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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。9 O5 E& v% \9 t* \' Q
) O: K0 m, U- A6 @0 E# V( N7 FM: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? 7 w1 L, I$ w9 }- g! K0 z& a3 O : |4 j# r, P, @7 HL: 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。 1 x. @! o: j$ k- Q# D" r8 y2 f- _1 o% {6 \( H
M: You are such a nerd. 7 R1 j* i1 A( ^ & `4 U. ]0 O- U8 h4 D+ }) XL: 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？# k# _7 m a0 g, v+ G" S
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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. & ~- `" ^+ B$ s) h2 u) ^& s" F# ]: }. A6 e0 Y, z
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？ ; u0 N# g$ a/ k) c1 g9 M8 {; O& ?* d! ~7 J
M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.5 D7 |1 t( Q4 u5 P
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。- _! g3 ]7 b8 m
" p- ^) A8 P$ N, u v% C$ pM: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in. - R9 [5 L( I# l 4 w5 s/ v+ a6 g8 O& l! ^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？ # E: _5 z& S5 A: I7 f0 C . ?0 o7 ?3 I2 Q9 h0 D* @, CM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids./ ~$ V* U1 h+ i P
" y- P4 a6 {+ q' pL: 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。- N- z ]4 |# x3 ~
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M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.6 v9 |- w1 l9 e% K* U
0 z& d7 h. I7 V+ g! l+ EL: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。! T( a& h" R1 y4 I
% m/ o$ K1 P, o9 E5 `/ k3 }M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.1 A* l7 }, q7 o: e7 J
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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。1 L" x4 S ^, s8 S: s9 }. r2 w
/ @7 O5 \" W3 g1 x6 tM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. ( T. F r# m) x! W5 `: J% o- Y( x/ q
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。7 ^; J3 G& A6 D
' R0 Q* s( U4 o" ?% GM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.: m# {: t8 a7 Y! O. J
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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。4 @0 R( T6 L: ~, p# F3 M- e6 j
& v5 ~+ l' ?& ]" S& J+ t& l9 fM: 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. 4 T, [ {. Y/ v& C" O - \, U. W8 o7 NL: 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。$ c! L8 Q7 @- b" }+ B3 |4 e+ r! e' x
8 Q5 a" }, ?/ N7 s/ d1 iM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. 7 P! g$ {4 v) R6 h8 @/ |+ y1 m* w/ X: b9 d' Z" r7 o
L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd? 3 b+ y. h- E& Z ( a5 @# j% D$ |) E6 _, gM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！; V$ R; B7 F1 P$ z& F3 _0 L& b
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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。* f# b) u% J# r4 F* p
$ S+ S" I% p$ [% a- L7 pM: 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. ) K1 g, R8 y: i# ^ e7 g4 a U4 y7 y6 X) ?3 t: N7 b" s
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 h& s" M; ]% G6 i/ x3 M5 Y0 _6 O& b& ^; H# G
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。 2 c; L6 O# [3 Q& eAudio as following:- w* s2 E" N: y. f+ [+ B
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