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.% ~! ~+ F2 Z7 z. ~! @+ o
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 2 K4 D9 Q: r9 u5 `# m {' p! M$ n6 z4 C; ~" W+ D
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. & Z0 J* d/ F2 G Y7 S8 B- W( ~8 I# |! |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?( m9 X p C9 H
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.0 o. C. h) B. t2 l; V
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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?. k; d& m' |! B
% o* |) G; M) f4 j* ^1 \M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.: O6 a" K. ~$ \" M0 \4 Q. i; K% I, Y9 o
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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. 1 ^9 J" a: W, T( Z1 d q( y7 \9 H& Y; @8 l" W0 l* _
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? 0 X# v+ w5 N/ W2 c; v ! |5 |# \$ u3 {6 y* \% dM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 P8 R/ [# }; {- `1 a# {
} m9 B8 K# C1 e$ h! @4 x2 NM: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. 2 A/ g$ }* X5 a/ t' z; W( r 0 s" ~6 o7 I" z" \2 cL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!4 r( r5 t2 D- M) u H; p e+ F- S
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.8 g% E& Q7 e/ { k4 B9 o; G
! n* O3 f; D- H6 `+ |, i2 yL: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。 . c4 y" X8 N' T r( I4 Z5 x- ?) G C3 @7 }; t: u. c% rM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 7 x3 h) V- @2 @# H# ]) [. b+ f* q/ ^
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? ' { D2 y/ h- L \% X% X; ^/ t# Z" m7 B& Z$ s
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.' h( _9 q9 T2 I7 M# a/ I
5 `# N N; j$ t$ X% ~9 H, rM: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. : b0 f2 t& O0 J8 m; I! b9 g- ~, Z . G" ?) D( O, f; I2 xL: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?1 Z3 l- I, V0 f" c
9 p; d% Z/ v: j! SM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 1 v) m7 c) b# n3 W0 W0 `/ z8 t- O1 M0 M: Z% p9 s+ m
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 9 J z1 N8 ]3 b3 s8 v6 m. W2 b( E% D8 }+ h- U$ h1 p
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. , {1 ^7 E0 y: O/ l) h( M. B0 h! J ! F5 v3 i8 [; cL: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. + c f5 [' w) }3 {' r4 ]9 b) p( A ! b7 ^7 j& H8 F0 u# M L& QM: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.' ~+ e; a* ]3 F