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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。 @! J# W* T$ d2 {; F/ m I% I* S/ j; M! d% }
M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? ! O: G0 q# j" s2 F$ A - F5 P/ u% `6 l2 @1 ?8 ML: 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。 1 R& T8 r l4 X/ \1 ^* U$ | : T; z# L& P4 eM: You are such a nerd.3 e6 ?7 } U- u( |. h) ^
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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? 4 `5 n' {, Q# }( N$ K) J& w+ J/ P7 z3 Z/ I9 T
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.5 x: E6 J8 i! M# _
9 \( W* h# E! {* h1 ZL: 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?4 @+ u7 W- Z! S7 @4 z" g
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M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. ! \4 ^' o/ l( m5 f# p# K# X; L. M" X. B4 s% ~, C
L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。/ l& r$ n) y( b& B
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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. - n9 X- Q% l1 @& A. a3 G, J E$ Y r6 r4 B, i9 o( N2 ]
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? ; ?, f; U, V2 q3 c3 G- z $ X- x2 X/ g; y0 C( M7 aM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. - H: a* v" P; `- x : G) X% D6 B! W- vL: 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。$ ?6 |8 r& f+ w! U7 h0 E/ T+ ?! d* R
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M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. & T$ h4 M' N0 A6 N0 h1 M9 T4 B& C9 I: D: u
L: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。) H, O) ~. S5 J5 g4 g. A2 ^
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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.8 v: ?: u' i5 q" }/ D9 K4 n+ v; P. W
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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。 ( Y7 p& X7 I9 i/ @3 a% [; M9 G9 G8 _. W7 W: d0 F
M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.: b9 U5 D7 t5 X& I3 J2 @' P7 Q
5 y; k9 T* ~* f7 cL: 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。9 H4 ?, m' R5 x J" s3 g
$ B( V4 P7 N2 f2 m# [M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.4 r8 j- k2 R" e3 r, j$ ~3 J5 t
# {( u: x( O7 E) gL: 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。5 l$ b4 f2 W& G! J8 j
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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. 1 I a2 D5 _- w: B6 f. S ; d" r0 m/ K8 p) n" @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。7 K7 G0 k4 F6 j+ |5 K1 A
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M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. * K3 }) c1 U9 I2 N8 _ ( e" E. i3 _* f6 W3 F- K6 ^. i FL: 什么? 你说我是个nerd?8 a3 \+ M( n6 w
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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! : ~4 |) x F/ X' C; H. {/ V3 Z % Y9 D$ Q2 h$ b3 O$ k( tL: 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。 2 z: H' D* d$ r7 T" m: Y: z- @) ^ ( b, [ ~; Q: l" x8 N" ZM: 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.' Q& Q4 c2 Q& R% m4 R