本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-10-9 16:21 编辑 . k- I3 d8 p1 i: f* H% A 9 g; g' R) u u7 IMichael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。. n6 {7 l& G6 t2 g
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?4 u N8 q. Y4 u- w
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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。 ' _( Q& c& p5 R: \: N 9 j7 m [1 b7 w3 C2 ]0 w; tM: You are such a nerd.* |1 y- ^. L. K$ N" }% `) @
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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?1 E; e! C# r j n
+ X, R4 c. t7 y. M+ fM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations. - Z2 p, N: f @ D# t/ M, H$ E' N" n$ kL: 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?$ }1 Z X4 N& ?) O1 C
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M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. 3 F6 o7 z! A* O6 w; `) W# ^# u* t' a, U4 ` Z
L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 2 k# }: h: y- M9 w0 G/ O3 I' ~5 n5 J' f+ F9 X
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.7 u/ H/ q" h5 c3 K# O
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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? 0 N4 |- U o/ R" m. x, Q 0 c$ p% i4 c/ g3 u* T) z% }M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. - n; v: `) e8 H/ q* L$ x7 o2 P. I9 u m6 Q7 G8 S
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。 1 }* y/ B O6 V E/ E( f1 d! Z G, q0 |
M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.. ~/ O" Z' z, r! n3 E. q6 w5 Y
8 U' G/ O6 `2 \* YL: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。/ @( q* N/ k" k
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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. ) w, ~4 G3 }" b& }. { E 2 O7 u4 T7 v3 C) f. H3 ]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 h. }4 S7 A; s( g: R7 m5 x9 f" x: I+ ]3 @$ {
M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.% @: q M6 o) Z8 w4 i9 V/ Q
/ Z$ e0 q" v" j: r; V0 M! P5 J, fL: 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。) z4 G L5 ^$ [9 Z+ Z5 L9 F( U
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M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says. , ~" x1 \% Z: O- z2 l# A8 f( j6 } - p+ Z. }7 `3 h# EL: 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 F# [7 s0 Q* L I: }6 L G0 l0 v2 N" ^
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.5 D( S* D/ j. I2 l! v
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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。$ T4 |5 [3 o% ` J: t. t7 B8 ?
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M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd./ S! k, N; B" m- b* ]! Q
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& x& U6 \. R2 u9 L3 ~8 p4 ~- xL: 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。 $ @% i( m) p3 O2 S4 D4 \" m' t ( g5 g# a; J1 y9 R$ d2 o/ |: OM: 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.9 A/ ]' v: ~; i+ O
0 s. O- F7 e( ~+ F* ]7 _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! / T" ~" {0 h+ ?3 R! w) x d/ y( \% M
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。5 e( B# {# d! S1 u9 q! A
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