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./ z' x9 m- G$ r, f1 i
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ) f2 r, \/ m$ l+ Z4 L, @0 {5 `0 y! r1 K1 F9 Y
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.. d- D ], ?% Y1 o: R& R# n0 `
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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？ - }6 \) m: i3 j9 Q% P$ r7 y$ ]2 G4 u! p! W4 b+ t% W
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- x8 t3 j: \+ t
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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？4 u; z! k+ T& Z9 z+ _' `
) Y" Q4 N2 Y: J9 lM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. . g! h- L5 ]6 M1 {0 Q) `4 D5 V " e' |! w: r5 U4 |' {$ J1 o8 u; DL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? . r T+ [1 j* k0 D 2 p1 @$ b. h8 F& _2 HM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; ]8 O( o; `; h6 n
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L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？4 h% ~& ? r1 e3 g ~
0 a" [ D5 r- N3 nM：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. 0 S4 i; m ^5 Y; g 8 I8 @" v/ ^5 D5 I/ }3 G6 PL：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？ , H2 N7 b2 n/ [3 S, n0 {7 _9 p( Y2 S4 }9 @" u2 ?
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.7 N0 x' n# i! u" d4 ?/ y3 g
$ Y- b6 N* H F* U) \# }8 |3 X% e) zL：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。 A0 B/ W" n4 }# M7 {) T, V; V
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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.* r. d; h& H6 R
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！# J+ Q* ~$ q; A# _3 q
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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。 / q1 P1 s& n2 f( H$ Q/ ]* |" s 8 \) F- h9 T( ?* o& yM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 3 I* w2 G. S0 g- p2 z1 @$ S/ y8 m8 {7 Y9 ~# y) B
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？3 D8 W$ Q1 @/ A/ N5 d
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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.. E! B* _0 R/ c+ h$ {7 z$ [
# J4 ~- n7 V( @5 QL：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？ . C9 u" n$ ?7 e& C! w3 I) l% Z2 d {# S , R0 K; {+ i* G( m [5 V" t4 t% `6 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. : _. F5 u) E @% ?7 Y 4 Q+ L% h4 N" P! ]4 ]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？- e) ?1 ~" ^5 k
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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。3 X+ M, ?/ ]* b+ K3 c% ?; K
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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. 8 C6 ~0 [/ i5 T# f5 R3 N3 U7 e& j) S7 i
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." `7 ~, {' x; q/ W, H1 R ], Q
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