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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? 9 X3 v! i k) M& }' u- O: l. I+ X9 I& D# T6 c2 W) @
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. - |( c& |# k0 F7 v% s, } + ?% W0 t6 ^' ]4 |; |8 EL: 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?$ O" G$ g7 N; f0 J; g; w+ q2 s
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! y9 e0 V6 y) Y yM: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in.8 _2 S. P! i# R! s$ o0 N& l
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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. % t& H; W! Z3 p, D0 j& ]8 y* b ; x: T: w/ J' z/ j U# kL: 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。 - x2 \$ ]$ Z6 x- W! v( O m & B0 q* z5 G0 o$ V& n" Y o" }M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. % {. n5 S: v d) O9 i, \3 t 8 |0 L E N1 m& `) OL: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。 3 W9 B# ^ @ R: W. p , J5 D0 o7 c* t4 e( _5 @1 q7 WM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd. ! B+ q4 s. d# @6 N( L& [; [/ ~& K' i& ~- n" e+ ] {
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。 ( @- {' j! w0 P: f5 z g $ A+ [2 a' }) G2 q8 D5 t7 X2 ~M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. 2 a3 V2 S! T/ B. o' N2 q( i8 J" B) N
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。 2 ?0 Y1 U2 b+ z0 I0 F" |7 F 1 m, i: D J. t% M9 _! z2 [M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says. , O5 E# x) c$ ~ + x# M) i B% Z4 } E2 j, y3 vL: 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。 9 Q$ M# A% k/ N. |# p8 Q + H) H; M2 G x" T& D! Q9 yM: 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. ; q) x( ?2 \5 W5 z6 d$ D% F+ p . [& e& B7 V9 }& C% f7 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。 * D' r8 {- {" o d , Q, Y* [ v7 i4 A0 rM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. ! b2 U& `, `; b/ k) k* e ' l# U9 L: v. L1 X# I4 x( |1 \L: 什么? 你说我是个nerd? ( c7 n; v/ Y. \% n. M1 D8 _0 v% A 3 ]1 h. y1 _ ZM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows!" L! Z5 r- u) ~- m# n4 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。 0 N% g* {/ {1 S3 u, q+ C: |+ A# M 0 H6 M) r, J. ]( bM: 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 t) R3 e& O: G' J& ~ ( k2 O5 c X9 a! u5 R. UL: 对了,不看完这个电视剧,不知道结局,我也睡不着。那就看 吧! ; S$ j- Y& }. |! X) a/ i- P( S6 S9 @4 T, Z- J) k
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。6 C) J# U# ], G# L2 t' Y3 @9 K# X
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