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Michael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。 ( c1 }# X+ k7 _. U! n, I8 N7 m8 ]7 y- ?7 w3 o
M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? ! n$ w% t3 ?6 h3 H. h1 v$ l - U6 p4 H0 o& s* e. X5 kL: 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。: A8 a& \0 R* Z' X) u
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M: You are such a nerd. 1 w6 J) o2 m, |& A* n: E) B0 K. C2 d
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？ % R+ U/ [9 d# d+ @: P: R d W. J8 y0 D5 Q9 T! d5 i( G7 s
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. % K7 W+ ]) p+ d" g9 k4 m8 s- M, _) f, C3 a) {3 }
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？ ' q' Z. y: ~ q. G " L, n w/ V2 o8 O i- i! q L" jM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.( m; D/ a7 L( ^# U! [* m
! q# y. B. k. PL: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。# b2 z, J6 `* d+ v$ E/ e
/ b9 w) j- {% `# p- R6 RM: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in. - s9 F3 F, e: `& U2 q4 ~5 q) @. p$ N7 S
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？ 0 S, `. M+ ]% ` / y j$ H$ [. C3 \" U l% ?6 C& S% XM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. % }' V) c( {1 {5 V+ n( \& i! a* r& I+ ]) Q
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 E/ E) g( [# J. b
, l' V3 ]- v1 y! m; TM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.5 \ g6 S' }4 B7 H- V9 W. [5 H% P
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L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。3 t5 k: V! V0 ~0 b
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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. 3 s( i* W+ q* M$ s! ~ 1 c1 |7 y* s- d OL: 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。 % t6 n1 x( Q5 o4 `0 p 4 R$ i0 d9 ?/ p; A9 T- pM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.) e, I. Y3 T: }+ j) b' n: i; Q
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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。# T" k$ R8 Y- I- a; c& @
3 y" Z0 b" M! m8 S' gM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.( U- @/ K( P/ b9 ^: A
/ a& L& C3 D( Q2 h6 v3 _" B7 fL: 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。! s" G3 s. _3 b
: d% Z- n4 W/ @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.3 Q. k) ~. ]4 ^. y9 O; g* I
) F& [% N2 M% B; X, Z# mL: 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。 $ l+ t7 M* C7 G8 \ T. F3 v' O. b3 t" z# Z6 a: l7 l. L
M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.8 }2 k+ z2 e9 l# L! Y# @+ S9 P
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L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd? & t! w1 q4 X2 a/ ^0 G% K: Z* _# s( I( j, b- R: p" l
M: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！! x4 _8 j$ p R& d
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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。& V/ \8 ?# [; f3 @
2 N: y; S, j2 n$ G4 ]0 J7 aM: 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.) F* H6 f: b+ q) R- W9 ~/ O
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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！5 t, g' y/ W" U
4 ^3 y1 H' @; ~0 M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。9 J K- D- d/ q1 l
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