本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-10-9 16:21 编辑 / n# G- A' j" I4 z+ E 0 `0 N% Y( g. m6 H) WMichael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。 0 {9 \! M7 d$ }) T; [3 {( E5 `* c" H1 x. C$ ~
M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? $ A- Z$ {1 ^& X8 E5 `( F" G: U0 X) N; h* v# P
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。/ a# _ T# i5 L, [# ?( g
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M: You are such a nerd./ j/ q6 m; G$ m- w1 s/ ?: a. a- j
; i9 N: P0 d0 R% y r1 m- d- nL: 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？ 8 ^! t3 e9 j. l7 |! K 2 ]- ?! D, v) HM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations.6 o; ^0 u( {# A! a* h
) _* K4 Q) s7 b( O. F; bL: 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？$ Z- P- \# I2 l- [8 t
9 D ~! |& r- D' w" Z$ w; _* YM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd. + F) R/ p( i# b2 ]5 p* }! A% C9 q1 C3 W; _- U- m
L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。9 [" W" T0 l1 d. W0 x, E, o# @
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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.2 k' I4 k+ g9 L# |! V8 T5 p
* y9 q% s2 n8 YL: 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？- k3 x6 C* D. d/ p1 h
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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.1 r5 D* n2 j4 r1 _+ S( \+ u$ z$ w
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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。: \9 z% p; s( V# p6 T: D1 M! H
6 q9 t5 F) {; n! Z9 gM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.* `) R4 k4 t! Z: T, r' @
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L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。 1 x7 F* M! P% _, }; [0 i3 \* J) ^
M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.: A3 n8 e& }- M# L) p. F* H
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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。" v* b) S8 n' | X* b( P
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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.8 @; @7 n2 i; Q# Z1 x& M
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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。# R' v k$ S5 s
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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) D% Q/ E$ N% \) r8 H 2 r( e+ t4 y- Z" H3 I4 g: [/ lL: 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。 7 Y/ F& |9 ^ }6 t* ^9 z6 ?: g5 ~( }$ e 3 m0 S7 Q: h4 c: w. W- X( u' UM: 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. 7 I0 Y, v' v5 o+ y9 b4 v ( g) E% ]1 j- z% @) w- IL: 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。. O( _) K+ ~ u1 a& Z
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M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. ; [$ a8 R* J, O2 f( p @. P 4 X* \1 c8 a" s; d3 v9 rL: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd?; v6 R" X. T; c* ^, Y
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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！ & u. P! C* l, O! R 7 R/ x. [; M/ m4 j% e3 PL: 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。 4 l( O E, c" e, b7 E# v1 d: D) }4 [' p
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.0 J4 ?: U% V% Z$ H. z
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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！: M/ ?# V8 D" f. H
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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。% y |9 B0 Z5 u+ N1 t
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