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.! l- L' R$ t7 H) e% S3 R
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 8 X6 D! O G; z N4 e" s: F+ }8 H; x0 ?6 p, ]0 w8 @
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 3 u, E- u2 e- l* H- j, P3 y8 n 6 I8 e1 N5 H" c- n* }3 YL：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？- m4 f5 O9 I+ u
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.% F2 {5 n( l: D1 y7 p7 E2 _
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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？ 9 V6 `9 f; E; c0 ]6 U& s/ N7 Z ) k% B3 S. y ?0 hM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.9 N! Z& F- c/ d3 V$ x: f8 w# j
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? / G9 k' c, s6 u# h |% K, o* x 0 e/ u( J3 i: s& g7 w% ^M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. - k7 I+ U1 S2 y+ [ J$ U' d: E ?9 G" VL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？5 z: V: P# \$ }
/ J8 i) u7 I) k. z5 sM：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.7 W" @2 \* |4 Q2 ~; y4 U. w" h
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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？8 m8 h/ t3 @- ~+ c
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.- g2 N% k5 I9 k7 [" Y& 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。 ; m: V5 _& Y; k+ v3 b 8 G7 R+ G9 p, n2 T0 _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.! M+ u7 C8 D# j; u
7 p K' H, f e1 w% ?L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ * ]6 N7 Y( J: ^: P9 a / I1 n# J! c5 H* s$ hM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 6 t% v! \/ O- L& k- u' {! ]4 Q/ `2 B
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。: r# Z6 y0 l5 U7 z' y7 i
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？. [! T0 u1 g1 S; a3 u9 _ v
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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.3 ~" [* _/ ^- p( O1 A0 s. n; s0 g
6 M$ Q: e5 q% R, b) B! AL：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？5 p: R; H7 p& k F! y
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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. / W3 @8 y* o8 \1 @% c 0 m- v/ N5 R* w- e( t: R0 @6 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？( {- G) Z1 z0 k6 D; g( x
! e& x. L6 R0 B2 h" ~3 X; [M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 9 s; w( |2 r! {7 ^7 C2 j) y( Q2 h0 D# {3 ?, g6 _9 z+ D
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 ) \9 o$ F. l, `' l 0 v8 Q! F$ k2 x2 j) N7 ]0 R6 AM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ; H& @1 y2 s$ e3 q. V, P T! T4 H `6 O
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. / X/ \7 `- M7 `7 v" X- L" C8 \ " m1 S0 z& x3 P BM：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. 4 G& ?, G( p; F1 Q E3 D6 x5 s + W6 C/ M a, RL：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？ % h. V1 Z$ w# h7 c' {& c6 H% `; r7 e9 @2 [
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!/ g) C# i$ l% D7 F6 \% N" G2 m" ?- ~
" v, R# m K' n' H- v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。" l2 z3 o3 i% N4 c+ |" l6 M8 ^
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