2 B7 T3 H' B6 C/ zM: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?8 \5 `1 m: z5 d
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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。% B3 e% |; t* d9 F8 g& c& E4 f
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M: You are such a nerd. 7 S, y& U( h, ~- J# V 4 u7 N' m9 `1 z3 T' 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？8 E! w+ X$ E1 b
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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？( J5 U6 P; ^. @6 b6 [0 N; @
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。 : k; N8 h! K, {1 [, \9 Q5 E- b t% v3 C2 r! w0 |
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. 5 R) h; v- G7 F' X2 _ u* m " _+ h% b7 q: F- n4 T' UL: 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？ + q, y9 P2 |) B/ V( X% B6 \" J) f% ^$ x: A- I& Q
M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids. @* \% u: L* y* y. D9 W6 s 2 E- k8 [+ |9 m+ p7 U* XL: 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。, R2 j2 u4 D: y6 T* k0 |
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M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.; X! m( ~; f- Q% G) U9 n
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L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。0 n' i7 L* V# i
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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。 ) j$ e6 Y5 h6 @7 v8 c7 p% R" X9 y$ g
M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.9 R/ V9 P; C3 O* w
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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。 # G8 j# a0 \% ?& D0 ^. p & [8 k i7 D3 ~# k+ fM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.3 Z. b; S5 E$ A" D2 l, t% R' 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。 1 T* E* y- p1 ~3 \$ z+ p5 b/ z3 [: N+ G# y' D2 v6 e/ }! T
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.) A1 n" m+ x U( Q
7 E; z5 O0 r% v$ i0 y# K- t+ \9 O0 ]$ 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。 & X [" W* @; }$ `) S! Q# o/ n) z0 d) t7 M; ~0 s
M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.5 v$ t; j, @) M% t( i; S
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L: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd? % `# w) q# C; l2 {7 R+ a# I# @; F. q- l5 t( P5 X+ [
M: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！ : q# w5 H; {' t$ x/ b9 i+ c& L! J
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。 ) c! T5 X8 k, j6 T3 j3 F$ y6 `0 Y/ ~. E- ^7 B* T
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. 1 s2 ~! \# B7 M$ x1 v& ~4 H' \ 9 @+ u. t/ r" o) jL: 对了，不看完这个电视剧，不知道结局，我也睡不着。那就看 吧！. g, C7 y) K9 i) T7 Y0 j
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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。7 L" g0 q: E- B$ S
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