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. % {0 g6 u" ~- ~, ~& g/ C" y8 I- [! |1 H( j
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 7 g- B! w# j- v! j* a8 Y( ?9 M( m4 i$ E" `
M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. b& x2 ]4 K; R6 f/ p5 N
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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?7 P- b: S$ [, A
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.9 G+ o+ X: S0 m+ l) S1 [8 @
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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? ( o" G3 ^9 c5 f/ d$ T1 o ; A; [/ n6 Q5 `5 N, A; NM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep." t% R4 ?' W7 {: z" c
; d) y% R2 c' Z W5 v, i i: B" t/ \L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?' h3 l# }" d7 o/ E8 C$ x8 R
# \* k; O- f- f; S9 IM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ! d4 _2 _. V& ]; B2 z$ J6 X& z& u8 D: K
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢? 4 t+ L1 W k) `1 c3 c; h" Q" o: l. J- w; ^" w J
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. * a" c& x. ]" R4 h3 ~" g1 m2 u7 t* D6 i( i' H
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? R: w7 c) s) @7 p! n* Y: z7 N . k" ]: e( E5 N2 ]M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. % B% r. S% P0 Z+ p- m . x, {) W* A3 f3 i+ |5 R# |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。 $ I5 I5 y/ q( h5 V- {2 T' ^, N4 k B: {9 _- ~8 z2 r
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. . U' \- G0 `! j* l* h, X& ^7 u# t0 `3 R$ r3 w
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! % r- [+ G- h' V) @# f6 v1 l& W0 c+ U$ `* f$ t3 G
M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip. 3 u3 @/ I% _6 a2 I' c5 ` 0 q( _" T8 |, I2 g3 C, d& EL: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 Q. m8 @" t7 Y5 s% r/ ^ 2 w Y# A0 @7 e% U- ` QM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 j: |: I$ ?6 ]: V: U3 j) h
8 q( E4 f3 D4 a" h. ]/ u$ H, J CL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? 1 b) X$ A% {5 ]% t$ @5 y4 C6 E( n% s8 ^- l9 t! I2 S
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy. ' b% Z' Y* I! _! q8 D ' H: n* k: Z& [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? # w l* D; g( d$ j# g. J2 E ) i' P4 `+ R& N* zM: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.( t4 l! K" ~- C1 w) A
) l- b* r9 a& b% Z6 _8 V9 {, wL: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?" m7 h. z* Q. V/ E t' L/ d
8 H; Q1 g" l: x1 S" ^M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? * [: a7 C, t% B1 E) w0 I* E8 z Z( J6 P' D7 J7 ~
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 6 u4 c c: T, j& m' u/ W8 Y: T1 V }& C) O2 U( v! H
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.; |! w0 s, \, E4 s
% d& f2 x4 p! M' L- [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. ! y1 k( u2 M7 d9 x3 ?8 B: C* x ; Q: D' d2 Z9 \# r" O2 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. % y* q$ e% `. B0 i8 C ' f" O/ u$ H% @6 K3 QL: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?; ?) z: C# n/ o6 w" z$ m
! t( A/ g+ f7 v' ]+ E$ L& RM:Thanks so much, Li Hua! & S+ Y0 k% ^% v7 N( f3 |9 F9 O3 }7 p" A
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。 t s! P# b( B% I4 j n3 L! b8 i8 j4 i! t; g5 L0 g3 M0 t
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