( C0 k5 s- r, |! h: [M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? ! _# ]) q6 A3 P6 L8 `+ H; g1 l) \2 k% N4 O( V
L: 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。! n! ^5 W# b8 M
" S/ R. w6 P7 OM: You are such a nerd.( `" ?6 o& [: L5 z. m+ x
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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 U [! A' A" z ! Z9 Q( B, f' h) x5 K/ L; j/ yM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations. # h8 r8 d' A0 v5 i @9 C5 h- y* Q# X, o; w
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 @: O r; d/ u3 b: A# ~- _8 F 9 k' E$ D4 l+ v, J2 R5 WM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. 5 { i% c+ W7 w) V2 |- s# Y * j, C' \: i7 i3 P% m! g, w" nL: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。& S# p1 S% t* z* M9 ]3 ^0 G7 R
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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. 6 X$ A4 V* l3 O- g2 D% X$ ~! v, Y' t0 f/ U
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？/ ]2 N8 z8 R3 j! t! s
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M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.2 z0 _1 _4 {: T. n4 V. z: Q
+ t9 D8 S% k- hL: 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。& q3 @5 N( @7 h
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M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. # t; q1 V5 u8 y) C7 j9 x% ?5 e) h5 t9 g& h8 I% t: V
L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。- G8 {3 }6 q& n! `, S
+ f0 n0 V( c1 }/ ^5 iM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.4 ]2 F- t. H: B7 c$ g e
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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。/ M5 C, \$ B5 C: M2 I ^! |
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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。" Q- n. i" K9 {6 w" \8 ^" r
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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。- z3 e# t' i4 q* k. B. W
8 e# X4 R+ j+ e" l. W1 b$ F6 \$ wM: 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.' v& w N6 g5 A0 ?' M- f
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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。 & I7 s# u) V7 M o0 n0 W6 E 4 G7 N, I" M5 n8 ^' `0 rM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.7 o9 }2 j! C( H" I6 S2 s+ f
2 J+ J! G/ e6 g$ h5 U) X5 c7 L5 pL: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd? * m( m2 v! E# p+ N! ?$ W1 y( A: o* U2 @% ~' X) I' l# C. O% i( Q' ?
M: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！! N8 `! w: m8 Z+ ~ [. _3 c
( G: `% E4 Q# L5 B1 YL: 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。 8 [( A* G# I# h% b1 Z" u" r" T) O2 {& J( P+ d
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. : R3 [# G6 t6 K& {2 }, m6 T& P; b . Z; O, V) z. j3 u% d* J: sL: 对了，不看完这个电视剧，不知道结局，我也睡不着。那就看 吧！ 6 J3 J+ g. U9 U. Q$ ]( s : g8 r3 z, W5 E9 A) w( m# _" c& ?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。" C9 l6 `# z; T- T9 Q
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