8 c/ U( j. C' m$ C% R6 x' x2 w! E& O9 GMichael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。# \# O6 o+ t. ]0 d2 F- i& p# ^
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?) x: o% X. t% P* v# T4 V; F3 p
4 w% B- l+ F9 ^% R% _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。 N P9 l) y* C2 M4 D ^$ x, W' y8 c
M: You are such a nerd.# D; F* D. a7 K2 X/ r
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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 L! t) z/ [ c
' ?( ^ }6 g: ?" ^; |- C, Q6 \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. 3 _6 v8 |* j# v 1 j7 \ m/ y- M r9 s# pL: 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？ " D4 A8 t0 s, ?8 ~/ L( N+ C / H9 t7 z+ \3 C2 ?2 R+ H3 }M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. ! e& T; g- g9 ]* \) h7 s0 K$ _, Z5 S# J- r9 c8 Q1 Q) n
L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。+ P# G% i1 q# I1 ] P
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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. 0 j5 Q0 } A+ V- ], i3 ~; _6 Q2 u; q! W% O' a$ y
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？) t/ N8 W; l, Q3 |7 T$ n6 x6 p" P7 E# p
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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.2 _1 v( W+ u2 I
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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( K, H& s
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L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。 " y F; E; J" a7 P3 F: Y7 Z S8 B 2 D% L- ^9 ~% m8 F! W# v) b) M9 fM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd. 8 H9 G* h) c. d1 U9 ?5 v" t0 { 0 B' ^, K' b5 g% j) F! QL: 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。/ r$ [) N% @, P9 B+ n
: O6 g+ G2 Q8 S2 p$ r8 t6 F mM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. ( {# w2 u3 M/ m" _! Y" U! |) j- }) @) \- e4 Q5 d D$ G
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。8 P0 `0 d% B; }5 e/ u% B e! R
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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 W, y" S' }8 i9 M2 t, e& {3 c. F
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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。' X; `& G- ^* I, h x9 @% }3 E
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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.7 w7 v4 k1 n" i ?" Y9 m
/ c$ Z3 j; J( m* Z/ EL: 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。 " G9 f. K$ m) z5 ?9 V! A D / v p7 {1 }. u& IM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. \% \# T" _) y6 L$ y
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L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd? 0 \( Y1 n7 B5 Y2 A1 l* l2 S% U" Z! D0 y/ H1 h3 ~; B
M: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！( d8 |% Y1 V6 O8 N a0 e; W
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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。 / k9 ~4 R/ b* x1 t0 d, X; I- ^+ v1 n0 E/ x! J* E
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./ ?8 E# |! B( w: k4 z1 E
5 d9 M3 ?) D& o, m) C. O7 CL: 对了，不看完这个电视剧，不知道结局，我也睡不着。那就看 吧！8 ~- p' L7 t+ m1 A
3 ^2 w9 y7 ?* Y' ?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. f1 r5 _Audio as following: 1 J- O1 y7 y! Y0 R5 T" o
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