) ]! a B! D5 o2 W* dM: You are such a nerd. ) n8 S/ k0 ~7 u* l7 A. M% k9 S" Q4 U- k/ o1 m
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? " @; {+ ]% H2 h8 B( g1 w, J) s! [' D8 S2 U4 o" ~) K1 ]: U
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.: l4 l3 ?' {4 E1 g; X) S$ ~ V
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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?* {( M' k; @4 T) N0 A
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。$ C# C2 a( @* B! y: {! H
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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? : z4 {& O; l6 P5 b+ s# V+ Y8 [# W$ i0 y
M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. " l8 }3 \/ f Z* A5 [# a- G- O $ U) Z7 S( A+ W0 T7 i( SL: 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。 + r1 a. n$ D7 H5 c" A4 ~ O% m/ ?: \% j( o- O LM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. ; [1 t( `& s' z% E( }; m: Q& f$ @) Y9 \2 f" i
L: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。 4 a& o: H* N2 S9 s [, Q 2 k* ^% J8 A) G& g. |( [' q* {1 eM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.; X1 g" Z3 z# r% d3 e
& W; @/ ?1 Y7 k2 ? r BL: 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。- c6 j2 P0 ^1 @7 I+ G7 f- h/ b
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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.4 J7 ~3 Z4 B6 B9 `
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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。( t+ o) `+ r9 X. B* j- H' T; G
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M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.6 D1 m& x: F* S: Q
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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. $ A7 V" @$ q/ r ~+ S% D 4 f( ]) `1 A. v, w5 q# Y. qL: 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。 0 X6 ~$ t# d$ o2 W4 j. W4 A t% ?
M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.& ?: _& i- C( F: F! o2 N2 O8 c
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L: 什么? 你说我是个nerd? / R" ^" @! }* ~. }' X1 s% _ # Y! _2 v2 `( x$ uM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows!) s; ^) M6 R9 H
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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. 9 O+ d `* W+ a# ~1 ? & |* M! ^; I5 N/ t% f* U2 X' r: `( _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!* h( P* @- h1 r& b5 d; u) ~/ Y
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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。9 g) @: r: F1 g- B( ]
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