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.- B: v9 f$ _, T2 k0 d9 l7 k
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。2 r) X5 ?- l7 B
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. . i' n& \, U) u9 x5 i1 D: S3 Y0 |8 x: P; U4 a9 Y9 x& b- L) g: u7 |
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？ : A0 U! z# M/ X+ q# h; f2 R* E3 b! E2 G
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.& l* e9 J4 D, F' ?( U
$ i) ]' {$ B/ ]* `& VL：(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？' g; `5 d9 j/ i' S- E0 P4 c
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ G6 H, I6 Q, c) y) o
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 0 q% d) Q' u! x4 d" x/ Y5 P4 S% ]( @. E: B9 c) x7 d7 [# {% A
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ 4 K$ q6 C" N8 r/ V2 m& S/ u8 A9 L! y6 y 7 I* ?% J" p Z6 b* oM：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./ U% ^" k% H5 I' q
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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？ G4 y2 u# k0 F) J* ~: ` 4 E; s8 Z& Q4 d5 D# nM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. / a( U u) X2 T2 b7 M* n( w" o& }1 U/ N/ M/ z: s; o/ b" t* [
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。3 q/ f! r. M5 V L% ?6 K6 g( O# w8 g
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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. # l$ l4 S5 ^, a" c/ F3 O) x2 T9 |: I4 Q \) }6 g0 T/ m' ?1 [; T
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！; Q- E _( R i. o
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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。1 X: L$ y0 B4 B+ Q% h" ]
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 @1 \1 _2 }( ^' L
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？2 E: R% H# D$ A! K* f* f! g
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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. 0 o8 Y! J, v- w m 7 ]8 j+ e6 V, eL：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？ : N$ T" W- ^: l& _( k; @ ! G- @4 G' m4 _5 f" sM：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.9 b8 d( U' C& M: v6 R, M8 T
. ?# u: W6 A3 W% _/ wL：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？! ]/ A9 r9 J, O- W/ i
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M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?$ {5 s1 s( j, A2 T, a( V) L
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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。1 c! k8 Z6 |7 F5 u4 A) p
+ O- l1 Z1 F) ^4 P# x' d Y6 @% HM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 5 A4 |- \4 [1 e0 h 1 j- Y- N$ C/ W# kL：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. : O+ ~+ d/ o4 j! i3 K . F: G p/ F, |% g" X: DM：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. 7 y" W) C% A. H0 ^; C, e * x# @& w8 X+ x7 L4 d. f6 ?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？8 j! F9 Y: i1 ~& g: _- U; z
7 ~: u- Y; y3 S: u5 y0 x3 B6 r. ~M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! 3 O$ g6 _# T" E) e7 V/ S/ ^# K. z 5 _$ @! E* O# p/ m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。. i$ J7 m0 S! m } S5 X
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