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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。5 c- g% t" n: [3 V9 j1 Y$ N: \
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?: U0 y4 f9 D% |% w4 A6 c; h
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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。 9 q! u$ O; h/ W3 b) e7 y" T5 H+ C C/ ]
M: You are such a nerd. L5 a0 A1 v" E7 E/ B6 A3 c, ^ , z, x+ p( S$ i/ H. I( HL: 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？9 L$ R3 ^. c5 t
2 u/ l6 L* j0 j4 o1 [ o, 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. % ]2 Y5 z6 k# M, T8 k6 h6 k4 f. 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？ , C, C9 t1 w& u) j. U6 R( O# j% f" j# i1 Q7 I) X% K$ M0 P
M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. / z7 [$ i1 W. {# L; g+ n: o + v4 H4 z9 }, d2 WL: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 " ~9 s0 t' ?: k+ `2 a# r( g( j( b# H0 F. U5 Q6 [4 A# G$ i
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.; K* [2 j( {% q' q7 D d" F
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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？$ }) q# V" ?! Q, g1 s( T$ k
# l) n" u. P: }M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.6 V! X4 L8 @1 X0 w1 k
. P, ]. ^& d4 y0 T+ a3 o7 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。 6 s- n5 V. V F( W6 u/ Q* b$ b$ N5 Q0 A/ T
M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books., o$ D( I ]* d
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L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。7 |, M8 Q+ n$ _+ E. w5 [$ ? J
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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.& }2 J6 w& U7 r
2 Z1 H; ~3 l$ M* WL: 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。' ?, y4 w" L% n( u9 F* |/ \
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M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. - G) I4 \ w2 E' l4 D; t$ z, {: ^7 j; X; z& ^( D7 Z# B
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。 ! }8 Q5 N. O- X" k. e; o+ j6 c% W4 K. A" M) x0 l
M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says. , i: |# D, H5 r+ v' T. Z" S c# `+ }/ ~+ A- @
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。 d" C* ^ k$ u6 y0 F3 C) Y2 H$ R ( b: ~! ]8 k; m3 s" |1 ^1 s: |+ KM: 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., f6 x) G& \) h, e3 D
. C; K/ v; t0 j! b& q$ F& ?3 pM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. 8 c) w) B! E% o: @) r% U ' u. d- I9 s& s3 }3 P' a( O/ ]L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd?& F8 R' S7 K# I( p2 h
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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！ - f! V, N3 ]' P$ | T) D5 R* ] * Q( {4 O8 C" D N3 qL: 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。! z: A' m% I+ }6 [9 T4 @" D5 C
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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. - Y/ {# Z1 U+ a# O, r. N + u; |0 `" x( Q! A. xL: 对了，不看完这个电视剧，不知道结局，我也睡不着。那就看 吧！0 W; {+ U8 i* e6 q U% h! U- ]
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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。 % r3 p. E# X3 B" T8 n% V+ H5 BAudio as following:7 `5 L* e( z' R, l) L+ U, G! y
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