You are a nerd, but it doesn't mean you have to stay that way forever. We want you to be cool, you want to be cool...here's how to be cool.

你是个缺乏吸引力的人，但这不意味着你一直会是这样。我们想让你变得更酷，你也想变得更酷...以下教你如何变得更酷。

Step 1: Get Some Skills
Take something you like and get really good at it. Video games don't count. They isolate you. Write, surf, snowboard, anything. Being good at something makes you interesting - it gives you something to talk about and builds your confidence.

1.学点特长
学些自己喜欢的东西，并真正地把它变成自己的专长。电子游戏不算在内，因为它只能让你与世隔绝。写作，冲浪，滑雪，什么都好。身怀一技之长能给你更多的谈资，帮你树立自信，也更能引起他人对你的兴趣。

Following the fads is a dead end. Choose your own adventure and stick with it.

追逐时尚是没前途的。选择属于自己的路线，坚持走下去。

Step 2: Don't Advertise
Everybody has a MySpace page, but you don't need to load it up with revealing photos of yourself. Don't overpost. Over-advertising yourself - or your iPhone or your sports car - is not cool.

2.要保持低调
每个人在社交网络中都有个人主页，但你没必要把自己的照片都传上去。不要过分炫耀。过分地向他人展示自己，炫耀自己的iPhone或跑车，这并不酷。

Step 3: Get A Gimmick
Quote Shakespeare. Do a card trick, or appreciate art. This will become your guaranteed ice breaker in any awkward social situation.

3.搞搞噱头
言谈中引用几句莎士比亚的名句。表演个扑克魔术，或者品评品评艺术。在任何尴尬的社交情景中，这些都无疑会为你打破僵局。

Step 4: Don't Be The Last To Leave
You have better things to do than just hang around your friend's house.

4.不要最后一个离开
比起在朋友家附近转，你有更重要的事情去做。

Step 5: Don't Do Everything You're Told
Really. Even by us.

5.对于别人的话，不要唯命是从
真的。就算是我们(videojug)的话，也不能全听。


Notes:
dead end: 到达尽头，死胡同，无出路的
例如：
My job is a dead end; I just work in the stores and there's absolutely no prospect of promotion.
我的工作没有前途，我只是在仓库工作，因而一定没有晋升的指望。

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