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年轻人常用口头禅

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1. It's cool:cool 是青少年(teen-agers) 常用的字,(有时也用 debonaire)8 g4 x) E7 k+ ]' A# z8 \) J
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  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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: |  ]& f$ P8 {# y  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.  q/ e: @) n( b

  p0 \& D: t* m" T, E  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:
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  She (He) was cool in the past.- g  V9 `! V& i9 |& w. p, G
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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  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:5 J5 N/ _3 M" c- c* L4 E
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  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not" \0 K* _2 K1 ^7 \( p5 A) u4 W

) b" j; [' ^( O5 J8 p" I  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)" d" ]3 g# [. V" [, t, B

  N7 Z0 G+ j" j  2. Are you trippin'?:trippin' 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:$ u4 G; k; S7 F  h5 J
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)9 j! y  ]+ A" O! h5 p5 n2 [( g

/ w" ~; \! {( P# m5 ^  She (he) is trippin'.) t( Y3 s+ n* L1 O/ ?
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  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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% X2 a$ y8 ?" {' u3 P  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。+ y  a5 a( d9 ?* j' c$ `) V
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  3. He is a nerd: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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# i$ J. @4 x2 d, p  He used to be a nerd in high school. (过去他在高中时是位书呆子)* u  L0 n! ^, `

" j: S& h9 ~0 C# ?  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.' I9 C$ V2 f) {0 z9 Z3 u
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  至於 geek 这个字,虽然与 nerd 相似,年轻人也常用,但 geek 是指在某一方面有很高的 IQ。我们可以说:
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  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)' ~3 a4 o. c  [- M; l, s' W; |

. `- y5 @  T4 m0 l+ m% _. X  另外,年轻人还用 jerk 这个字,通常是指没有社交技巧,头脑简单或古怪,令人讨厌的家伙(annoying person),如果你不喜欢一个人,就可以说:
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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  也可以用复数:4 |6 }( \8 o' Y, K. U5 T3 _8 I
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  Many jerks are working in our company.
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  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:, T3 J$ f' m3 O' {+ O% A
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)* |! _+ }6 {6 S0 v' h

4 D8 d% d9 F# K/ i0 M: n  4. Yo baby:Yo 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; ^5 Y" g( A- I/ `; f

: }% M' ^9 n) C; M( `2 s  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:
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7 ?. x1 l6 K% H% y& i8 Y  Yo baby, are you trippin'? 意思是:漂亮的姑娘,你的样子有点怪里怪气,有什么心事吗?
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+ ~$ m; E8 ]6 n5 w! [, C8 H5 M  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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  H9 |8 y  k! j) d. d7 n  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
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% _" i: o: x7 U( P  ^2 `! `* R4 o2 D  同理,如果年轻女子看到帅哥,有吸引力,很想与他交谈,那么就用:“Hey, hey, hey" 後跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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9 K# d4 ^$ g8 B+ q  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?)
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  5. Catch you later!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)
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: G/ U  O7 ^4 n! W& N3 M  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.4 ]6 O! d  q# T$ z3 G; b

$ ]: _2 Q$ m% q  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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