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. & `+ O# D+ m3 x4 ]: p. M- N9 O' W5 n; c3 p
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。4 G2 Q* Z! [( B. }$ I* b$ C3 l( g
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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?) U/ _/ T0 y/ H7 d* | Q0 g! U/ u' r
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 1 V- t/ y. C% h- |( z' H9 j0 k! a( }, j. @
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? : ?# [6 _0 D' O: u+ e, U 2 D* |( Z7 i% ~1 v' lM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. n5 b2 b" u# ?4 l) h8 P l$ N4 E% P# }/ sL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? $ U. Z5 r& W" v 7 A0 ^" s6 Z, G- ^2 ?M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ |8 q" N7 t- w% ]9 V3 ?
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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? , d8 W( [7 y2 K5 H R; I9 e0 o2 [7 a9 j2 D6 B+ q+ _2 P5 A6 S6 l/ g
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.- A$ t( x0 w$ y9 x
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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.! {' U3 }8 h( h- N+ a4 U% O+ v! R% D
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! $ H- q- |3 ?. o( y 8 X M6 z) x) T+ J* xM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.$ A0 B% K8 j4 `8 u' Q, T
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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。" s0 Z* R E# E+ V
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. / N$ Q6 e$ P2 g5 [( H7 u ~ 1 a6 \5 K2 x: v5 w6 q4 SL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?$ I5 U& t1 t- P4 ]# v1 I& f' v
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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.$ L* i9 C& E5 C+ }0 U1 z) ~ K
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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?# X+ }5 R5 a, r8 C0 E8 m
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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. * v. c) X1 p1 S( W" z [' {" q! u' N Q4 t+ H
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 s' M+ e6 W# l; e3 I" w; A6 F7 X9 w9 ]$ J3 s; A+ Y' Z9 d
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?, a0 b9 N) a4 [* Q
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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。1 J, }6 t! y, t! c
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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 5 T; U& q+ c' d1 S & v+ a4 l* S9 w! T l- i9 sL: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. 1 H F/ O6 ?, Y0 a% R- [ $ w$ M0 Y" L6 i) a- OM: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.; L7 ]5 @- z; y3 r
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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? 4 B' ~6 d: u+ U# V & ^0 e" G" ]. `& h6 N+ z' C4 W+ MM:Thanks so much, Li Hua! 2 R3 c5 @" K2 O8 P7 _0 A6 ` 1 x5 j9 |3 }, E% g1 g1 d: G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。, J3 v2 Y; r) K# K% Z& i. N
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