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.: r) U3 o0 O) y9 ]" z4 i4 N v
: F% Z5 Z. b5 ]/ y- IL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 $ H- q5 E' i$ K( _ W! Z; D* H( {/ d# ]! ]; ?( S
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. : k7 o5 ]; U& v9 l/ E4 a% Y- m
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？! N( l6 ^3 F6 e! ?
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. $ t2 B0 F* I" ^ ~$ p . E2 F0 T& n4 PL：(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？- W% ?. O# x$ `' B% H/ ]2 U! t0 `/ s
' F8 i1 Z3 G+ c* j& t7 A' t( r/ GM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ' f0 }0 w& Y5 s7 k6 d0 E$ U % K+ {/ t7 v$ x) a2 w. LL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? * C* K) F8 A4 @. z+ \, P4 T* z+ W3 @7 K$ y
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.5 I. C4 I& N" y9 B5 Z9 Z
4 a1 M8 H) F1 P% {. B- gL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？. t' z8 ~2 ?# D+ L- n3 ^9 Y; m* Z
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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.0 B6 r. h& g4 O, X
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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？* v# E+ `% z( W6 \+ o, X
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.2 \& B( [/ U( p' }
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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。& |. D6 @* @/ i* V- r9 l
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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. 2 I" ~, P6 O; \$ Q# Y. h: N5 y+ D T+ n$ m- i0 m X# D- H
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！, ~2 O3 j% F! I$ b
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.$ R$ ^/ j) _' f7 [8 K1 A" I
# [. u- z. Z8 K. p1 M8 SL：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。9 V1 T A0 K- c# f
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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.4 S* \9 C# Q! e, N \0 Z
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L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 3 s7 i1 J4 e5 Z7 M' M2 L! U 0 c5 g, V" }' a0 b& g# }+ \* e5 j0 @M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.9 t* q/ U- q4 o/ F- q9 i( X
/ i8 s9 B; p8 N: m$ [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？ 5 Q2 w! v1 C# ?' f8 l8 P) v7 ]7 G! j% B: E3 R1 r
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.! _7 V& n; d9 |, ?
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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？ 4 }+ A' `. U) f/ C ; [# X/ y' }1 s. l2 X3 U, x. RM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?% P* c' P. _4 {1 |' K7 N! B8 ~4 o
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L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。, ~( y" s* J* ~. |) F
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M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. # a" n& `0 T9 l H: R- X9 z ) R% o) j. T5 UL：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. # Y6 Y! |6 J6 M, V- C, ?2 Z- W* h$ j: ^; O& L _
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. c' r' \% B2 m0 G2 b 4 \6 G U* M' k ]2 S# uL：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？8 k# U2 H! u1 s( R0 S/ j% Z
# s% x9 S8 { [7 {! o( X8 vM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!- d4 e( K/ F6 P$ Y: s9 D5 t9 P. o
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