流行美语口语 Lesson 34 - nerd & cheesy

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" I2 t9 [2 Q8 uMichael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。
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?

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。
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M: You are such a nerd.

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; ]& V" G; f" M8 @2 x, a1 {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.

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？
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$ ]% r) d" r5 E- }1 s' JM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.

" H7 h( ?7 }6 x! yL: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。

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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？

9 u7 x. q& D/ i1 \, B0 QM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.

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。

8 z8 F8 @, V  t" CM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.
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L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。

6 I7 G0 @3 N& z8 CM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.
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; H( g& [9 w7 t! L$ ]/ U* rL: 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。

9 F7 J  ~3 s: k+ f) W; d* l4 iM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.

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。

M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.
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3 B2 O- |1 d4 h7 g' yL: 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。

* X4 R0 z, K" h# z# d0 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.

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。
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' v. o. X8 @. ZM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.

L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd?
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+ k1 r+ J9 e4 x+ }0 y# j- G* j# WM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！
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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: 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.

" o' r) ~5 z/ j. v- B6 }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！

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。
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