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. 8 r3 B) D& p2 T2 X# D1 A; _ 4 {' F B$ a& Q! K3 G/ a0 u' sL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 " h+ ]1 N' e9 m8 j7 Z. q/ c3 i1 r( z$ E- j- B
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.) W4 B6 z# p5 t: j$ u
/ N# H5 H, z3 H1 FL：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？ + K* M! R Z) C& w& K8 I$ t: }; c; q1 S2 ]2 }6 y
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* c- }1 o3 ~! r* {4 }
. g1 {: y+ [6 X8 d. v, Y, VM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 0 E2 M: r) C" I- n" \7 R2 Z " N: y$ A; ~( Z6 W. rL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? ) w4 n. @( q; Y' K! R5 x 1 e- \9 _/ h) v0 `- eM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 1 e4 [, G1 j: ?% B$ C5 B1 }: Y+ _6 h Z: P% a6 c/ R w# c d: `
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ - V" k' O6 L! C+ S w+ f) s) S7 T7 g, F% O& b9 p$ B2 \; I
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.5 H3 R- T$ p1 y/ E# X
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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？ 0 _, T8 ~) s, U V) j7 S1 s6 ]. C& c6 \7 E uM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.3 z Y( c" Q- g) b, A# t: V" H
0 I- v8 |" z, R- \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。 : J" y9 d8 v- {# ~ 5 b4 U. R- X% C7 R2 e0 Z9 \3 m. QM：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. ) S! F& R, o/ z( L0 g) K0 c/ h; U/ U5 d
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ / V' E2 k/ a: z7 ^7 J- P 0 G) I% Q7 i0 \2 l# NM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. + r7 Y, U( e) t$ R ( V/ v( ~ q0 V3 g2 PL：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。+ u6 Z% S8 v- V1 p% }
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 8 J, z: o9 J3 `0 M1 d _% Y: T/ \: ~ a4 |
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？) E1 \5 m* P0 @5 m; q- J: S
: c- T& _' n8 bM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. 3 o! [5 g2 g1 ~' m: p' G, l* X! W7 t' t
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？ " e4 Q) F+ g z$ C5 i & ^! G& B/ B V6 gM：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. - s6 ?1 p! {1 R8 ?/ l6 F+ {9 B# w* V* K1 ?) M% ]6 \. ]! w
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？ $ G6 f& i5 C! {. Q2 ] - r( z- a$ U: W6 d) BM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? * t9 a9 {, x% ~" O% C8 x# j5 C; x4 y6 E . e9 E9 w. g# w# D: Q: r' EL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 4 s6 T0 Y9 h* H5 y+ E8 l 1 d2 _1 Z$ H1 g- G: L; TM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.7 e% {0 X4 K1 a# s% F5 ?; s4 I
1 k" d0 B9 M2 h5 Q! C3 B KL：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.6 R# h/ | h' a% M5 H" I) ]
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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.% s) e1 i# @& t: G3 |$ |- F. y
! @5 x& n; ?0 y( g4 H' FL：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？ & c% q6 v, g$ ]) r 0 C" B* ~6 a! \5 | kM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!) {- \1 B! K2 o' U5 C# g
, ~+ b% E. D7 a& Q1 h I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。 / b* v6 A G! N. g4 i5 h B& ?. ^5 }
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