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. ; t m, w. P B9 i 2 V% _- D, I( R5 sL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。* X, x% a9 p% x6 n: s
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.% g6 ?' j6 G, ?4 o. L# |% x- M$ ~
. W: y- I; J9 w2 TL: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? : |7 W1 S- v9 L3 v$ I7 f- L) o* h) X& b& M& l4 S1 k
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.' [; X# s# x; Y+ i, x' n! m4 N
: ]+ l# a; S7 D! yL:(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 d9 x8 M& Z0 P$ i( N! E5 d- w' B# J4 u6 J* D; a* |
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. + t% v' X; R2 L: f' \/ ~8 Z % r$ ?) a6 J# n5 oL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?4 ?# s' r) X# @/ S, ~! X
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. 5 O1 s: C0 S4 z1 N6 J9 {; ~- U - a# v, S5 N u6 h- P7 i9 L6 X+ `L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?- D. x- ^3 \4 S3 b+ l3 H( r/ N, r/ \
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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. + T0 @3 @) g$ q9 V; W0 V9 t3 e& i) T' B. x; `7 y) {
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?3 v9 w1 M2 h J
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 p# G4 E4 P3 S, }' K$ i; Y5 u
7 f) [# V/ M; X0 L: sL: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; s/ m$ Y: M4 u' y/ _7 f3 V) n8 _& z a. B( U* y+ f7 o6 t. m
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.& d; X+ \' Z2 C
6 b0 b% b) f. D5 l0 zL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!2 ]7 V$ H4 ]. ~0 n+ D. g9 }5 k! a
0 |5 j# V- I9 w q0 G) fM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.8 a& F5 g, H5 E1 v; k [
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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。 : }" u/ U: k2 U+ z/ M! O' n+ P7 P, {: W) S, f9 ] P# x
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. E/ o6 I8 }( A* J( K% {
( }& M% P) e; n6 d, r9 nM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.$ D2 P( P; @ U( N5 O ?1 u
8 l8 f3 b$ ^+ K$ T. xM: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 ]2 _8 |( `# ~7 `, }/ x0 L7 K( ?" S2 u$ E8 g
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? ) |3 k! V; l& o' Q$ g ^ C0 _4 U, \& O uM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? " |& @( N9 w. W, t5 a2 @+ L/ f1 \ 9 I* `- U" [+ P) |/ f; kL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 # ^. D# n; i8 ^% ]& R- i; ]( K: B0 q* d; T% ~' W4 {% @ C9 O
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. / E, r- t, a/ u0 F ' Q Q p9 [7 S3 o% B" ]& n EL: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." u! y7 p5 ]' `6 G6 x* L
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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.# u' c& u9 B5 |% }' C1 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? R* K: q: a" k. d
% N) M' c' X, L0 ~" ]: t* KM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!* Q# u* x, z' `; z" @
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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 M! Y; M; } O7 l: V% A - k1 v2 u+ C0 }Audio as following:3 _( b z/ ~8 @1 K& E) P& }