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.) J! _0 y# s8 B/ O2 v
+ i" F. S# @) u. qL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。4 m$ W4 I# t* Q7 i5 A/ s2 R6 h% G
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.$ Q( |/ f8 Z( }) ^. F g
2 j2 o |9 Y# dL: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?- @" P& P: `7 D& _$ ?0 s
! \& S. r$ V: R Q8 d: rM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 7 X8 ?& q/ d) R 1 A8 i0 T0 j/ 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?( E8 M9 z1 {0 D! c3 _+ a# K1 s
% q# O* o, b- k% D- R* o/ ], \M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. $ n/ `- y1 V0 c0 I" f G0 T5 n' _! |
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? / Z. y7 D" r B# X* `3 \9 p2 m4 O0 \5 E" v. F
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.9 g$ \ `$ v- L, K! L( Z/ V" \
- T a' r1 T- h" q. i1 b3 yL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? # k( _' Y2 o% k# \' s. S n! J/ Y }" Q. ]
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.2 n! {$ H/ ]8 G; w% l" n
1 f e8 L# i6 D7 W7 J% ^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?% `/ x6 `! |- ~2 b, G5 c) S4 K7 F
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 O8 q/ L9 l: {: W5 |4 G4 y( ~( O
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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。 " G1 B& L6 n) U3 Q( S$ S9 s6 J% x5 I3 y/ W- Y+ q
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." Y; w2 `3 K+ D/ U6 n. [0 i4 r
9 X" R' r7 A; P. ZM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.6 m+ u4 r# e3 {8 i
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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。" z, K+ b/ J- z1 W" ?# \( x) V
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 0 {+ k4 l, S/ Y2 ]) b+ R3 |+ O2 `* m# q/ w4 l( e, s4 L
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? ' p# ?, w: V# j1 U+ G 0 J x+ f* |& u0 i/ JM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. V# Z l1 f* ]4 G6 V % a- N, w5 A; \9 F- D$ E. p! G0 l ` PL: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?4 e! a6 n6 f9 r1 h8 F8 Y
) D3 l! R. w5 t6 E' 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. & U/ P0 v: {( W- b$ x! a z0 Q' O3 [ 9 `2 h, X. j9 M7 z& dL: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?( _" j) w' o' R" u. t- J' t
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? ; C( U# U5 N1 ]4 {" v: V% A% L# I& j/ j7 [6 u
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 % h3 i, Q- n1 ^; O7 s ' D1 b" @! i( {M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.. e7 k$ i. u4 Q- G( \; o$ d7 w
. u$ `( l6 M4 |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.$ {3 E* i/ \. g8 Y" u# c$ G( f b
* u9 z0 E7 j( A0 c' yM: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.. K' } E, a% t2 m