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.) D3 i& c. ~. |! s, v) t. R |3 ]
* T2 s, y) D; p" N9 AL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 4 @- [7 P/ r; \! M * v8 _( C" O& d8 {, u$ sM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. ! O) ?2 F( q# y; | [/ M- j( [* R5 `# z/ S# d7 PL：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？$ N- y& D% G7 g4 }; c1 r- O1 g, W
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 1 O! l! G# U& E8 T& N0 Z' b6 B9 t
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？, S8 S/ c; _ t5 w3 u! h
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 3 I; |1 e9 V" o+ ]4 ?# _5 a5 C/ ] & U& N F/ t' c3 n/ cL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?9 N# y3 U7 [& M3 H' d
( Q/ q$ j3 l$ ]& h9 GM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.4 X0 q1 j0 ~6 i3 A: T, U
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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？ % e: D1 j8 m: D# g! R, \ : ?9 E& x+ _- }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. 1 L2 G! r5 M5 g- h2 M x $ l: Z7 W+ a& }2 }- B9 x" 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？2 @" s/ u0 j5 R, g
$ s. F5 [6 \! f8 e: O& }% CM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.' p h( S8 L% Z2 d3 N% {# I% ^
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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。$ ^: k% O3 {7 h1 e8 @# A5 i1 u: V
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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.5 j# u+ Q5 r+ s- l- h; q: F3 \5 T
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！, @, e- d$ o8 I" E" b
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.4 f7 k6 {" g# D, z$ Y3 z
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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。 ) u; x {; \4 ~" X G5 S+ a9 ?& X) r6 q! @' w* t; t7 X; y
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are." U2 d3 k( C( e! y* c
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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. * D/ H! ]( f7 T9 \5 N# P7 Q - }# V- e" P' Z$ J3 aL：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？1 a$ D M: U) x* {4 G- ]! ^
+ @5 T1 h: Y8 `+ lM：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. 6 S5 |. K/ f/ R S! L" i) c9 \1 A; H4 R
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？7 T' N! `4 N0 Q, X6 ]6 _, k
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? , J K, N4 x' G$ c% i1 O/ Q' [9 r, j) }- t
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ) s$ c( B8 c5 ] `% i! w! F * t. b) Q& l) Z3 h) @M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion." x C+ ]' F' u: }; [" }4 g
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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.' \7 {' U) b* O' w3 b. o8 n& n
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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. , @* R0 k {$ A0 d- b- B: F1 ?; U. }( F+ U: g7 Y/ D0 a1 m
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？ $ K1 X- a/ |+ F ( V4 W4 o# ~ bM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! $ K, N" o/ d. E9 k/ b+ c% _2 ]# K) a
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。- ^& Y) f4 _, P" D; }! E
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