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$ B* u y. B" m0 H& D
& s# o3 c0 R* } R* R9 w! jL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。! G; g5 v0 e; I
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. & z. T& Y( F8 P " Q. W% t# ~8 L8 k: [+ uL：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？ 4 B. J, B. v! a2 D1 t, k4 _6 M! x5 ^( N, O
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.( \: L: @9 N6 h3 S
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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？3 O( U9 Z* a* K$ E; y, g5 I, a
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ V1 I. h t4 X3 T# o& {
8 o/ @/ @" G6 L/ b/ Y( q' qL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?* K o( ?$ O: I2 s/ T
8 z( H6 _) e* J; t. r8 UM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 1 G6 e+ P; ]3 W- i7 o1 |1 G0 O6 n1 Z2 c8 I$ v4 G0 f8 V
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ % l) z* B" v& Z* {' ~" N5 F 8 ~, T m9 R8 a DM：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.8 z8 M5 q2 e, }6 t6 j
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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 t" Y; \8 \! N' g
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 5 h4 k" n$ }9 _" B1 R. E( d" R$ w( S& C* e f7 `* N5 q
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。% Y) \' ]1 Q; Y: Y
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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. ?& q! X7 Q; X x * B% \2 i% g: Y& V8 ^L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！' v! ]' G$ g. U2 V* ~0 X# C
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 0 }" I& m, G/ ?# g2 ^0 _1 V% S7 x* l2 z3 t! U
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。 , y. N. b; N$ d/ @* i4 d. C+ T 9 ~* U- i) B8 K TM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. * U, j9 G" b$ ^1 e* n& Q7 p: X' {' W3 d$ g, \# b
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 2 s8 S* f+ V. w4 J. r% t' p6 N7 K7 M3 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.% G8 v( O9 G8 F: P0 x9 q' A
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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？ * a' R6 d) P& |* b8 m3 [7 y) V7 C7 {! u' |
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. . S8 V, T- Y) E" ? N , Y1 v1 Y! R$ J& \; fL：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 M5 O" y6 ^" |! d8 F5 J% `( s/ B5 H9 ]( |6 Q+ j$ F$ `
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 2 v5 S' Q# p1 e( m# p " b7 B( {& ~2 e7 ]+ i+ qL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。; {/ {9 F4 R2 o7 Z/ i7 n5 Y3 s* K7 o
( }+ C! L' e& d9 C% \M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 7 Q% j z: \5 [% T) E \ d$ K0 D; P1 a& K6 T$ F) e$ ^
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. ( y9 L1 v# I$ ? 0 C! {1 [: Y v. B: ] jM：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. $ R. d0 t& B' U$ ~1 l3 X . G6 O2 L. u J/ V8 }6 B4 u) M$ V8 zL：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？" u6 K. q2 D' q6 w: V
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!7 E- ]8 C& \7 }
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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。 6 f; K) ^; D, d8 l) h4 g* n: N4 k) R2 H& h
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