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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。4 e& G. S; y: X8 L z% ?, m) a. s7 H
8 G+ j, G% y& R1 S* Y9 T wM: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? " ^9 F1 m6 q2 d" } 9 q6 S% f1 k ?* M# s/ W/ WL: 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" i5 N( T& S! S
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M: You are such a nerd.6 q/ `1 [& |3 \4 L! Z' q4 W
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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?" t, ^4 s4 m9 i' i/ J/ u
* {( s& }& n1 j5 RM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations. d- _% u9 W; p& Q0 ]% L
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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? + X3 g. H% w1 h3 e) p& m' d& o, s( R. ~) j; q
M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.* O" m7 L6 F) }- V4 b6 h# U
+ y# x* K( D- p; E- Y! Q) oL: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。3 F/ _+ M5 b. o; v) ]( U
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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. 9 P* t# q2 ^" t h' u' R% p ! u) ]7 `! e# Q( _) C v: p- GL: 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? 6 w: q5 r& f/ k( w# G7 z3 L3 W6 x- f- X
M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.5 m4 t$ U$ j3 q6 ]- k; B
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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。 ! _$ @; W* R) {8 v+ I/ N7 d# ]9 m6 W) j- x8 [3 }. r
M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.: F3 U) z1 R4 y3 f
O8 `7 j/ _# m& b5 B6 L. ~: W) GL: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。 6 a+ ^$ g' [. c% ?9 z 2 Z! t- p, w& ~ _; ?9 D C& p- j3 @3 JM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.0 n( L- m0 c/ m
% ]8 a6 S. |8 e) F- vL: 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。 - A6 r. W, P" {2 p$ r0 A ( s. h# a. V/ n6 R( PM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. X$ g9 ?4 S$ ]5 X + c- E# N% s7 v! U% KL: 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。* _+ k" P L) v7 h6 q) ^ U, B8 G
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M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.; b0 J" x# H9 r* x6 I0 ?4 U
) ^7 B7 d" J8 i# A2 G5 o5 PL: 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。 : `4 p* e1 f x! l5 d/ P7 ^' i5 C, a/ j& n( Y: S0 n8 |3 X1 e% o
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. % t- U) o5 m6 O. e- Q. Z' ~6 ]5 c7 C( I0 F
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。 $ W- N" A1 b8 g: r i1 [$ k ! W. g) l) d1 R: f0 AM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.1 h" t( s' g1 ` n8 `
o# H1 N, ]3 D( t# mL: 什么? 你说我是个nerd?2 h2 s9 A) d' u! T# ~
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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! . G; h' T7 a9 s8 t' w D ' C: _ s A$ v" Y( t" OL: 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。! T4 k7 t; x0 W3 k
. H- J3 b; \% B6 nM: 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. d! X0 z c; F4 x7 [
, b0 ^: w4 r- }3 @+ @/ |4 n: e% OL: 对了,不看完这个电视剧,不知道结局,我也睡不着。那就看 吧!. W; F' v# q, k3 x( E- H