美国学生常常用一些词汇来形容那些不太受其他学生欢迎的人。他们最常用的一个字是：nerd。它的意思和“书呆子” 很相似。被称为nerd的学生一般都很聪敏，对学习很严肃，他们大多数时间都花在学习上。他们的毛病在于他们看起来很软弱，和其他同学的关系也很别扭。 Nerd的衣服风格也比别的学生保守，在社交场合表现得不知所措。由于他们一般都比较害羞，因此和这些nerd在一起不像和其他人在一起那么有趣。
例句：Today George Miller actually had the nerve to ask me to go the the Christmas dance with him! Sure, he's getting straight A's in all his classes, but look at those thick classes, and those dull clothes he wears. I'd rather be caught dead than to out with a nerd like him.
今天乔治米勒居然敢来邀我和他一起去圣诞节舞会。是啊，他每门课都得A，但是看看他那眼镜片有多厚，还穿那些老古董衣服。我要和这么一个书呆子一起去跳舞，我宁可去死。
又如：The big surprise was seeing Bill Green. He was such a nerd 20 years ago--too busy studying instead of having a good time like most of us. But maybe he had the right idea; he owns his own computer company and is worth ten million bucks.
这次聚会最惊人的是看到比尔格林。二十年前他可是个书呆子，忙于学习，没有时间像我们那样玩。可是，也许他当时的想法是对的，他现在自己开一个电脑公司，值一千万美元。 |
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