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.1 m7 _% u1 F) {8 q: e% t
# L' ^3 e6 C' Q% E, K4 fL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 # f& U6 s6 j" w8 R) M5 x8 t 0 o& s+ w+ E6 L% Q3 X$ w& _; nM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time., f& E6 |8 f& ~1 e S1 n6 }5 G8 w
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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? * x& U) ?0 [' m+ Y5 m0 i w7 X 7 }* o. k( T1 d/ f7 [/ iM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ; k& Q' \+ k+ ^6 p; y+ N3 z l ( G( v& Z4 U2 M6 NL:(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?$ h% ~1 m/ ?& Z* B! o, K
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ W# e& Q( A& k# w
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? ' T ~9 S" m1 C8 { * O1 X5 e( F& G: D2 ]! \M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ( r) j) P& q+ N- O& V( n- f, a7 w; B; ]: y4 a5 S. e) U* j% ~
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? / P$ E' r; e# E, C# C 9 A- [: F/ @' b+ ?! O/ qM: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., E" ?& H. d G# W! j$ I7 C2 Y' e- y
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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? - H; B3 \3 ~6 j* w) H/ I; E- G+ X1 D. L; I, l6 N- K3 [
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. % A8 u% z6 T0 i; u0 h- s/ G& C9 s2 s
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。( j; q9 b, t. ], K. m8 G+ O
; A( M0 ]$ z4 sM: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. }) o* S3 f2 W" \ 8 T H+ c e8 Q3 Q9 T( T* W; uL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! 9 n# m" O" D' s9 G+ O2 s : I, F9 l: O% V* S- @M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip." O) p: R, I& A5 m9 Y9 t
) q9 h9 G Y. c6 e- B# n9 K$ bL: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。# H% j0 R' f1 T( R
5 a+ }) S6 k2 }" n4 T- J$ h5 i8 u& vM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 4 T1 G [6 Q& G' O4 a% q$ e7 v0 h5 k' ]1 Y! S/ _5 o( {
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?! m% P# d2 u, A/ G* I9 N* }7 A
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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 l( G' b7 Z: S+ i9 C& r1 n2 j
, |$ Z' ?, ^2 nL: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? & e( h6 z& B( M L/ N! x, N2 {. c7 L" Q! X2 N$ W
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. & M8 q; K% z' i, {1 { 3 J8 C. K- e8 DL: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 o/ e* h8 i2 {/ R" \2 l/ ]. l
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?2 C5 D- L9 g7 s0 h( s8 w8 e w
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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 8 ~" l3 a% W$ w2 M3 w6 u3 K/ k, l* l& z! h, T0 a
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 6 q/ o8 c8 f8 v1 j" f # g( Q! s1 {# i" x3 N) IL: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. $ w! Y6 M! i, }" Q ' f/ F6 `9 _8 Y8 h, p6 S5 {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.: b, F$ c0 q+ E4 }9 h