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1. It's cool.
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cool 是青少年(teen-agers) 常用的字,(有时也用 debonaire) 其真正意思是指可以接受的好事;或是情况可以控制;或是保持冷静、文雅、礼貌、外表不错,能够合乎年轻人的标准。(可指人或事物)也就是 something good or acceptable;situation is under control;being calm, gentle, courteous or good-looking;meet teen's standard. 所以可以说:
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Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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主词可用任何人称的单复数 (I, we, they 等),动词可用 verb to be 的任何时态 (is, was, were, will be, have been等)。因此,也可以说: 0 L- S0 p% `! Z/ n) B& ]
She (He) was cool in the past.
1 F& z0 b2 \/ G3 y* ~" r; W That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) 3 A5 [. {3 Y' h/ y- U6 `) `+ r" y( S
He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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( U* M3 H8 Q% Q3 W! u( [9 I但是如果说:Are you cool?又是指「你冷吗?」(cool = cold),可见 cool 当口头禅或俚语时,多半不用在问句。假如说:
7 {# U* B) M# c2 {# v# q! N7 ` She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
) S" T/ G3 b7 n2 s0 K emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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. X; V; {; v1 E" z1 y2. Are you trippin'?
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+ h* X$ e3 A9 {- K: h9 A/ gtrippin' 这个字,是由动词 trip 演变而来。(动词时态是:tripped, tripping)年轻人用省略符号 (apostrophe ) 代替 g,表示是 slang,或口头禅。这个字是现在分词当形容词用,是指行为异乎寻常,也许受到吸毒或喝酒的影响,而显得神魂颠倒、奇形怪状(to get high on drug such as LSD),也就是说:要不是受到药、酒的影响,你为什 显得这样古怪呢?(Are you under any influence of drug or alcoholic? Why are you so crazy and bizarre?) 所以可以说: : ~* n" z' H t; ~8 R
They are trippin'. (= tripping) ( W4 e2 V/ ^5 j) f
She (he) is trippin'. 1 ]6 A! s9 d- N2 P: T0 r
Mr. A must be trippin'. ! L: ~4 d0 W/ P' @. t; u
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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nerd 是指一些年轻人,每天只懂读书、考试,但对生活上的其他事情,都很生疏。 (A person always buries his nose in books, but not good at social situations.) 由於美国十分重视多方面发展的教育 (well-rounded),所以许多老外认为 nerd 虽然学识不错,但很乏味;有IQ,但缺乏EQ,只是社会上无足轻重的「书虫」或「蠢货」而已。(IQ = Intelligence Quotient ; EQ = Emotional Quotient) nerd 可用复数,动词也能用其他时态。因此可以说:
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! W$ B$ g/ Y: ~4. Yo baby
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0 d1 @4 M3 ?: `) R% ~, B2 DYo baby 是许多年轻的黑人男子对女子的招呼语,也有人用“Yo baby, yo baby
) k. u/ o9 e6 i) D" X0 w( [yo”,由於女子很漂亮,很吸引人,他想与她交谈。(He thinks she is pretty and attractive, so he wants to speak to her.),也就是找话题,想要「打开话匣」。(to use as a form of opening line or pick-up line or to begin a greeting; try to know her or date her) 如果说: + [2 n# r- F8 j7 f! R0 d
Yo baby, are you trippin'? 意思是:漂亮的姑娘,你的样子有点怪里怪气,有什 心事吗?
& |4 b1 Z; t/ J% L5 v! E- E. r“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
* }0 ]* o2 w5 S* Q9 i2 }May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before. ' X U4 s: b* v1 m
同理,如果年轻女子看到帅哥,有吸引力,很想与他交谈,那 就用:“Hey, hey, hey" 後跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如: + a) X& T7 k, @ _# ?
Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?“what is going on?”就是年轻黑人打招呼的用语 (a form of greeting or open statement) 或 Hey, hey, hey, are you going to the movie?(帅哥,你是去看电影吗?) $ D" Q# k4 f' r2 p
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5. She is a ho
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+ O3 A' n5 S0 l/ O. Zho 这个字,也是美国年轻人把 whore 字改变而成的一种口头禅或俚语。意思是指一些年轻女人,也许因为 peer pressure 或 curiosity 或 enjoyment 的心理,随便自愿与男子免费上床。(a girl or woman gives sex freely without charge),也就是说:She is very loose. 或 She is a loose woman (girl)。 ho 也可用复数:
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There are quite a few hos in high schools. 但是如果用 whore,是指妓女,男人需要付钱的。(a girl or woman is paid for sex.) : l6 c+ i/ s. R! G9 M9 ?
: }$ E' x3 Y$ ?# P) \/ e) N" N6. Catch you later!2 R# X) H* r9 ~1 b2 g& `
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这是年轻人说「再会」的口语。(a form to say“good乡bye”) 也就是说:现在没有时间与你交谈,以後再谈吧!(I don't have time to talk with you now, but we can talk later.) 因此,catch 就是 talk 或 contact 的意思。catch 後面,也可用其他人称代名词(him, her, them 等) + H* L5 h j) t, i( d( h. A' g& I
有时年轻小伙子也用:I am off. 意思就是:I am leaving now; I'll talk to you again.
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