. j- y b1 L& 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。 P; r, e; z. l& P0 I+ K0 a: L& ^& \( R4 h+ S8 J
M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying? 1 o) w0 \7 |+ x2 C& O8 t5 s: I* W6 @; @) i
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。4 b5 z) f! ], {
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M: You are such a nerd. * t o K/ h. Z0 t2 z7 G 2 C, w4 S9 |+ ]6 fL: 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？ # r, C" ]4 E7 y0 ?8 E2 W$ {/ j% @1 e' H! K! k
M: If you call someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and not cool. It can be used in many different situations. * t2 r, r& K/ Q9 X, _2 j: u: A* Q6 k * O9 k8 q( J; GL: 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？ 0 F! `1 J+ p5 T+ K) x' a% O' K+ D! l- `4 {7 B/ p+ A
M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.' ?+ N7 T/ u1 \% e8 U) }5 {, Q3 m2 P
1 C4 Y- H: b" m2 W' GL: 我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。* f' I1 m# O/ B& w% ?/ q
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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.; S" u/ Z* X% p- q$ D
0 d% _. R3 x$ o4 g8 ?" sL: 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？ ; j7 c: ~* q& W# W- b! T 6 E9 j8 @% @7 H% h- W# Z E8 L9 B. hM: Well, as you know I was never very good at sports, and I never knew how to fit in with the cool kids.: w) `+ a0 V. R8 Z6 E7 ~. h' i
, P" f9 m; e. K& A8 P" K6 AL: 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。 " r- {: N8 q+ K4 j# _+ j# [# C/ ^9 L9 i, ?9 M5 U+ }" z$ ~% d
M: A typical nerd is someone who wears glasses and carries a lot of books. 3 a' ]5 I2 {3 X' g# _! ]9 U7 W( e& ^
L: 噢，那就是书呆子的形象，戴着眼镜，拿着许多书。 2 m+ l& j5 `" i& i7 V, w ; r6 M: \/ U& _7 d% pM: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.; u: ]4 d) U% n: m
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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。 ; e- j m/ V. y9 X3 {+ r( f" A0 v% ? z0 U9 f
M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular. ; W6 O" @3 h, Z 6 Q1 L- f0 Q- T& }& A" YL: 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。- w! z- @$ y8 m
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M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.6 j) t- f# Q2 m9 }* s- a7 }
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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。6 c) K* L; T3 t# _1 h+ 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.8 e+ g+ m7 g5 w5 G. ^2 U
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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。- `$ E. O( h) i7 c
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M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.5 x W% [7 b: c1 C, B7 `
1 }8 d- X6 G; \, w, BM: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！! G# o L; K4 _( q8 B" t
: o6 O, {9 P: l6 G) k; DL: 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。$ u$ r" s0 X9 A7 p( _; P
+ J" o" s2 {( N" F5 yM: 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.4 `6 y2 X* c: P
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