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.4 H) S/ h- J8 \" a
- M& v2 y# j! m0 o# x- w, BL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 1 Z! q- l3 r. C5 H2 g! w* R & g; {4 W# p* `) bM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.0 n, V- ~2 ]$ }& k9 `- Z
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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？; n! X0 X* X7 M) `8 d! e3 Q/ w
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.4 z, S. R$ z- F* u
) w6 l- `( ]$ ~3 m* w1 _. BL：(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？ & ]# @% i( [& l7 q/ ^4 D9 K0 I5 l
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. & }6 [! i( j- a% {( F! T, U' b3 E& f& n+ c8 L
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? p8 W: G" P' d8 X5 N: i: s
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 5 V3 P" @2 Y+ [1 B+ y8 r! _ ( Q8 }: O2 ?8 U' {4 m& ?9 o0 J4 {L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？* y B/ L. r( p' O4 U! I I2 U
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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. L6 G; O& L+ X- H' _/ z4 K* g3 Q1 P2 r5 S9 Y% A! D
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？ $ z& g8 z B$ i" R4 ]+ L # A, N; q/ `9 e' ]& |3 Y# J6 ^/ k, dM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.$ G' x1 m0 ?. a! f
! z9 x1 l) O+ i: u% G. CL：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。9 w% p$ N. _0 [8 l
8 u3 S t- |4 P% ~) P$ kM：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. ' h L1 M7 r: Z) d Q- ]! B 9 Y* K5 ?5 `+ W( t& P: A; C% Z1 R, v2 JL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！3 p- w5 w5 H2 C7 |* L$ b7 K
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 2 @3 `+ o, v0 T3 K3 p* E 8 j c! K7 w# K) q# AL：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。9 Z3 @+ Y0 _6 r4 P( k
1 |% w% j; r- i2 C- [4 J7 o" G8 ~M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. n6 b }6 N9 ^- P C2 J3 \! Q
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ / t" P& j2 B6 h. _/ S2 @ & _ ]2 ~9 }5 y) B+ AM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.. R/ e' \' U4 M& i
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L：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？/ U$ }7 W( T- K- M* F6 K
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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. 3 [3 c. x2 p- W$ p* `3 u+ ?; C 4 U1 z0 @4 H" m4 R8 PL：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？" @/ s r5 K+ W1 y) `1 q( b
5 t. `9 L: r; k& \, q. K* WM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?7 s3 d8 L# z0 J0 f x# U6 G, g4 d
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L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 4 h9 {0 x( ?) b. R ` * n! c! m) r: o2 X1 yM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.& p/ B! X; j& N% Q u
7 @/ M5 z/ j, n2 BL：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. . d. I$ R$ S" c1 v' A 3 \4 J. J9 i6 f6 LM：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 @9 Z" h" h: L$ u* k1 S/ O& Q% h; J" A" n, i; [5 j) C# n
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？ 7 F. h; X8 b1 I* V# x& ~+ N5 @ 2 s8 U, e( c) U8 X) N% V6 a tM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! / ]2 Q, ]& w$ s" p8 P1 O! U2 y4 D9 o& c) Y( `5 @
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。 , }' G- G, n8 x" g" h+ j4 H* v + `9 f0 }. c1 u+ X7 C9 TAudio as following:4 n: a) O0 l* Y6 x7 r% N
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