流行美语口语 Lesson 34 - nerd & cheesy

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' K) h8 d( r$ s8 x& J0 {; ~& bMichael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。

  z" c8 k- v( jM: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?

% W  `' u+ r  i7 H6 R0 _1 eL: 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。

M: You are such a nerd.

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？

# L" t  ^6 U0 B, W8 s& P4 _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？

5 `# ?+ c: d  Z8 m! iM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.
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9 L4 l( t  a4 O- zL: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。

4 L, Q+ K9 J6 v8 v4 n! SM: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in.

  O" g7 l& I3 e. Z! d7 p! FL: 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？

M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.
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) G+ y" {: G5 A' IL: 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。
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M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.

L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。

7 p) v" W; X* A3 I# S9 NM: 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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L: 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。

, V& b  U, s; \5 H% EM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.

- g$ S2 W& X) P( N4 D8 H# V4 UL: 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。
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$ n9 T: }- p: o/ ^$ U! C, aM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.
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0 N- E, R+ x6 NL: 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。

% m/ x2 J, k2 }  f2 A0 a, BM: 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.
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& X" Z4 Q2 P! n; F1 g* y, xL: 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* x1 X6 B/ `# G8 X7 O1 HM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.

- ~6 H* X+ E2 g" j  I' yL: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd?

5 K- ]# T  v/ T( ]" a3 P' Q0 Q$ SM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！

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。
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& n) S* G3 C3 W; ]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.

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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