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.; K2 Z3 l9 l5 B u2 k
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。* H' B4 A: g9 B$ j) F9 W3 c
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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？9 ]6 f4 p, H3 }8 X1 s0 `- }, L
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- E4 R: {+ g( i$ S; O
) }, i* i7 a. m6 N# b& x2 ~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？( R2 C& A( E3 @/ d
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. : ^+ c8 K3 [0 a" b6 ]5 Y" w6 h+ `* d; e' p' |
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? ! k! p0 P0 ^; i' f+ y+ _( i) I5 e+ d2 F4 Y j' L0 Y- y" I
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted., J% s3 R3 S% E
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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？) R+ D& G$ V: i
' w8 w8 X- E. {' xM：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. ) }. `4 ]! S4 P O- x& P8 E4 z. G4 r( l" R* H3 J# ?8 _
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？8 u# U+ u) q2 c2 n
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.* q5 f" @) P1 a$ V. Y
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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。6 X0 R: p! R- m
% [" [* y2 s8 ^0 CM：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. ; B& j3 p/ i- _+ d4 N0 Q 6 s: r8 ]& C" D* U5 H {L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 7 \ `, J! g( n/ }' V; D- P3 _. y2 M! m+ d8 \2 I$ i
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip." w. R0 G3 U& J$ ?9 N9 K
- U# ?" a! X9 f3 _2 RL：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。6 I9 H1 Z" `1 i% N' A) ? }
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. / B. m% a$ V4 s - c6 s, @) D4 s( Z% h2 G, j/ r! dL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 4 ?% Z; ?+ @" h! r' }* r( ]' X" D4 Q6 H- V
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 4 ~9 S K+ q. h& |. ?+ R/ G - I. [! _/ E$ ]& S/ ^4 fL：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？+ E2 r: w, G; ]$ I
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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.& e0 I5 a0 m9 E9 U3 H% _0 v, T
7 T4 R% ~ T* }+ @/ T! { n5 X2 sL：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？. [% Y9 f/ p+ `) Q9 v
# r6 L$ w: F, _$ kM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?; @. ]; y3 H9 `
1 O3 r0 j$ A4 O3 v/ LL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 1 i& \0 o: D2 a2 h- d . U- @0 e: k a& m. CM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 1 A0 Z( R0 N! v* ~, o9 _3 {1 l + w& i8 {1 o/ B! m" L/ v% {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. + T) G, D* \/ l' r. r; K$ ], M( ]- y( z* B4 w1 u1 Y
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. $ P5 P. d/ c# E1 E7 p 1 [: C) }/ g( U3 q( ]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？2 A4 A7 x6 W. [; r9 w
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!/ D. l9 K9 A. {/ m9 t; p9 }( ^
3 ^: l; I% Q) [+ w* P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。 6 r/ j% \1 n, a* M9 R8 A& Y 7 q, }& D4 }# m6 {/ q( J; @. mAudio as following: , }+ G3 D( s& q% a) f+ u4 B
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