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 n- h* W' `1 E
2 e; z+ G* Y3 ~0 k0 N1 c- H9 H; S) g# jL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 ! `! k! F6 [% F/ b& i. e$ W+ E
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; X" @. c/ c. p( h
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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?8 [6 W( I' v$ m- D! S
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.& U" ^6 M, O3 |1 o5 x4 l
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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?: @, K4 X T/ g) u2 U
& D3 |3 D# L( O* FM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.6 s' S2 E0 ^1 H; G1 z, ^' d
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?4 g1 p8 ]6 U5 d5 D$ L
$ H% n3 L! s7 N( G1 M: b" [* \M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 7 M3 X$ N; b1 E- F+ _0 S+ E b6 p7 c' g% O: u* l
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?* c: q! g: p, W& A. Q, B
2 a1 m+ J3 q) x+ m0 wM: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. " S5 V+ |, `% z! h 1 p3 i6 ]; w! dL: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?, U/ B* W7 C+ f3 V" v4 `
9 w: O4 p6 [- B: E) aM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. * n0 V3 c7 [' W d: R: d R0 I- E6 L! Z& T
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。 9 I( t) e5 E" a2 ^. t0 V$ T8 q' n8 q+ \) X# j- d2 \
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. " j5 l" z' m' C" r3 P3 I6 Q- C& \9 W. ?
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!; w* R2 P i* `& w h. L* U8 g
/ B3 a" l2 {7 g8 ?5 c, |( a0 oM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& ?8 P5 O; c/ J9 p' u7 e' m
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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。$ x; A/ y" E P4 e
8 a. [$ [7 a: \0 O/ c$ Q0 k+ DM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 3 \7 g- c; v3 ~6 r' g8 u$ M2 s7 Z: J6 }8 D. R6 a
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?$ s+ e1 U8 M0 _4 m+ j& S3 p; m
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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.2 g: p1 m+ a# U, f% ^
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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? ; B$ m$ m2 S( L8 \/ z& W# Z4 S$ O8 A4 r
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.$ P- Z, h, L: f' s
+ y( ^& T! c Y3 S; a4 |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? $ J1 G: g- F, p0 j8 L* K 9 H- [/ X4 f5 rM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?6 \4 D' e, |% z, k6 g* P# Y
6 K- e4 Y" y, N- ?4 I1 GM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ) P7 W1 x% v; A, i- e, b, k1 n5 Q% T/ Y# G7 E1 j9 {( Y
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. & k) ~+ M4 q- ~1 S ' H" ]0 _( ?0 d/ VM: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.) P, [+ Q, I, f
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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?3 G5 U9 W* r+ `' o. ]: ?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! $ W. ]# W/ Y8 Y2 {! \, L) u1 y ' B4 N" Y1 a6 I* o7 s4 b% F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。0 c3 }' ]# i: G. T* x5 D
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