專四聽力第10課：Drained；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：我當然會準時到，我什么時候遲到過?嗨，火車就要開啦?要多少時間才能到華盛頓吶?
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這個詞還能用在其他什么場合呢?
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，也可以指一個人在情緒上壓力很大。要是一對夫婦老是吵架，那肯定情緒很不好。你是這個意思吧?
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可以指對某件事很興奮，也可以說對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間復習功課，也可以說：I'm wired。是這個意思嗎?
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：對啊!我是參加一些會議，討論有關學校的某些決定。
M: Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
L：噢，我參加這些會議，參預決策的討論，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意思相對的詞，一個是drained，意思是非常累;另一個是wired，意思是精力充沛。
