 O _, r. vM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. / b3 o, Y o( [( z% E% h, S( T 7 A' Y6 u# x+ [8 Z+ g1 u' ]+ DL：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。* Y( C) m0 T% _! f- k d+ O7 b; Y
6 s2 @7 o4 b+ \( ^3 yM：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. 1 S( X# f7 l, I( u* t% L 5 j% }* T3 N9 B5 z. h$ NL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！7 o" y6 O" o' [/ M& @* d
c- f0 m8 \# D2 ~M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. % w9 Y" _, B. t) M4 c+ f' m0 \! T8 `% C$ o
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。' A& l5 H' }# k( J: A% N
" |4 U) n0 |0 X3 j6 x% J! P; j4 ]0 iM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ! R) |' b- A0 u- ]1 r& R% V4 u7 ~+ u* Y7 D3 ~
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 7 @3 ?6 ?3 g8 s 1 k5 A( p* d K: ]M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.$ f* Y2 o2 e0 b! g' r- L0 z
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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？ " Z) [5 @5 d* ]2 Z$ {: y% f* F4 U: N, O5 k - A/ F5 d5 R: `1 u" PM：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. ) i- W! _- _+ p# H3 w% i* v* [+ c; f6 c
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？ 8 m) W3 \! U ^4 B " c4 N5 `) r, |; f eM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ( O1 i) ? x4 r9 J 6 c) W$ F3 o6 l L1 P* u/ `& qL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 . x# m: E2 i! S. l5 M; ]* l! X- q6 z
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.. G. Y! X% S4 E3 J4 T! N
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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.6 e+ ?, Z, Y7 ~0 A0 M3 V: S. _
?/ T7 ? `7 g6 a( yM：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. 4 H4 O! Y/ {" @" u( j5 L% W e& l# S, l2 a7 N s
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？) W% l* L0 [& m5 ]3 d9 S% \
$ L; g1 Q; e7 d# Y- D+ B2 y0 sM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!! x( {; ^$ _' [
# {) v( T6 w3 j2 u& B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。 6 l' x6 F- G1 T! G& g( i; Y9 s J8 R4 Y$ r6 U8 L/ D5 T, ~. t6 Z
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