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.) L2 I% M5 {6 F1 _7 u3 r
* U$ C- L% ~; _$ JL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ' r* H% N$ t, z f" v + K& r% k, c# S; c+ O% B6 ~1 l7 QM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. . g3 `$ q; Q, }; d. y. a2 ~2 K, u- H( t1 a) [$ L
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？' M& F0 z9 D# M+ X( ~/ x
% p9 G7 v2 t: B1 E) j/ f5 ~ l7 LM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.2 q: O4 ?$ d7 c1 ]7 f- w
# X9 u; i$ x7 A9 m: TM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 7 T- b4 D+ f0 f& f* z# J4 J }, B9 l/ D4 Z. N& `
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? ) a8 T2 c" T7 G4 X. H& Q+ X- _% I3 o& y
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.& E5 @# x7 f, A. u' D5 E& M7 J4 _
/ n( h6 u. v' @3 v* d/ JL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ N2 C% L# A7 O2 z+ }0 ~5 N 9 W. ~* H/ w+ sM：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.$ f: {/ g u: w+ O$ o. f0 o0 m
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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？ ( z# p' m) @* e9 s# e. l( v% ]$ e# k; [4 C% X5 ~
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.% Z5 B* } B0 ?8 J& v: ^ ^
) R$ v5 q9 H2 Y9 ]9 XL：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。( Y2 u I$ s. O9 t! D! v, k8 F
* |# V8 s! u$ m' @. ]- L+ [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. / [$ ~- ~' T- i6 x; Z) R: y" v2 ~' E" c
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！6 E/ k9 o' ^1 i: A
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.% o6 k" Z' h4 P' v, P# w- u
' |. \1 |6 P# M, i4 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。 # W3 l/ e8 D5 A: @& z ; d7 J+ K" d2 n: V4 J/ B% GM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- @3 l* Y: S5 f5 G# s
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 9 e- W% }: ~1 N \2 M4 s( e3 x0 X( S( X2 [% o' I
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy./ ]. U4 x- R- Z/ z2 L) j6 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？* v; @& Y. I8 ~
/ s! k1 t/ F7 ~- \. c2 |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. : J$ \* v$ l) i0 G3 R , i5 |# m( Y( d7 eL：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？9 ]. k* w( C# k$ N
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) D$ D5 f/ j1 q- p c# b% X
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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。 7 p1 H, |: V( z6 D. K7 f4 o 3 \% _6 f1 _ l7 ~! o' ?7 hM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 4 j8 |7 P! D# p$ B5 X. q# t: ]- X 6 @9 g5 y5 w# l0 e3 f' oL：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.4 l4 T# A* g3 l; A, N( d) I
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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. : b# z, l1 r: `5 j7 p, j " |( I Y5 v" e8 Z- v3 u2 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？ ! |+ e* P$ I' i4 T9 A3 C; x4 c5 _
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!8 P* \. e9 q, D# H6 [6 Z
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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。$ @4 C" }8 r D
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