* f& T+ `( J! S( CMichael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。# u; s' l3 E3 i
( P7 {2 t8 e7 o: X: sM: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? - {% L3 R9 m& J4 _; \ - M& a% r- {: |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。% M! Y0 X2 v) r9 R4 T- u8 m. i
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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？: @$ v0 S" g5 b+ C8 u( C1 R
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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.# s3 Q7 u3 ]( J0 L* `0 g/ 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？, A s8 l: Q& B) D% h0 S# u
5 d6 G0 K4 C* z6 q4 N7 jM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. / q8 E" Q G% p - }' Z" A# v5 P0 w9 m; PL: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。: P, M& F5 N8 M
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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. * K0 S. O! W+ b4 ?. F( {) p9 T+ C# [& d1 }
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？ , g- n% E7 r1 V" _# ^3 w+ Z* G2 @. m4 j) h* |5 @. m
M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.' v; u' e' I6 ?! {- s/ i( W7 a* Y# A
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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。 4 E1 C! z0 J. f ^; B/ [* G- t6 m; K, T9 y( z
M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. ^5 ?9 S! j" \3 b$ f# R3 X$ A9 {6 o
L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。3 ]5 B2 ^! P4 i
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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. . i; D+ ]+ e, a2 `3 C* E, j" [6 x7 [* m1 y# V4 t
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。. Z0 \6 k! V; f4 \$ X4 D
' V$ y" o8 b- f; ?M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. a. z' m! G% G
6 {$ Z0 I- b f9 ^0 e1 aL: 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。! s u! ?' W/ P* h9 |6 ` B$ N8 H
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M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.0 ^" t+ c6 e3 ]+ ^6 i$ H: ~/ ^8 M
3 o! ]6 r) T4 F b4 x1 H, WL: 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。# G; D7 V# B2 K# |2 C% W
4 G1 U6 M+ d# yM: 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.! u; r/ a1 W% o; R9 h- k
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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。; j2 T9 J! Q; N i: F& X/ ~
$ X% V5 O4 P" C g B |! N1 DM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.; _7 j4 `: } y! P$ k
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L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd? : c0 @+ ~# C( \8 O) ?, B: A % }) U+ }4 b6 h8 C: AM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！ & z6 R2 d- Q( j& I, z+ X3 H9 _; O; q7 u) x4 P J5 o; ^
L: 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。- P7 H, R D c k
5 u* d7 D1 u# rM: 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. 3 X% z" H8 q, r6 d8 D) }3 h! m7 @: ~
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！ 6 k9 J- p, b# R: r3 G6 w8 A& o9 J" m/ e2 P. w+ e6 f2 o% ~
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。 9 W7 X+ j6 {3 e3 L, |Audio as following:0 y+ J- t% ^0 j6 c9 r( p
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