& y# X* T' J0 B k/ bM: You are such a nerd. % M8 D% ~7 `+ S7 v* } 3 G: C4 Z% W/ W) Q7 Z) O" YL: 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?- ^. d' v/ s" f C+ b% m
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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." W b: N7 n ?0 y5 E
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% L9 w5 P$ a) tL: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 ) c& c& T9 A6 S; G/ h 8 O3 F) @5 F m( v5 @* 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.! K( j3 b$ v3 O. \6 _
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L: 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?7 _5 H7 k( ]9 @- b9 X) q& h/ w X
, x2 ?5 B/ B. W$ z1 {' |' @# zM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. 2 P) y$ x* g* _$ B) i' g8 N# |" n) {" q
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。 % f V, h0 r) j* C6 t W' J- n* u4 G, F
M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.) v P- E5 t2 W& {0 u0 b
$ {, ]. i: k# i$ f) p a2 J8 VL: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。 8 \# J, c y) w4 b2 u$ i9 u4 i( Z
M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.$ F' E: ]* V4 K
- } W' A, F4 |$ A! UL: 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。% k, g$ A7 n9 Y0 H- H% n
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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. % O5 C0 i, O2 J% i% l: @- X7 ^/ H! b
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。 1 X* _8 a8 E1 r! {9 s/ G- \* g# |! w1 i: n' b$ V# v. t4 v
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* H) a o( \ ?; pL: 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。5 p: _- S; I) J! N5 U4 Y& J
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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.! S/ ?+ ]3 _3 P$ Q7 \( j8 g4 i' ~
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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。 7 W% g% \* s. a5 p* d+ G2 D2 w$ }' J; @
M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.( g! N5 b3 o- `; O/ E
' d: w" c6 ~8 KL: 什么? 你说我是个nerd? ' ?& H. ]+ _: i$ A4 D# y0 O4 Y ; O; w4 a/ r( W/ B# k3 C( zM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows!( ` {, V+ ~0 C% [8 T0 w
; W7 I8 T. v& o @- Y+ ?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。 7 W7 z1 v+ l8 S* M4 e8 ^9 R q8 f& r0 ]3 L
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. : b2 h( f' {/ b; L+ L2 s9 q" D : I4 x8 a8 z5 c$ wL: 对了,不看完这个电视剧,不知道结局,我也睡不着。那就看 吧!3 E5 K0 n1 b3 q# Y _# {: o/ B
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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。 5 n- D" ]% y8 V5 r7 v" \2 rAudio as following:5 a" G: r D) e% s4 I' c