流行美语口语 Lesson 34 - nerd & cheesy

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8 p( Q. [/ x/ GMichael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 `6 x4 m& A! b3 ]7 uM: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?
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" j: a+ W2 o$ j3 D  M. x: X$ `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。
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M: You are such a nerd.

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？

" S- d$ K# r- a% u- 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.

5 \! l* w! \2 \+ a) H8 j  D8 rL: 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？
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) x  ?: g, }7 g9 I: b1 _( s( DM: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.

L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。
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7 J4 Q0 |! _* dM: As a matter of fact, when I was growing up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I didn't fit in.
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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？

M: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.

3 q( z( {0 F" p+ K' vL: 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。
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M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books.

L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。
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# I0 h- G) e% `7 `M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.

- ]8 W# P' F* NL: 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。
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M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.

' n! m6 y& H8 Y5 UL: 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。

6 p6 ^6 I7 J4 C7 u' t# eM: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.

4 E0 r- z& W  B' s8 X& G' }4 G+ e. mL: 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。
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/ K3 u, T7 D: r& O. c& |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.
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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。

0 y) r. Q( R& X, w- y0 G2 hM: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.

% L" a  t6 d7 G4 ^$ T0 oL: 什么？ 你说我是个nerd?
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6 l' y/ `0 |* O+ z2 IM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！

, y2 N/ s/ k. Y; IL: 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。
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8 T% ]* q; o4 d8 G* u/ DM: 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.
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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！

+ H0 n0 b! ^8 _9 d3 b$ H4 w3 ]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。
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