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% ^5 C. i; k
2 A0 R6 [! M# Y% j0 Z0 w8 ]L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。, a( I* n' G. e$ e: w2 G
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.* T7 l3 ^; K V% X/ ^0 S3 s0 o
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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？$ ^! d; U/ e W- \; f: S# S0 P
4 H5 M( o" w" o" E7 g$ ~M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 d' x2 P6 e" `
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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？. `9 C3 U1 `& u
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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.# p+ A8 A) Y; |* b/ o2 a
8 a; l6 \( E. S- `# L* I6 X0 ]! M5 _L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? * L" h( A( Z$ r5 N 2 ~3 k: V* { L* MM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 3 q3 ]4 R# L1 t2 @ ! U1 V1 Q- k7 H) O) n' bL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ # k1 _( z' r1 A" \0 n# ?0 K9 E$ h6 ?2 `0 f( U: O3 @4 h
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.9 m+ H% J; _. s) u! e8 U
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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？ + H {- U! q# n; g8 n8 S# f+ o1 b $ F$ u, K+ ~- \- e- jM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.2 j% A) ^$ G% a; q D
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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。) [1 D/ N4 T* h# T% v- H
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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.6 G0 o3 R! @. S- O1 X
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ : ?! A" j6 o1 n: o! o! o$ O$ [, u6 D) p @4 g2 f
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. + M, L+ D/ R2 c8 x# C ( V, a' M4 G3 [; o* FL：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。% Q% o/ ~6 G: f( ^
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.( e, _" i7 K8 X
3 c& ]& Y# o- m: X: V& oL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 4 y- \- s( e. F! `5 r9 }; | : F- t6 v8 m$ v$ |- BM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.: E# } z4 R, A4 w8 Q
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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？8 K6 j, c9 r5 |. d3 Z/ d/ @
+ \9 d. g, q( @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. , o$ ?+ u6 s& H7 x2 H4 H ( w5 X! n- S1 G: A- G% A g) UL：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？. L$ o5 Z$ e& N/ F2 ^- O' S
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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 z$ k8 O: w, \+ V! f
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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. 9 T9 q* _& h: r, v2 N; A8 q ; F( e5 @7 G, T9 z 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./ L8 `+ b" D, @
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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.) B" B3 `8 o6 B) }
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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 T& M$ u, n7 c2 q5 H/ k1 ~# g: X& y ; H/ o; M5 F" tM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! ' d$ ~7 b/ t6 n) }! E; E- L/ J. H$ M/ c7 Y% x; Z
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。 ! u2 n: o$ B# R& e5 i* e) d l3 k* D" E: c! l8 e+ h
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