8 q/ a3 H7 D, B) f* Z) ?( t" s: tMichael和李华白天上了好几门课，晚饭后又做功课。李华决定到Michael 的住处去休息一下，看一会电视。今天Michael 会教李华两个常用语：nerd 和cheesy。3 {/ s& k( ?! M/ [2 n( m# @
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?1 U9 V% {4 C" E b( n& S9 x) e
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L: 我没事。这个电视剧让人挺伤心的。我一看这种电视剧就会哭，真是 没办法。4 X! D) v ^8 C" C
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L: 你叫我什么？A nerd? 我知道那不是什么好话，可是nerd到底是什 么意思呢？ w! i8 l/ k# i, ]5 Q4 q
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M: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations.; u9 W3 F4 v6 q" {- U) R
2 l8 K$ d5 o4 s( `. N2 qL: 噢，nerd是指那种跟一般人不一样，有点怪的人。Nerd可以用在 许多不同场合。那象你今天穿了这套衣服，怪怪的，我就可以 说：You're a nerd。 对不对？, o0 S: W; S2 P7 G y
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M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. / w% F) A1 u. P7 _) Q 9 w' u3 ?9 b) _/ {8 G: [L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 9 ]& \: S/ ]+ w: K% R" W, g; H" \+ F9 h, q \2 Y) o
M: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in.: t- b0 G* X& Y2 g' H; g
]- W, p7 d% Z# y" ^3 ?* g) ^, m) hL: 你小的时候不合群，所以许多人都叫你nerd。我看你现在很合 群嘛。看不出你小时候是个nerd。你到底是怎么个不合群呢？ : L8 M; U5 O. z" x9 ~( z( W4 h! D: r/ h! C8 u
M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.1 p6 V$ _: a: ?# H" Z
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L: 对，你好象告诉过我你从小就不太喜欢体育，跟那些很受欢迎的 同学也合不到一起。所以，你就成了一个nerd。4 w. \/ i7 {% A0 @; U: B, H
& j! y+ _% I. O8 s; xM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. 4 X% H5 I, s: I. {7 u* p0 k. I' n5 s7 g/ m6 Y
L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。 : m) P: `' n/ M8 x : E) M3 F a, j: kM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd. e. ]6 u7 [7 G8 ~ w
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L: 老念书，什么都知道的人，那不就是书呆子吗？Michael，我看你 有的时候穿衣服有点怪，也许人家会叫你nerd，可是你绝对不会 成为书呆子。 , F4 ]6 |. W1 @6 F* T& @, s) i$ Z $ ?) _' E8 R+ V$ m7 q9 bM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular." X( z: y0 L) H' q
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L: 这个电视剧好多人都喜欢，包括我在内 。可你又在说什么批评的 话， 我不知道cheesy是什么意思，但是我知道你在说它不好。 : K; _4 M' z! v$ R `' ~' N6 K " @/ P" Z3 P* fM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.5 Q# M, p3 U' s1 e; G
3 x3 y5 a7 A O+ p8 @% {- VL: 噢，cheesy就是很俗气，质量很次，很愚蠢。人们经常用cheesy 这个词来形容电视节目，电影或者某个人说的话。" W% z6 Z8 r' D' H
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L: 对，我也看了六频道那个新的电视连续剧。情节是很虚假，对话 也很怪。可是你想知道为什么那么多人喜欢看吗？我来告诉你。看这 种电视剧总想知道结局嘛。我有的时候还会流泪的呢。2 N+ h' q+ P( ^& P1 }0 L. j+ `
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M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. $ |7 V( {# f7 `1 R6 L8 H 9 E% y( a/ w5 D2 H# w" D9 i- oL: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd? ' K& a4 t2 B" c6 b 0 f) V( V/ N- n& XM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！7 P1 U) N$ z0 h
6 e a7 s5 m! PM: No, no, Li Hua. Wait, at least you have to finish watching this cheesy TV show so that you know who's going to marry whom. ! C' j5 Y" P4 |- H& o( J. ?" p, a( y8 t' }: N! Z" u2 n
L: 对了，不看完这个电视剧，不知道结局，我也睡不着。那就看 吧！ 7 [6 q9 P5 D5 p0 A/ \ N- n6 F- I/ J/ _
看来今天李华真是生气了，因为Michael说她是个nerd, 也就是说她这个人有点怪。后来她同意继续在Michael 家看完那个很cheesy的电视节目。Cheesy 就是很俗气， 没有水平的意思。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里。我们下次再见。 }! x& V1 d' Y# v6 N9 BAudio as following:0 \- [6 w5 H4 L( o
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