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.) |, {& V) p, h1 ^8 L. d! O
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。: ^& q& S" F7 l e. e
9 ~: e8 `3 ^! v, P5 e" IM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 0 u+ z6 M) O- ~0 h 1 S/ d. j% K/ cL: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? $ E$ i: q0 s9 {) \0 T( f" N6 X1 S' ~9 Y/ U' N- P) A# _( |
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 6 \. w& E5 {7 b: \% W4 L$ X% D Y
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? 7 Z1 q* P* G/ | u$ Y! g+ P2 W3 ~9 c* ]. S ^
M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 9 {3 e/ I1 ~2 j2 X: z: `1 A+ T" x' P
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? + N% M3 ^) ^; S; U m: f7 v6 R7 Z2 M# C! G+ I% O
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ ^. R% p( B T6 c
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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?: |1 Y) R4 Z# ?, |
6 q, Y5 v. s% V/ oM: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. |5 ?" B- z1 b
% L4 c/ }+ J/ ?) l2 j4 lL: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 q, M1 @9 r( l2 U 0 B. w# R o* ]* sM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. 5 S$ S d4 D. h) K, ^, ^& V. n8 r; K: q4 h+ p
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 E ^: V$ m0 d$ d% {9 N- O$ q% d( ? n8 o$ }' K4 I
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.4 ?% `4 {$ z3 r6 |: {" ?5 J
# k& |6 c$ r9 j$ ]- x; ]4 F( K: sL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!& h0 |8 o* C" n% l
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 3 a+ K: ~- h7 z2 t# O8 Y- c, k ( G- h& e% S6 ]! aL: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。 : h! I- M' J3 m: [ s1 Z- G5 S, G5 MM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.) q$ ?2 i7 n" x9 s5 A/ d
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?0 Y+ ? y# z; {0 a: l6 ]9 E3 t( E+ m1 n& R
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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.) i, M. G1 q3 S' L3 ^
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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?* t |. K5 E+ r1 ^# f
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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.& o8 \- o- a, ?5 n* S2 }2 _4 Q$ P/ @
( i4 }5 x1 f$ [5 @" nL: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? m2 f& q- E1 q( d3 {: O5 d0 k$ o M
1 l; L4 Z* I; @* L I7 w( ?5 YM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? - H0 l; h/ l# a 1 b. h' B. ]+ B7 i) u" |/ zL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 6 t( `# N9 a7 T% J l( K# j S( u6 i6 _6 d' Q
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. ! T) c& [+ ?1 D& ^4 |. B( c( j3 [" T/ T; T4 @
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. ) g; t2 e: W! f3 @ _/ \, i7 H4 _. k" W' \
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. % c3 t1 `6 \. D, k1 b; J c8 M; p' O9 M
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? & C9 q; s1 a2 J. ]+ i' Z 4 i i0 I/ I2 y( _* b" @M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! 8 Y$ @, p. R; N' }4 R. a9 ~. @) {: z1 p4 v; n) b! R
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。 * i) x1 Y8 U# }' T* y2 U5 F- z. \' C) t' e& r- |9 [( F l
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