專四聽力第10課：Drained；Wired

　　Michael和李華都在紐約上大學(xué)，最近他們結(jié)束了期中考試，今天準(zhǔn)備坐火車去華盛頓參觀訪問?，F(xiàn)在Michael正在火車站等李華。今天他們?cè)谡勗捴袝?huì)用到兩個(gè)常用語：drained和wired。

　　L：嘿，Michael。這火車站好大，總算找到你了。

　　M: The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

　　L：我當(dāng)然會(huì)準(zhǔn)時(shí)到，我什么時(shí)候遲到過?嗨，火車就要開啦?要多少時(shí)間才能到華盛頓吶?

　　M: Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.

　　L：(train leaving station, announcer in background) 你想在火車上睡覺?不行，你睡覺我跟誰說話吶?

　　M: Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

　　L：我是精力充沛?？赡阏f你是什么?Drained?

　　M: Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.

　　L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained這個(gè)詞還能用在其他什么場(chǎng)合呢?

　　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.

　　L：噢，drained可以指體力很累，也可以指一個(gè)人在情緒上壓力很大。要是一對(duì)夫婦老是吵架，那肯定情緒很不好。你是這個(gè)意思吧?

　　M: Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.

　　L：考試倒沒讓我覺得累，可是，兩天前我跟我哥哥為了他的女朋友吵了一架。他那女朋友很任性，還老想管別人，真討厭。跟我哥哥吵完后，我真是感到很累。

　　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.

　　L：那好呀，走，去食品車廂買咖啡!

　　M: This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.

　　L：這杯咖啡就能讓你一路上不困啦?我可不行，到華盛頓之前，我至少還要喝兩杯。

　　M: Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

　　L：Wired?我猜這是說我精力旺盛，是不是?

　　M: You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

　　L：這么說，wired可以指對(duì)某件事很興奮，也可以說對(duì)某件事感到緊張而努力去做。要是我精力充沛，可以說：I am wired;要是在大考前我感到很緊張而抓緊時(shí)間復(fù)習(xí)功課，也可以說：I'm wired。是這個(gè)意思嗎?

　　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.

　　L：噢，跟什么東西聯(lián)系在一起也可以說是wired，例如和因特網(wǎng)連接。你最后說的wired into a discussion 我不太懂，那是什么意思啊?

　　M: You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

　　L：對(duì)啊!我是參加一些會(huì)議，討論有關(guān)學(xué)校的某些決定。

　　M: Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

　　L：噢，我參加這些會(huì)議，參預(yù)決策的討論，這就可以說：I'm wired into the discussion.

　　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.

　　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，我再去給你買一杯，要不要?

　　M: Thanks so much, Li Hua!

　　今天Michael和李華在談話中用了兩個(gè)意思相對(duì)的詞，一個(gè)是drained，意思是非常累;另一個(gè)是wired，意思是精力充沛。