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. & D6 i& U; z7 J2 r, E 8 i0 ]! C2 d7 _1 l8 ?; y7 g- sL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。6 y; y% [ D9 g7 m( V8 w2 n
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.6 @6 J, n- b( c9 t) @" e
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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？( i/ [0 C2 |& _- ?6 S- N
! h7 @0 B7 y$ y( r: {/ \M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ `" W$ W. w% @" }
# H0 l! G# @: lL：(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？' U. Q* N* M$ ~2 M3 y" [
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. , o- X$ L: k i' t$ I# H* d. W, C, d9 f: g0 V
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? * m* R T5 T* d4 }( j" T& _7 \7 J% q, x% @/ Y. u
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.# B/ O& t8 h- E& T2 \& f
7 L+ ]2 }) l8 g9 S6 _L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ . a5 q% v0 Y) z. G ! i4 _" x, T) g0 J WM：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. 7 i, U& n, r% n/ I% z6 v . {1 h. ^3 S2 H4 W; rL：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？ ( R2 Z( q1 U0 s3 e, s( z / w$ A; O/ _6 u/ u# j8 dM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. & P+ g3 z5 E4 m* r/ _0 H- J) L9 B& } w$ f# C- n% T5 B" u* x
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。 z' ] G6 U6 Q! D' w& \ ( \ L2 w. T" A0 \3 c& i8 ZM：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.3 { b1 S( ] v$ Z
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ " I V' M" ~2 a4 d0 {8 _6 X1 m, q3 x- W7 r5 \/ m0 J. ]
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.) | b4 A$ z2 q5 D& m* a* O
1 E! ]+ ]6 c: q! a3 U1 jL：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。 ; g1 @% V, x' ^' y, T5 l* c" Q1 { i
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- I s9 [+ C) L8 b" I) ?
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 5 G; Q9 g4 k5 K8 C+ W$ I1 j: T0 m 6 K- r7 a: ?% H- k5 Z( \M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.; ?1 b" G" _8 v P4 t
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6 @# R2 @! O8 zL：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？+ Z+ V8 [$ P' G: H
: z8 X' h- h& K |3 yM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?( ^) y! n; P9 \6 L% B8 f
: _% d& ^: z8 u& W' _! ^L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。7 L& G( K+ H; a v6 m
, ]7 z% x8 ^8 ^# |M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.% [$ a1 W9 [, g, S; x4 }* X
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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., @6 `, c, _+ r s+ S0 H# n* I
7 a- E4 ?5 }) m$ C# t( IM：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.9 u6 H$ S4 O' w- g
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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？ @4 d3 y: x0 J1 n- x* C- M2 M- I& F3 D. q7 @+ A
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!: i* w. s! v9 z/ D% d
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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。 : P$ K! N- ?, P' K+ c3 I7 X: a1 H4 j0 ~' B+ E; q/ Z5 Z, z1 T8 M
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