; w& M( ^ C- w8 y$ j4 ~3 {1 I6 @Michael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。 7 t, ^5 h9 C% L% q" j# I3 [: d0 X. W6 l
M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?# \3 ^$ p- J" i; v
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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。1 b3 N$ d0 ]$ \4 ]: X G/ v/ w
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M: You are such a nerd.4 Y* B7 A# @3 L2 l( o
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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？1 o! q; @: P2 h: s, C
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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. 2 Z: R/ I$ w3 W7 t, ~# w& V/ F0 _- _ ]* _1 Z% g) N; j9 r
L: 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？$ t& f" e, G4 J6 P
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M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. }. j% s* x4 a8 e% w' {
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 2 A8 M. f' b* h' ^7 v % @+ H5 G8 v4 P0 ^1 T0 vM: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in.) ]/ I9 h3 Y1 r2 a
) B6 x4 @% ?3 f' S- c. uL: 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？5 H' \, b5 v4 M( |
9 ^$ m- c) ]" ^9 [& e4 ZM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. ( D Y3 O, F2 |+ f5 e8 ?! d# I1 F- ]/ x; I& K$ ^4 D% A- Y0 |
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。 # ~1 o1 N. ]1 U3 \7 a/ ?9 d- r3 s* n h
M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.9 {9 G2 f: N; M* ^
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L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。 8 K, R' S1 A6 W* ? e ' W7 O; F* n. \! CM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd. 6 f0 X" r# {+ d) C7 G6 s # L3 G N, a- w3 A6 SL: 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。: W3 J. \( W c4 D
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M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.* o2 m# a" V( N7 [/ P/ D8 o" [
7 e9 k! y8 c' ~0 \4 @; k) VL: 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。' `# H) K7 L' J! d6 [+ N
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M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says. 9 ]6 F0 ~$ T$ R: O- ^ " j) O5 m. [1 C) @$ J' W0 ?9 r! p2 U+ eL: 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。( i8 d- H1 C8 I9 X
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M: I think the new TV soap opera on Channel 6 is so cheesy. It is fake and the things they say on the shows are so weird. I don't know why these shows are so popular. ; E! c* s$ L E7 d) C1 B- d7 ?' ^6 n: t/ s2 E
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。7 z r& O! ?% ?6 w
% T8 b/ R& p3 UM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd./ L7 `8 `2 B1 |5 W! {
8 O/ c8 Q# i8 y4 b7 i9 gL: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd? , z2 f, ~- [' m, C2 {9 K. t * ~* Z) M5 X$ {% Y" E/ KM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！ 4 r6 p: J$ E6 h9 Q$ h7 H4 ~2 J3 y9 O$ E; ^- b+ R- @0 A# M% O
L: 我才不信呢。你们这些不流眼泪的人缺乏感情，你们才是nerd。 我不 跟你说了，我要回去了。 " O) v3 [" j( \. C8 y; t* }0 G% E2 m7 p" N1 S& q7 {0 P
M: 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. ; n7 L0 X" A3 t! `5 \& T 8 _ F+ j* Q$ R! \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！" s; ~1 E3 i; x1 Y; ?& U
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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。% ^. Q+ f# v$ Z1 f, c# s
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