7 Q7 ?6 A/ k! L0 l8 Y zMichael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。 2 l: i, F; B' [ ^' ~5 J+ d2 F5 I4 ~$ ?# k a% V8 P0 {/ r- n7 ^4 \
M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? 6 n4 {# A- d( ] _5 ~' Q# e2 u$ e+ |4 ?
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。. D! l# j/ }/ m! N/ E$ i
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) B! ~2 }/ C) M: 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？ " V; D e2 y7 J 2 X* n( ~- X6 E6 w8 W' S/ G9 zM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations.' f; g9 ?& V9 Y' m- q% J9 D+ h
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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？" b2 R" P! A; n% ^# m+ m2 z4 w
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M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd./ ^( A+ M1 C" l) t$ B* @4 i
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 % r. A! m9 E4 |* ^5 [ ]; R9 |) P# {' w* t
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." z% J _/ @1 e3 w
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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？ ; R4 M4 k5 X/ |' c$ L+ G ' X k5 f, w0 u- [! g1 _: R# l$ dM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. J' `/ ` `! S6 H# K! j" i+ i+ N# F " @% Q) [/ E1 U; DL: 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。 : c3 w. Q1 p5 s" h: O6 I; K: S 7 c7 i c+ z* jM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. 6 J; v X! L' K3 y* v7 ? D % C! H& p& ?+ ^4 o5 u3 _5 pL: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。& H6 A5 ~. \% q3 h
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M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.+ O7 r0 p6 \. F7 m+ A1 X
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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。 % |8 Z/ |4 B6 M" z* @- [* h' q" Z! e, r 3 y3 ?0 Y% M& cM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.( M' ~* E T8 S$ w" h* G- N
* Y' T; D% e6 L# T) aL: 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。 , |* O4 A# W2 `+ X ' @4 `! p) u2 K0 T) aM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says. , i( Y0 X) ?* i$ R2 Z/ { ! U8 P3 P! I* K& _8 A, d, _5 M- UL: 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。8 \" V. F* K& L. n
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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.1 w. a5 W1 P6 ]( {7 a
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L: 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。 ! ]2 D4 W% d$ x- I! N/ i" r8 Y1 T8 Q 0 h) s% q6 s% Z5 u: @2 E% vM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. 4 V* s: a; u7 b9 `4 w7 b. {) Y7 m2 |1 {# C8 y- g% q0 J. }
L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd?1 K9 ^4 _# c) \! h0 }6 T* N$ F
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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！ # ?3 l( P8 A% b* g; j2 {# Z! m, U# d4 j R9 Q
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。8 A/ c- S9 ?, ~) |* p, q, t
2 z5 w# f6 k9 T0 M3 q9 \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 x+ z7 O3 {% q8 @7 l, P3 B% ~. S3 k
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！3 I# a' U. b8 L7 Z- L/ N( k. s
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