本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-10-9 16:21 编辑 & x6 k" U$ d3 I & I: F9 f. O% \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。9 F% h$ E# s7 q$ V' j
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? & A8 @# j8 b* x! ?, Z5 F/ c" ?3 f* h/ y* d
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$ `# H( j$ O9 C' P+ k5 e, P0 l' }: g 9 b% W& ? M8 Y }: ~M: You are such a nerd.% y# P+ p# b. k/ P
8 m% l1 x5 q3 E+ ^/ @9 {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？ ; `* w1 O0 k5 K5 U. @7 j( s( q' y, K1 x5 H4 I7 v r5 \; Y
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. : d u; u' y6 N7 t* \# S, W& l5 ^2 }. ?6 ?; l
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？ Y' u T4 v4 i7 {1 d1 u6 @% |# v6 I* K) w
M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. 8 x! R, c) G, w3 |! |1 i7 U( P# |! i/ j; e* j- J. j% {2 ~" }5 F
L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。6 [$ _5 M, l; }6 p$ U
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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.1 D9 m- H7 K, v- D5 {) U* _" P
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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？7 J2 S9 T- N! D6 F( y
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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.. p: ?& [/ e/ n8 |, ~0 J: K. R+ {
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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。 3 y; p }, o6 ]+ d$ `( s 1 O; @, L. m6 Q, N( a3 W+ VM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.! \) P( E% }' m2 M7 d) ~ l) ~
. s+ r4 o1 t' S B! PL: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。 / ]' e; `2 t/ e* W' T+ U, x+ N/ W0 {1 q3 P% s' c# `& e
M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd. ) B4 ~9 \' ~ ~ & K& c- z% E- @3 Z7 @) _- W$ 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。, b7 _: r, K2 u9 q5 J6 E
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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. G1 t& L! b5 F3 t
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M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says. $ V! l$ s8 a$ u% n/ [8 c7 i1 P& q) i/ i; `: j @/ }+ Q3 B
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。 : |: `2 g& Q2 ~3 X+ o+ F& y# y, @0 {2 G E3 H
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.; \3 p3 b6 E# w
' s8 @: c8 x& t. d9 vL: 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。 4 [+ r1 U# b5 \5 ^( m 9 b( W" ]% V2 |9 e' ZM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.3 S0 V+ }0 V' A7 g4 k& A$ w& D
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L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd?* N1 Z: |/ d& B1 c o. u( m
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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！ - _, H6 n+ t4 ?; L, M 6 `3 P' q& H lL: 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。 ( r$ O+ g0 K0 u1 z/ C) k , w: n/ t2 k) V V" P% j2 f3 wM: 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.; q7 _1 y2 R8 w, [$ x
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