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. 1 I" `/ Y# S, p+ \, ] 4 S* H" k7 K0 p% kL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 7 Z: P- Q' r( P4 i6 ^! C! ?# f# \+ ?9 b
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.* F# c1 {9 Y) C4 q9 ^5 _4 r
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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？ & q @6 d1 m5 s" o4 E$ i7 `0 N4 ~% y& g9 ]' G9 T: ]
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. , i' ]4 {; i, `. I/ I* w. j; q/ r* X7 e0 _8 |
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？ 0 g: z/ X7 D# B- n- Z, d " \ Q% _5 n. u7 u- k! y8 B- }M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. c2 W& @9 [: H. b2 [8 J 5 I h* {+ T3 h: y$ ]' ~8 k0 f) v$ CL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?" K* c( ^2 X* z3 Z3 Y* ?+ @
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; |6 H( ]1 ]9 I$ i
; {: O9 b! @5 l; y+ H A6 ~L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？" t* v) y( d S
( z& K; q) R9 C% t7 jM：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./ {% Q9 g$ V/ d
G0 g- p9 F( J0 H! TL：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？2 D S& U s' T
" u8 K0 C0 E$ J7 ]; H" AM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. . ^- W/ o# s# L( b; p : K. W5 q/ S: c `- M z, @3 {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。2 P) ]) |( H, p" ~' R: m
9 p/ D: G8 F* p: g* {- J, v8 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.# i/ L8 f: t# V6 x& M
/ |9 B6 X+ P1 |0 J) b# eL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ / G" M* \% u- C6 F2 K/ ]- l) S# j1 v) `7 Q% n6 k
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. ; y; i }. c' X" | * b! i& q! s/ r0 \' W9 N1 SL：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。 z6 t" m/ q! Z6 B , t8 y- O& f5 n0 ~M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 X' U+ I5 A' p1 w2 W+ N
+ m4 p! d6 ]$ zL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ [. g% A4 x: l8 S: s! \3 S) z' @
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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.+ G1 X& s& A1 V3 w1 l& L. w
Z3 K+ ]/ c% ?' Z/ f. a$ u; tL：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？; W3 ?4 k O2 H! y
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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.) q$ E# S( f8 {6 }
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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？ - F$ X1 |- i z( b. u) k 7 t7 |, \3 i' Q6 W4 i wM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?0 v* Y! z- {$ X' S4 Z
; |1 e1 Y b2 [8 kM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.* A0 _ ], O4 v3 {' ^; p
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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. ^* L0 ^0 b% I. C* a- o. q; P( `) x$ A : W, C; t- C' h6 O, `) y/ m) SM：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.* R; l6 _6 ]9 C; E) m( J
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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？/ ~* F l0 W: z) f3 l
' u- y$ H4 v7 ~! N4 Q" d9 O$ c9 f9 vM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!( a9 n; F4 F0 C3 b, r0 K5 X+ s. ]9 i
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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。9 J* \0 Z+ S: G+ J, x
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