- H1 {8 w# K+ A( g, L1 H6 R5 XM: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?3 Z/ U: u) a7 z, W
3 Y) B/ y# J, L8 l6 ]4 @! jL: 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。 : M2 R" W4 Y9 C* L5 p " p" ? ^! C- {+ j3 s2 WM: You are such a nerd. % ~7 I" e3 r; n# c4 {3 Z2 e6 H 7 m* F5 C! ?0 ]$ sL: 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？ ( y# t6 B. K* t. ~& k% T4 R4 K 2 p' `9 P& C' A! i6 S9 f4 |, HM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations.& |5 g* w0 u' m8 }5 |
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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？* ?; B/ w8 @/ c$ U
" @$ w- T% t% @3 s; |% CM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. ( ]- T( U% _1 i; f( l0 K3 Q# F: M ~" `1 R! o) m
L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。1 U5 Q% d |+ B# t8 r4 e$ n
) r2 M0 S+ q9 ~9 d3 W1 `+ dM: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in.' ]# v) p4 a# W* v. X @% j
1 v2 O5 I& w/ [. aL: 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 j8 S% g" L0 G+ l$ q0 y
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M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.5 v2 J+ L+ G/ T- _' |$ [
9 T* ?2 N( K. YL: 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。 7 p9 v; R+ w V& o6 ?) Q" ]$ A 0 V0 [1 C$ Q$ f6 A+ E/ \' j$ rM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.2 _: K m. `" x! n6 L) J. Q
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L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。 ' s* O: d5 w" G2 S, ~' l7 `) f3 h6 }! ~
M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd. $ G) T) a7 h2 x. S / z, c5 s [; b1 p ZL: 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。 2 B* P" j7 q+ z/ m3 q0 D+ X5 u$ T B
M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. 1 \, ~" k1 W6 [9 b, ~" ^ $ R2 |! h( |! y# o* z; EL: 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。8 I. l+ `6 P# b/ @! c; y
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M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says. % e, r3 y$ b( J ' q2 c9 |2 P2 c) F1 p" tL: 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。 ) T" J3 t6 ?/ @! x3 G4 T9 P# i: i! \' M4 y( B6 O) p! k$ L
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* R" M' J/ N A
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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。 9 X7 H$ M' c* i5 U9 q' ? \( ~$ F: D9 q& DM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.% J2 `9 b0 f+ g# b' t# Y
$ n. w" y. I$ v" G+ ?! I2 N. WL: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd?( ^$ s. J0 h1 ] X; M! N6 K1 ]
; I ~! d8 A E0 E: I0 YM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！' j( T, E K4 Y+ p* t* ^5 T
% e1 t0 i1 u& U7 l+ j8 D2 ^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。0 K3 D L: Z; ~6 [3 D$ r! M
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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.* w& X+ i3 G, }. D& }4 _
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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！* D. n- v4 C/ |9 D0 `7 s$ x
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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。! k! r4 F3 ^0 G9 ?3 |$ [
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