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., U/ E" M$ q; z
6 {3 y& }5 n3 G+ aL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 & b0 h' r3 R9 ?7 R 7 t1 @) V" l$ r$ p! x9 t) LM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time., l- h' m" I0 X& B( Y4 M$ _4 W
4 Y1 ^! N- g- i1 ^% b) {- }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? . Q- B' o8 t0 T* o$ N+ J / F I+ H) f7 RM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 4 V8 ^' D8 i- ?8 d d E& I 2 s9 G! b( n8 O$ ~! b; n5 ^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? ' _! W# M+ x; g; Z+ a; r j% \, m: M" J9 Z" |M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! v0 n8 ?2 M/ K, V
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ O% I" U( r% @2 U$ Y- m$ L
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.0 A" b, |; M1 H, ]# K/ K
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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? , U2 b2 Z( P6 N$ i2 _. Y8 u4 P2 X: B! s+ ?
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.; j9 I' f( q- {3 D+ [+ l5 q/ U
& E0 q5 z+ W) C1 h, xL: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? # K& B0 j# o" e" T $ c0 h' O6 C8 @M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.7 z) f4 F) B; Z) u
. e( M2 A/ e. l+ x, tL: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。 1 @* w$ |; x& V% n2 L : d6 @0 `+ _! S7 W) C/ g, ]7 DM: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. \% C: R/ A* I! S
1 v6 u; z- a( t/ y9 l0 q( D. ]M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 2 G- A; W9 ~7 m+ k% H4 y t- u8 {) r5 m/ H( R, S& R# 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。 ; T0 L- b* G6 d" f4 \1 z( A6 I; T4 v; U6 X! Y( s# C
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 4 p0 d/ K: Q5 |$ v8 ` " z5 A, w; d! L! [L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? % c! q0 ?/ H; N7 v( u6 {8 q, }7 I : ?7 L; c8 z! nM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ! P( l/ R, \6 b4 r6 q( R / v& f. [/ K v- N+ q$ 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? 9 z4 D) e. v1 f4 d& z8 Y, J; ~( G" M 6 H; d! b; k; Q2 W; p* M2 mM: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 Q" }" _* X2 P
7 w* T5 q' j8 i% w, O3 r& o( b3 `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? - p1 r' P: n4 {! _- N # W: T/ \5 l% |5 ~1 ~, i) M hM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ( B# ~0 S K! F) P $ ]$ X' }! _9 l0 k, U3 ^L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 : a3 E" M' @8 f& F/ [2 F, l! b% [, |
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. / a, P# y* q4 y. F% c y " X3 k7 g c2 ] [* ^$ \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.. x) R, c+ T* p/ E0 G$ r
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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. . b9 C" Q1 O3 W1 G- i/ { ' B, e5 U4 n# k& UL: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? " C& {: W \+ N! {( o" r& |- | . d4 m c% H' h( L. m; u' J, o0 jM:Thanks so much, Li Hua! 4 ~$ {' J, `( ]9 k' m9 b4 b6 r- J 5 U1 t. i- D, |5 { Z6 f* X+ D' d4 y, N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。. U: r% \; g% p1 ^9 Y7 U
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