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.% M9 y4 `( Q, [9 r' W7 H7 p
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ! T: E6 _# B" y& m/ D$ n. i! x$ W0 S& g8 M+ W
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. / f; x# D1 ]$ G g, v B8 q( N1 _4 R; ~7 K8 Z( a. `8 l0 U
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？ 0 l5 t3 U$ ]+ [: t# Z: Z; Z# b! H
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- R) z$ |* Y1 s) P
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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？6 G+ ~# a' @5 V$ ]+ Y' L& U; w( b
/ K7 b2 j$ _2 h& S- JM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! {7 c/ Q% N3 ^9 R. {
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?$ u% `$ c/ Q& u# L, D8 l
/ C: _4 M/ Q/ ?* ~& z7 MM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.: _" q; W5 e* r3 @! B! Z2 `- k
5 m! @0 n4 f7 F2 N2 n/ HL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？ N3 }! M/ @* {. O2 Q5 p9 E b: ~: ` e( |/ \2 e- D2 l0 ?
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. b! S1 f7 Q' E9 R) j4 y8 P' F : B; N u5 E0 ?0 t! {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？ & l$ D) P. D8 O: l2 ]( R! Y8 u8 N# f( R% H' h) D) [
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.6 s: f3 P* E) \# C! D; p0 h
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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。* s( ^2 P+ U* [( 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.- O% i' \: \! e2 x
) o0 m* S3 o6 R0 }6 ^L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ . L) g% h+ _4 _$ V2 @4 A& o9 z6 ?* B
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. # F- G, h( L% o& D2 S ( m$ x6 D( W, J/ y7 l/ j* b1 xL：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。8 }& O9 ^& T% j B8 I
- d/ P8 c7 k4 W6 k$ N6 }M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 i' p& s7 q- u
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？- Q7 L) A9 d' @" |" F
3 I$ [5 ~, i P. R- A' @M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.0 ] O8 H6 V `; `3 a- J, s
, }+ c- ]. Z9 Y6 I' o" j' n6 OL：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？ 7 j# W1 Y l$ d, U% [ U2 s6 P( s7 q" f- z
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. * a+ N1 o7 e" O6 M# `8 ~8 \0 A/ K) u7 T; n7 p
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？ 1 X: z8 v8 s( a5 d1 T- K; e , J& G7 K& S* S. Y. \3 ^9 B" dM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?' c* j ~' [$ C2 m/ i( `- S
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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.0 y% b- b4 `1 t! f( J! T+ u4 H: \
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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.' f6 C7 e3 Q1 K+ B* {; @
" e, E0 ~8 ^$ C3 gL：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？ - y* @4 B0 f; [: g/ C& W( f0 [* L6 k0 U/ a( ?+ x! Y
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! & @# Z x& B! d4 N2 x- S" O+ m $ O8 V$ H% W- u9 y1 S8 U0 l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。 2 h: U$ G; E" C/ W& o" T3 E+ Y7 J; I1 _" P/ ?$ ]5 d
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