本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-10-9 16:21 编辑 , M0 S9 W, D+ n ' z: [, J9 f& p! aMichael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。. W7 g1 ^4 y1 u- M7 f5 b$ l
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?0 | w" z$ G. \. p; a
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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。: \$ C- S- q- T4 I
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M: You are such a nerd.) H& D: f3 Y! r$ a* v
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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？8 ]0 _+ [8 G$ q
) @) w. h! P5 u* {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.+ G9 ~' S4 k' R$ U" H
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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？4 p! O7 U$ D5 b. R$ ~9 \/ L. d& l
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M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. - Q% {1 d% M8 y! A7 u" B. r; f- \# l6 x; a
L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。: u) y/ B4 r9 D# z" I
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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. 5 ~$ }# X$ N2 q( Q: f$ s, ~% m, N2 ], b4 r+ q/ c/ E
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？ " T9 o& C& Q4 V9 M5 w# ?, S/ d) n, k/ A1 a( `
M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.; w$ t8 Y, A" b
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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。 + u& ?( P1 G% S$ R% [) j( ~; q. j2 X
M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. , ?( } O/ Q7 w& d. ]9 ?, [- ]: F3 @ d7 [/ Y
L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。6 }3 g& {( E7 T; ~% O8 Z
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M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.. Z7 P9 i1 p& K* J
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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.& Q- Y2 I0 r, P+ t) D! R/ S" l
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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。 ) G# q& L; \; }2 ^ ) L8 R4 l/ f! J: D1 F& ^M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says. / s) H8 D6 i1 d/ w1 i+ n8 V. _ ~1 v
L: 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。! ` D9 ]& O" G6 Z, f
* S. W# O. y' P. @7 |; `# d4 nM: 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.+ v1 D$ h |) T6 K
/ K- N2 J/ i' f- aL: 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。 : Q ~- `: ], [- b# g 9 k* v0 H/ t- z; V( H( t* oM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.) _- d' V, q6 |
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L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd? ( N4 g. M, M5 ]0 Q/ G 5 h2 r P8 D4 b7 f. q ^! ~ NM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！8 f' H% \- w. U
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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。$ m; {! ? h8 E! a1 B0 i
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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. * r4 r3 ?% g5 G: {$ c' T+ Q% _& F/ ?
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！ , h$ y% {0 y |6 N/ F! c+ a5 g! O/ E' K# g5 C1 U5 x0 _! X
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。2 y i8 Y) n; s
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