Joke English 第三期

笑话原文

Nerd Bike

A nerd was walking on campus¹ one day when his friend, another nerd, rode up on an incredible² shiny³ new bicycle. The first nerd was stunned⁴ and asked, "Where did you get such a nice bike?" The second nerd replied, "Well, yesterday I was walking along minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up to me on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want!'" The second nerd nodded approvingly, "Good choice, the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."

相关知识

NERD知多少？

(1)nerd

a)怪人，不受欢迎的人

Can you believe that nerd wants to join our fraternity?
你敢相信那个怪人想加入我们的兄弟会吗？
（注：fraternity---兄弟会,soronity---姐妹会）

b)那些整天只知道扣书本，没有其他兴趣爱好的人，我们就把他叫做书呆子，也就是所谓的bookworm,英国人则把他们称为“swot”。

A:That nerd is a total social misfit.
那个呆子对人情世故一窍不通。
B:Ok, lets stay away from him.
那我们还是离他远点儿。

(2)反义辨析
socialbutterfly---社交蝴蝶，交际花

A: Hey look! I can't believe this. Susan s dating richard---your ex-boyfriend.
嘿，快看！我简直不敢相信。苏珊在和你的前任男友理查德约会。
B: Yeah, she's always flirting⁵ with guys like a socialbutterfly.
是呀，她总是和男孩子们眉来眼去的，象朵交际花。

well-rounded---全面发展的

A: Wow, Steve's really Mr.Perfect. We can catch him everywhere.
天哪，史蒂文真是位完美先生。我们在哪儿都能看到她的身影。
B: You are right.We cannot easily find anyone else whos that well-rounded like him.
你说的真对。要找到想她那样的全才可不容易。

(3)同意比较

Nerd/geek/dork/dweeb/gweeb 呆子.
都可代表一个人因为太专注某件事而看起来不太正常, 而并非不聪明的呆,
如书呆子, 计算机怪胎等, 这几个字可以交换使用. 其中 nerd , geek 和 dork
比其它二个来的常见.

geek---土包子，书呆子
A: Have you seen mary Lately?
你最近有没有看到玛丽了吗 ?
B: The geek?
那个土包子吗?
B: No, she such a babe right now.
没有! 她现在可是个大美女!

土模样就是很"geeky"(土气)

dork---土老冒
A:Who's the guy in the ugly yellow shirt?
那个穿着难看的黄衬衫的家伙是谁？
B:Linda's older brother---John.
林妲的哥哥---约翰。
A:Unbelievable.she s so cool, but her brother s a real dork.
真不敢相信。她那么酷，可她哥哥却是个十足的土老冒。

形容词形
nerdy,geeky,dorky

(4)nerd补充
techno-nerd---技术怪胎
engi-nerd---engineering student学习工程的学生

和nerd意义相对的词还有jock;
jock指那种身材魁梧，长得很帅，很富有男子汉气概的运动员。
[例]
A:Do you think those jocks ever study?
你认为那些运动员学习吗？
B:No,but that's better than to be a nerd.
不，但那可比当个书呆子要强。

1 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

2 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

3 shiny   

adj.有光泽的，发光的，辉煌的

参考例句：

• What shiny shoes you're wearing!你穿的鞋子擦得真亮啊！
• All the cups are clean and shiny.所有的杯子都很干净明亮。

4 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

5 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分