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. 9 m0 H" G5 a' h8 Q/ k" c' l$ A9 C# Q* v5 [& X8 S7 J
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。; C. T2 Z' B6 f7 d8 Z$ q8 U
/ H: c' j/ L9 q' [% W4 E; [; D- wM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 7 \) K$ I8 S0 F: A2 z5 k0 G8 C( A' ^) P: \* e% [' {9 j# ~
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?0 l9 I8 N, O' S, l9 Q6 y
0 l0 n& V( u# c, D; yM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.8 O2 d2 a" S+ z) N) m: U# t
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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?% L+ M- M Q+ x( L1 c# y* ?* C
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; \# p0 x* {( H( [( X6 L b. j
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?5 C3 e5 F# G- r6 B/ O, L
( c! B" U& @5 B0 yM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. : x( X) F, I: O7 w3 f: V& _1 k; k/ Q' f/ z
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? N2 r/ Q5 ^' N7 V: `
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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. 9 a. d/ ]& L! P5 E3 [2 ?6 r! L 7 L5 E, ?, _; l4 d7 u Y$ ZL: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? / T' F+ _$ x8 k ~+ ^& u- u1 @* S7 j; Z8 ?7 @M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.1 z F3 f- T2 f7 Q( n9 E
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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。5 i& e7 G% g6 @8 R! M6 E( @
$ n3 v5 O& I' K7 Y" gM: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 _* M$ O! \3 U4 t- c8 ]
4 X/ ?0 `8 a0 q8 DL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! 0 l {8 X) W2 Z, f9 t 1 q+ O& |+ I) q) m8 w7 e* ]M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. v! M" h" Y9 s9 r1 m/ p) p- i 3 Q4 |' k' A" DL: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。7 ^" ^. l, g& c/ i1 _1 l9 d2 `. r
8 B% e/ t0 R3 z: b8 rM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.$ Y! w* I( p, y( ]9 Z5 ?# J
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 2 X' G6 }$ K: a: h$ e" p9 o ! B0 `4 \; M0 A. ~8 h8 Z! wM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.* _4 `- l' S S. a8 U7 W- F
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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? % ~4 ~9 p* A& G! Q# }% e6 M; L3 v/ M: Y! w1 ]( a
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. 4 W- a4 E8 A: Z# }. c2 Q 4 p* o+ u- b* \7 [* r2 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?$ z3 m: j, m) d5 [
6 H. z& X5 U _& q6 xM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?% w p0 y; t8 p! d$ W+ M N2 j
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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." q6 I- O1 G9 B" }% ], s8 O8 Q6 W
/ H$ [- s& ]) l' J9 c( c% X5 gM: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. + m7 N5 a" T- g9 W" F9 v% m0 N0 Y6 a* c2 p, w' o/ I3 ?" V* S6 m5 o
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? ; y* ^* }% g- T1 ~% @/ L* x 3 L0 y2 n6 F: G5 O: KM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!8 B, d' r, s2 F+ I
5 ?7 g" }# ~8 O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。+ e; O B, [. R l