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. ( n, G1 z5 ?* ~" x% P ; i8 }# I4 v5 S w1 w$ zL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 $ u6 e6 T( H& a% z+ y) w7 d5 S- J/ j M3 X& G& g
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.: Q }. }) D6 C# ?+ j" m+ f
2 y: K1 v4 Y) w+ K1 `2 aL: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 e7 U! B7 [6 u7 E o* f0 X- U3 I& E) U I
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ' n; c" I9 ~0 R1 R ! m8 s- P. f6 X' B4 R4 ?7 sL:(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?, p4 q% v% |( C3 ^
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ' E. e4 _& ^8 l7 a6 l7 z; d6 b: W. O. `8 @$ w7 b
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 3 g" D4 I" s; A& Q, P2 ]: }: |6 u* ~- S( p7 h" ]! T" [
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! B/ S& X4 [% V* S
! h) s. q1 F; N, ?& w/ O! ?$ s4 qM: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.- X* L L l' }. `! N' A
, [9 A, g5 s+ BL: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? ! ?/ K X& j& F) p( n0 i, r# d6 }0 `% K3 v0 l# V" J
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. ( o( H, W# U( f% t( |3 `6 E / E$ `6 G1 o6 |1 k) P4 o9 @' gL: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。 # C( Z8 f. i {; b- T& e! J3 U 2 V4 Q5 Y7 N( T/ T+ E4 j: {( RM: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. * f( g. H) o4 j$ \$ Q* r( [. @+ E8 d; r! z- c i1 A/ [
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! 9 @: W& x" w) F8 V5 V: u2 ?: }% T" A. [; D) } @
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. ) d& b# U- |; k% m* ~6 w, U6 D1 \! ?: D2 L9 ]9 i. p
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。/ q3 }& M) c* @ {. `0 ~! ~9 g/ t
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 9 L) V7 ?4 K; o0 j7 U 7 @' h' @! }6 B; oL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 8 v( _3 e$ P+ p6 B0 F1 d. B+ `% q3 ?: X8 R1 c* d) W# z5 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. $ Q- U7 z- S8 q* J; W " \! B, `+ x% C$ q- w5 V9 z* cL: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?* R! `1 }7 J* I3 h. s
* [! C: K C* J# @" w" e7 TM: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. 2 b% ~( I2 ]) l# m" @4 z' i1 R6 s* u+ Y' g
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?6 j3 ?" p/ g' a; S* m3 K& _; o0 b8 _% F
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 2 P9 H2 P, t2 v, N' W" Z% d N! s0 ?& E# D! z. _- a
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。$ e" o) ?( j9 Q, N( j
' w) v+ Y1 t+ A0 B- l% w& DM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.( k' y$ I: q/ ^1 I, w
6 B' A9 j5 X( E9 ?7 OL: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' f# T4 a) f+ k# B" w# R* ~ & x3 h# }6 o* b" 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.5 \% ? R9 {4 S3 H7 @
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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? , ]1 F1 Q; u8 {( w; T+ W* y, k0 P, \1 \& Q. I, s: e
M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! % _2 B8 K0 f2 i # n, u8 B' s0 b: h# }* r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。 / u3 K u C. I5 x) l# Z9 ~6 s# X- M Z6 i, J' C% g! w
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