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.' ?! P2 Z6 }) N b$ |0 z$ e" m+ L9 j
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 1 S% D0 u% f4 _0 M* l' }) P: |8 i! _
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time." Z4 i( z! A4 M" s; E9 m
; ^. B: w; g9 j: h2 U* OL: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? M) \8 P: u5 k# u: l, e9 E( G' k/ S% c0 h
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ; t$ {. ^8 I8 j8 T8 L9 v! B# |- {" j7 F& M& w
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?: \' Y y9 n% K8 m0 ^
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ! S" ~) N+ _; N* v. F( W& c; u ; R0 B' V; P5 z. \L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?; D0 O. k5 A) g# U( C/ B+ y" X/ d
, ^: @3 e. K7 P; o9 ~, qM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 7 {" [0 R2 s' B, b* t; _7 N! [, L* e/ d" \/ c& T
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?( N/ W. Y5 A. q/ M0 s' V R, {6 f
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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. 4 A' @# t- C" D 2 J; D0 i* R# {0 }6 k: O. E$ O) `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? - j6 P2 [2 F6 V/ h) W* K5 x2 c8 g ! q u& N, C1 s1 g2 t% w& [M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.. P# x" G# _! N
; [8 i% c' x" kL: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。- W$ V! g! H% t4 W; Y3 e( T3 h, G9 D
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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. 8 Z; I R8 s& E ; \- l y% ?* \: j) ^9 z8 fL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! & c* ?' x1 E( K- b2 _( Y$ z9 I+ I% _1 ? n0 `- W
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. ( l: k2 {' p& i. k! @% S! z % p8 r1 w8 Z& d5 }) P9 `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。 ) S9 \/ T6 O% p ! G( a i! y6 T- ^. bM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. % l8 }4 X5 s# d+ O" r5 z 6 R$ v/ R" E0 w7 H- m& E9 G2 p! zL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 9 P6 X% E4 Q# N% g# c1 B* Z" T3 `, z( q( E
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.) ?9 C3 X; l7 C+ g+ z, O; M& C
6 Y/ C# X& x' J6 u0 KL: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? 6 p; y" a' c8 B- U K6 O9 I % e0 N4 W; b* ?6 e8 h. VM: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.# f! Y B9 g8 N3 C# e* k/ H
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L: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? $ X4 V9 C9 R. k; P) g/ F$ J F- P+ L' P2 O
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# y2 U( u! W# _( Y" g
+ @8 s3 k7 E; H- W3 g% Q% m8 D$ cM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ( \3 F0 v% G! G% W8 C/ ?% ~: _/ r0 c# X" k
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. 4 L/ P5 o4 ~2 S/ L9 }. F$ _, @* ]4 M. [; P* a8 j7 w
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. ; F5 i. V. G& p7 E6 U7 j- E' r8 ~ q- o+ T6 _
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? + |' Y5 {6 g( L: G9 y9 t( P& L- _3 z* a1 X, o; M
M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! * j- g# b: ?% x) {0 k# i 8 q( r; e6 }3 e* N/ _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。. L: e6 g- t# s8 b6 y7 x