本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-10-9 16:21 编辑 + `& k5 i& M4 { n 8 m6 M$ b! e4 t3 n; iMichael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。5 B* a' B3 E, c- q3 {- b) F2 u
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? ! o0 }' J3 r5 k' x K) ^6 d 4 L2 E" t2 D0 G! K0 \ Z" jL: 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。: m" i5 Q5 |0 U) E1 H
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M: You are such a nerd.* P, k9 W: V5 r% K
2 c; D. X* B3 E/ y' h* |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?. L5 h' [/ p! y x4 l! g( }
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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.! U! m! m- o# m8 h5 F9 |1 U
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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?1 m$ o: b4 {0 i/ g1 C [. p
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M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.7 x4 j, S% _9 I( c5 D! G0 s
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 2 W! ?! f2 Y* y7 p& i4 ^# z % u2 r6 c$ t1 F6 nM: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in.4 n1 e' k2 y1 z" I
( R8 T, p5 `7 w" [% Q$ H# qL: 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?2 H7 q/ N9 |& F+ i( F' C
; N7 G* F1 |$ H- k# L) OM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. ; X5 D S" q, ?/ k( Z& p6 t) ]" [' x$ |5 J2 d1 Z
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。 $ j+ R+ K. F# M, o/ C' G' Q4 m* U ) P* ? o7 ?( p7 kM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.5 z4 B* [5 ?7 X$ H3 e; ]3 \* h1 ?
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L: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。 ; D5 }9 `" D& L 4 d' j$ H) Z# L6 T# N' t Q8 _( }- aM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.) l, k$ o4 n3 [- ?. I
( R2 c+ j- ~- K% Y" `7 x5 B. _1 {1 cL: 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。 n! J- l+ {! t1 |5 z; L0 Q* N0 @( Q8 ]+ e9 r" X) U+ ~2 |
M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. 7 R6 y4 z; H* G! T % }4 t5 D- p% |) s; nL: 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。 9 d+ |. g w0 b9 g1 w# I3 Z5 U 1 f4 a- h, ?$ O" R% wM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.1 L. I+ n' d+ v- S6 b% n
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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。( o( s; {1 `2 E9 n1 |+ n7 I
5 j( B6 D5 r iM: 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.* h% ?* N4 c5 l+ z
e% u8 Z1 u0 y J, N. W! 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。 6 M! [% p0 O* J9 o: D+ s 9 G. `, q; p% ?3 f% M( wM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. 3 a& N1 v6 T( S8 h# g9 S( J, r/ |3 Y# X6 N
L: 什么? 你说我是个nerd? ( _ s3 _0 l' ]# z+ e8 b1 I' X9 `+ i- y0 e: S6 x) g2 v
M: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows! 2 d' s" {9 X+ t! Z T( S 6 A' N \1 r& e% OL: 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。( u' z. S# O, q% f; S
8 Y$ j! o8 B( j6 |" oM: 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 I9 F2 _/ s+ O& o5 | A% _