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. / D* [; M, _- b- u% J7 O' |" V, t- _9 m: {' z" ]1 N# C7 I0 p: H! \
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 / u5 Z9 G8 f* o7 p* @. m: S# f0 @. t2 p
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 7 K4 Y" p% v2 N; a1 w: _9 m! Y# o9 T7 a: T x. o: P
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？ # ^: T" s0 b5 X( L& N3 x6 g" r & l8 V" z% F6 K& }3 V$ ZM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ) r" u& @! I/ O+ {& `9 g( R " Z' V+ `# L X M7 b1 RL：(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？8 H, w2 o. ]+ o9 c
% g( i3 [: O- d, ?M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. & o1 u- ^% v9 ~$ p1 D" b9 z) y3 A8 }: I- u7 L& L( k9 @
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?4 z1 {9 K- u: j: D4 u- M
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.. P* Y4 {& w; w g. n- O# p0 u
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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？ . x$ y7 S' J3 J+ V* h3 O7 l+ Y# T+ U8 g$ F; g2 u
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.# Q8 `- ?/ y* q2 D9 T
! _! H' [5 V+ O1 Y( C. ]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？ & a+ I6 ?. o4 i/ Q- P , }/ b& ]$ ]+ c1 H4 A) kM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. / v7 A- K/ l7 F8 L + Y8 r/ c$ d8 @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。 ; {! ?! H" Z0 Y% o# P0 d6 `/ z$ s% x
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.) G/ i! \) J* w( V
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ 3 R, ]9 [& b* g% z9 `1 L2 |1 B# O" P7 x# v. R Z
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. , z& e# i6 [- T7 c( l9 j! N+ x, a- m8 m) T- r: T1 u: o+ i; i
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。( p; p: G" A3 z- d6 n
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.& `( J! j9 u- f1 ]3 o& X
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？! [: H& Q* U% b" q( w1 K% ?
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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. # y$ u! X* G: w* D: C8 k# W5 c, i2 s% n" I
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？3 C% P O1 q( K/ J( c) |
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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. " T" ~% d, X! S3 d4 Y- i' o: N5 s5 z- |- r- l) @
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 [1 C i9 Y9 E ~0 C: i
+ X, l% p# M8 [ ?. B- H# fM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? . b0 q0 o8 o- O8 ? ; D( d" r7 t' a% ^6 ?$ _* p+ T! gL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。9 {+ b: Z3 {. ^& u+ T- G0 n7 g
* [- T. r8 ~, K. c! C* N% UM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.) X; ^$ W; h7 n' N
. g3 q- N2 f5 G) Z9 M7 _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./ s$ y3 E8 F" `2 j3 h6 u3 v
5 E. _; | d& |- f5 ~$ \* X8 PM：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. 8 d% ?! j1 Q. Z" V$ k& C8 E& v# g A- Y E. n+ z1 ^/ S
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？" v0 H4 R3 _: o# K9 d
0 X1 D! d% m$ J4 d7 c8 LM：Thanks so much, Li Hua! ! k* Y0 F4 \' k) ]( @7 P" q7 A# I, J9 _
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。3 P- {) ~( x7 l0 A( _4 U6 s- W
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