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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。' S8 m, o! i0 b
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?8 b) i% d# F/ b- c% Q! b+ G
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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。 * F% T0 b! a0 C; R9 B# q7 F+ a& O$ \! J4 ?
M: You are such a nerd.) Q7 C- R1 {) y8 S
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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? ( i+ {; s6 @: I$ R+ ^ ; }- V$ Z5 U) z1 N& U$ Y" pM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations.9 |: F1 d' ~! w* Z* ?, U; D. r! A
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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? 4 [4 E) |4 M. G/ h8 A6 J' Z& W
M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. 7 V# ^; h& R% |7 O- l- j8 W$ o, G* R
L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。$ g: {6 M/ U8 ~ N9 W
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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. ) l, `- Q1 W2 a! H, }9 d! I8 ?5 Q5 L e# `1 |" i
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?/ b$ C& [! @" S& L" y+ C% n
* a) L, S) h. ~3 _0 l [M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.. M3 l3 B3 h- G8 I( ~
# v: }; _9 r( d. rL: 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。 $ c5 }5 n5 m \) S. a 5 u, u0 ~3 N& J% D; Z4 J3 e7 AM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. 7 M. t7 a! C |, p4 T a2 t- o, G; @2 Q; n! j
L: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。 , p# M; ]4 R/ n% {. H1 B - n2 v, O$ J1 H( L. I) ]3 Q9 W" C8 DM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd. & Q' V& Z; Y3 c2 @+ h# ^6 l% [" ^1 e) ?, k ~
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。 . D9 H# G5 q. h4 V1 U$ i ~1 t" ~5 C/ m
M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. ) d9 z T, J7 H0 k* ]) Y 2 g* ~& K( z1 E+ w" M6 f# r8 H$ x. UL: 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。+ C) `$ D$ I1 g/ @" N
* P* i% Q% J9 ^0 t" ]! rM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.' j6 s2 t3 I' }% B" l
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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。& ~" Q9 B7 p) x
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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. # r% e1 y" b4 W! z, z! F4 P7 O9 ?, u- m+ \
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。 . z, K, ~1 j3 s6 } 7 D; [% |9 [2 Z' n- wM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. & _. V- ? M: u2 B* U! z9 G3 k ) \: E8 q% p! d+ g5 y/ m, WL: 什么? 你说我是个nerd? 6 W8 p" P3 ~/ J# y2 v1 j5 f. N$ w& A& Y7 U5 `3 f
M: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows!1 _3 n8 A5 g' } b. E$ k
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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。* w. u& ^: j- n, C& x
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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.2 m. @6 ~6 n( F+ g; d; t( e