4 ?$ S' S3 b: m( hMichael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。 . y) w% e8 f( h3 [- ~: [( m% d : r8 ^$ t s$ x h/ @# m9 y7 aM: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?% b8 o, u4 \: P; S2 A8 h
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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。0 ?& l3 r p6 ~* b; r8 H# @9 u
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M: You are such a nerd.0 P1 {" t' j7 I# R# P
& a- B4 z$ M. {$ UL: 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? ! b. }; z1 ]2 I6 y - m3 J1 a0 v2 o! x1 g1 tM: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations. 1 f K; q+ c+ t) ^) d( j7 u q# t' A X; r3 |4 ?$ E7 z
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? ' n0 l6 ~% A" W6 C8 V( `) Y! {& m3 O5 ^! X1 x L& y. i
M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.3 C/ u. |1 j9 C5 }0 U) i
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L: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。9 a; q. [" n; U- H( \
) [8 }# B1 \6 S: l) [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. 0 \2 j9 O7 ?* d( M0 j3 W6 a9 b2 F \ _% m# m) ?! C7 L& |3 n& x3 \1 Z
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?" q' ^4 O7 I; a/ d D/ l' m
( }9 J3 J6 M1 C# TM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.9 F5 T9 }* l, f$ B" I3 z3 |, m4 R
0 ]( v+ [$ X( I k1 j' |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。 J5 N1 {4 y7 k. Z u5 `, i) ^# R
9 s/ X: A/ a/ IM: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. 2 a/ Z% w5 t, S. X " y- e7 {$ p: |5 `) d4 G6 H( J! nL: 噢,那就是书呆子的形象,戴着眼镜,拿着许多书。 |& K8 i4 z @# J( X9 j ; y' R3 d& y* f d% ~M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd. ; j6 h% I) y( H9 z6 o6 m1 m, A+ m+ E8 y5 o4 m4 p
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。 / E9 A7 }: B$ g5 p P! u( w1 d/ }& h: QM: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.: z' w6 m8 l5 C \4 D7 N# W: N' Q
% s4 y3 C) m2 dL: 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。; X3 o6 x. {* |" s8 I
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M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.% z- m# J9 f8 H' a6 u: J
Q- z2 H; ]' F9 b* lL: 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。! W. r9 a: p1 a( J
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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. " }* @( ^( T a, \: _7 w3 Y, N/ U" q
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。6 D3 X$ X- l- S9 x
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M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd. % C( S8 v9 ~3 N+ H% x: p9 t9 a; T% k. y
L: 什么? 你说我是个nerd?# u1 D$ q a5 | {% z3 |. A
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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!' c3 h1 Z3 C7 V5 |4 s
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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。 , A$ L2 `& t8 E. n7 r- o( |- Q4 u8 Z/ Z2 R1 t" i) S' y
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.( [; [6 G# a$ }8 n6 L
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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! ; A$ F, ^) l: |7 u! L! A { z: y2 U3 x
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。 + }1 Z: h! r8 }2 f! [8 d3 hAudio as following:* ], H6 D" K9 q