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. 9 i4 [1 K# [" t% ?* N ) M4 ~. T! H& s6 k) M# M, UL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 C9 s- T7 h9 Z5 v: d/ U5 S$ D, S
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.) o q! h; f" M Q( J" X/ K/ d% f
* ]& }8 H/ Y, B1 `! aM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. " Z3 K& v( c1 o( D; s4 S# z- {7 w" v. n& {' g h$ z
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? 2 \9 p* q% D/ H w& C % }5 {$ m- u- C* ? b7 u# m& iM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ! ^; p% x3 j" a, f: ?/ Q- O / V4 D" X/ r7 f, A) ~0 iL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?7 j& m$ U( b, w2 L$ G
# Q1 M9 H# r0 i" v7 I+ OM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.5 w) f, y6 y/ o. ^5 D. L$ S
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L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? ( D5 \" m+ S. M) d2 Q- A- _& `2 H6 b
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.. c9 h) N6 |" X) ?" Q& C
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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? 9 N! R$ y' |/ S7 Q$ G# I+ k: _* s# k* d2 y i
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.5 |6 y, @1 I% C. p3 z* }1 \
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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。 ; Z' i7 k3 b0 R7 T ) Q) m$ h( l* r$ y5 ]0 D x jM: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. + d1 C4 ]# }+ y. T* q3 U* p% L3 i' L" `! y( X
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!5 J$ b' ~8 }9 J' p' m- u) L
$ o6 s% R8 }3 o" ^9 HM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 0 }2 N* i4 f. T/ P& S! w* [6 o% G, C' I* r
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。* H* L. s. j/ O# I9 a" x9 `4 S
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.6 A+ L4 P9 {* `; C( O4 O
: ]1 R7 j! s t% f9 EL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?2 p8 O8 a+ Q) z/ B1 C
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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. + Z' {4 X1 o, A: f4 C R x2 T+ e6 U6 g, y! C
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?6 N1 z; a3 f: ]7 D! A9 [
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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. 9 c1 F9 l) o `& o( f 6 z5 G W" g( z cL: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? : ~( y" H+ ?7 E: m( Y % y3 M0 [7 u: h, b& ^8 D$ }M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ; B* ^( H; B6 r' ?- T" z V) {: {& f7 N$ g& \- l
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ) J3 W' |% f' X! h1 S1 X : {8 V- K( d/ X( pM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 9 P: w8 @5 m! u& e 1 R* W# a+ G- ZL: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.# L7 o( \7 k- f
2 r$ f5 T" D) ~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." s$ F3 i$ L" M
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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?$ a9 g+ k- B' t
0 v* Q4 y; X" }M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! ; r- J4 K" i! M5 `9 c6 y' n, v* A! T0 z- W
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。' y2 @- f/ c/ U$ u. X) c: ~
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