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.* c! J% r0 C& R% l
; h& F* c6 }% U V; ]L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ' V* K; ]* E0 B/ \1 v# @: l' n/ x( y# s/ }( p) X
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time., V; O L6 `' K9 }6 k2 H" Z# k7 X9 {
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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？ # c. k9 \' k% _0 ?3 Z) P w7 i, g9 H+ d; G" X
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 8 A7 B* w! a& `1 e# f& U; I2 r+ w1 l1 b, N, l3 U) z
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？% ~5 p8 \8 ~2 Y. v5 O. l3 w+ z3 @
$ l/ ^+ p: _8 v& IM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 6 v g* U A2 c# N5 G& s& q }- `. l
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? 8 G/ Y: @/ U0 t* ~% y# e9 E0 y4 N% S* e
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.) V/ u( A, U9 t5 U9 e
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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？ : y# F; [1 T* y5 y3 [# N+ T$ C$ o8 E5 W: K
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. ; Q# [; r+ Y% [0 r# b X % a* X* e" S# A0 G1 p9 Z3 rL：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？* k1 E, S2 a4 m0 a
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.2 I. Y: g7 E- Q4 q
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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。5 o. K( T D0 K7 e9 ~8 u
& ^9 c' Y3 S" `% ^+ q0 ]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. / j* W+ Q# A2 V( V- w% G% u& Q( g : M" ^% _3 F5 ^/ X8 x* WL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ % z/ o, T: b8 f2 f4 u9 P/ w8 S) x- p+ D1 U6 T( r, f! f
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. ~4 B1 ~7 ^* `0 r v4 K # E+ t5 Q, R4 D' vL：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。5 ]' \$ p3 c7 v! G( ~$ a
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. ( c; h" S A9 H: {) w2 C : _ a+ c. O: P* N+ q- A% cL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？! \2 H2 l+ k9 I: I
0 x) q- K* f9 L; VM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. , L; f+ c& {/ o& K; t4 L. x- J; i: R' q5 \9 L7 ], @( ^0 O' r! P
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？ % Z; V/ C0 d: ?4 F, M X7 x, z 7 Q$ o" t9 J) D5 B/ f- J Z# I1 OM：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 \+ P, U0 ~& R
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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？ ' {2 N4 e! V$ a* ?" O, M , {( v9 f/ N' W% R% ] nM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?- i1 |0 M& s* e( g* u0 \9 ~
& Y* r$ E8 t7 H7 oL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 , M% h W$ e; E5 |, h8 @" u9 w ( V# r0 R7 Z% u7 g |1 U1 q2 OM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. + Q, K4 M" H8 a9 {% {0 S% S4 \ 0 e: K3 H8 p2 i/ W6 h( {4 sL：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.5 _" y' M1 d; x( g- k0 Z
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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. 9 e4 q- Z3 K9 y! J; @* \% H . Y2 l, b" W/ w. l: v" E* sL：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？" v8 H4 H2 X6 T- z. ?; b6 Z a
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M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 ^% J* l, R4 ^! ~9 B2 L
( E& K3 g1 G5 S% j% v; o- M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。 : b# ]% n& M7 o; o4 ]+ |" N: i! G" ~1 Q! N) V# P
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