M: Are you okay, Li Hua? What's wrong? Why are you crying?

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。

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？

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.

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？

M: Me? A nerd? Well, yes, you could call me a nerd.

L：我肯定好多人都叫你a nerd。

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.

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.

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。

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。

M: That's right. If someone is always studying, or seems to know the answers to everything, you can call him a nerd.

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。

M: I guess so! Li Hua, That TV show is so cheesy. I don't know why it's so popular.

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。

M: Cheesy means tacky or dumb. It's usually used to describe a TV show, movie, or something someone says.

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。

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.

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。

M: How can those cheesy TV shows make you cry? You're such a nerd.

L：什么？你说我是个nerd?

M: Don't be mad, Li Hua. But you are a nerd. No one cries while watching these cheesy TV shows！

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。

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.

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！

　　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。