本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2010-10-9 16:21 编辑 0 L% R0 X! K& g! i. H
! }6 `% Z! d: J, ~/ S$ {, _# o$ c2 uMichael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。7 c( E* q L7 a% d# o6 v
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M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?- P$ w* b! q9 I& `& \ g
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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。, D9 r! u$ |: |6 w; d; m$ {" z
, V5 e8 F$ O6 B$ K. XM: You are such a nerd.' F( C7 a' g0 ^8 m' C" o& R$ J2 G
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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？ * I4 s* n& s3 C9 f ' |+ [! Y- Y. O9 R& U8 J8 x/ rM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations. 5 H0 t3 M S! H& i : {$ `/ e+ H/ }" e3 T! e2 v$ WL: 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？% @: y: t/ f2 N6 X+ }! J9 y' T
3 G. x5 p2 u' d3 L+ i EM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.- F/ ], G% j+ M$ G9 H9 K9 X
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 8 p) |; e& r9 }, h/ _( T3 G2 c# c2 p& S9 H ~5 A- S* q
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.' i! i" g8 L1 g; 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？ `: V& H! P& e. U1 ^
! W5 f1 G0 Z C' y7 Q" ^6 |. W* vM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.8 w: L2 e9 h1 S$ J: Y# |! G
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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。 7 |$ q3 F3 q" N/ B0 c2 P+ H 4 o# V% f9 W0 ]; @, fM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. 8 L6 f0 s5 f# P$ P, I* c+ j7 x/ H& l# d. F' X$ u6 F ]
L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。 + b* w8 a* {6 C6 n' T* i+ O. B7 Q% k* S4 s Z8 g
M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.- T. R6 i2 E0 W
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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。' X% @! g q/ n$ x
2 M0 j }% d% V4 b# c) RM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.: W8 g( F: G+ ^& C# p# j1 b2 a
5 n6 a$ x' n0 g; ~! qL: 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 p- A' X, Z, F% }0 Y5 e0 T3 T ( A$ v* D9 H7 UM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.5 M; P9 U9 y) d' `
; |* t! E% Y* M7 X" I) eM: 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. l+ p7 L1 t# H5 O* z' q8 g7 G: R9 d% X3 I8 f9 q( y
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。 0 ?$ y3 E2 ~/ E/ G. y2 P. x- u ], f; W! T+ h
M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.# |: a3 m5 |" W+ E% t2 @4 B+ D* R
7 w3 i l( }/ ^4 p. @1 v: cL: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd?- g: {* R# w% L1 ~
1 `5 J5 M- a. R; OM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！- U( ?" P* W2 x" N% M
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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。# _2 x! P1 c. l: q
5 B' X: l1 V/ n8 z% k3 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. % d- G1 m2 B+ _; ]3 U) J N/ G/ H6 |) u4 K5 `) X: i; }4 T
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！! \! X: i( C4 X0 ~5 A0 l
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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。 2 h Y* j* w, ~! H6 E3 h5 }* ~Audio as following: l6 u& z% L/ U. A/ J Z5 \+ @
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