本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-10-9 16:21 编辑 2 i' r6 |* M7 h2 X + ?) }- M/ v' E; \/ n+ pMichael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。+ B8 S* T( Y, O4 E& X$ T& P% o
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?3 Z& N- x% q, l
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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。% p" R6 x# k6 O) N8 q
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M: You are such a nerd.* x$ X( l3 s9 ~! y; _+ R+ {. t
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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 z! a' Y, F- t7 Z
" W1 Q) b. e. N7 j; QM: 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 B/ H5 y/ @! _, u% w
$ V9 h/ ^1 J* Q9 ?/ UL: 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? 2 N! i$ X a4 i! {- N% _2 b K1 i : q: _. W4 Z% R* R1 SM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.# F" Y) ?! l$ ]# [' r* v) u: I
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 1 n5 r* k4 ]4 }% H: s * c) D$ O5 O* t# NM: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in.$ r. S. x1 d h' }
; ^9 |9 D' a4 V" I* G4 CM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. 9 H' J; Z* @& a2 b2 v6 g; t! C p' j
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。7 B* K1 Z6 |/ i4 d$ [, j
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M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books." q: Y2 |& Z% p7 o9 {3 g, B( H
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L: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。( o( ]+ q/ h+ b6 U. ?( H% e
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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. 0 p$ H* }8 e$ X # Q/ @$ V _% I3 DL: 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。. c' a2 c* Q" v% F8 [5 d6 G. W
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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. 2 Y7 Q' ^6 \5 v3 N% @" G7 W 2 G* z* _4 V' h+ p( j$ {- W5 CL: 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。" b: b& V; k+ N4 R2 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) R% j' h$ e' O6 p, F# d) [+ y9 T! M. Z6 B- E
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。2 O2 _% M B* V: z3 h
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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.0 u. k6 z! S6 f [' \+ o+ z
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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。0 }! R$ w/ `8 K$ t* w. Z
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M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.. i$ f5 p9 D" a* k
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: h! B% b- J4 K; J9 JM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows!7 L- c4 i. p8 X, \# w5 C
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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。 ) d% \; e+ | X w" X, [ 8 Z# ^+ x- _) i, |0 G( dM: 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. ' C' \9 j; t; g" z6 w 1 O9 `3 f I; c' f% nL: 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: f; y+ e/ {* I0 r9 J0 Z4 ~4 X3 e
$ X+ Y% t2 U r h0 N& ]1 R( ~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。 % a- ~, j% | AAudio as following:6 _1 J2 V+ g) F- I