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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?' J: ?, o( s1 u, Y
; y5 F( x9 C' g* `& m' T$ W1 W4 m0 cM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations.8 P" H; U+ U; H5 ^/ g
3 V& r/ D$ ?) QL: 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?; t7 ?( c+ \. N. j2 I, g* T
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 % w& j! U$ ?0 X& n# m 0 m) d5 d' Y9 _& `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.* g3 v- S2 J$ I5 V& e+ z* v7 @
7 y* \6 a. D, X, C# AL: 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?/ ~# G, w |5 I6 j+ h) K; P n- K
6 k3 n6 o, e6 W' f3 K: IM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.8 U( i. s% K8 d# O: r% M
9 n2 a- e8 J, DL: 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。 0 j- N z' e; T. ]/ t+ x3 d' ~, C $ c$ a9 V2 W) L& p/ { Q: j# XM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.9 r' M. r& ~( L" ]0 `
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L: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。 . f; r( X" Y. B, o4 j6 `$ O9 ?1 y! B) o( {) ` v
M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd. 8 j. P* B3 @1 e! J. h" K. B) N* B" [6 W4 {7 h/ D% z3 w
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。2 N# o5 \* z- Q% l5 J. B2 i
2 r; T8 y8 P1 K2 P9 vM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. * Q; \) R- r. u& K/ Z: @ ) ?1 Q8 B0 e6 u2 Q* Q5 c- `* lL: 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。 O* k2 a* A! i, Q& ]/ f' f$ M, _4 ^4 ?& `
M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says. - I+ j5 b# Y- Y7 {/ l7 @5 H2 F! M5 T4 L; m6 O, K9 z: f
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。 # [- U& P$ ?, |* X7 b3 C n% E" v. I0 c' a+ C% Z2 z0 K9 r y
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. # ~: |* W% X$ C! d% x' [) `" t3 T6 O5 I
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。 : q; v/ _; K: [9 _+ N , Z7 a! i& K; `/ K8 `; {M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.! g! g- x/ E5 D) H
: |" t$ y4 Y- j) _! ~, fL: 什么? 你说我是个nerd?6 B8 a3 i% ~* e% d$ p8 D
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M: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows!3 n. k _2 i: e
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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。 9 g0 R( D; d# U2 {* Z$ P; z. l % e; V5 `9 l# S) yM: 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.# r# s; y3 P7 A$ v% K. b( p; w" f' N
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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!. M2 H# m r, s
* t& C/ k$ e9 ?1 K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。: Y% q8 d9 C* `: `4 ~; c
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