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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)
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. T3 s+ o2 B" T1 m  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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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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, a) h% I# @; d+ K( ?2 e1 o  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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5 M* d3 l; ]4 c; q7 S. A- r) z  She (He) was cool in the past.
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2 w/ O' W( U5 S# A* D) B* N& Q- x  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:
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5 f+ l4 p8 l) n3 l3 n  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not$ y# @7 l  o- Y
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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。2 q% o5 J4 J" W9 U' u8 l  n; y6 E

$ |% \+ M' T6 M0 h9 ]$ C  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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" g; F+ O5 ^7 T+ M* U  v# M' Y  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:% s* i1 E* J, ~. e

' }; p, u, J& P/ ]  P/ E8 ~0 N  They are trippin'. (= tripping)1 l/ ^) O. c( x" _
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  She (he) is trippin'.$ K( A( w7 @# R4 J4 I

$ K. O/ M/ i# N: i  Mr. A must be trippin'.0 t/ M% |) F  Q, M

2 p( [0 V$ S7 ^) b( c  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。  v. ~7 ?% c8 X9 C' L9 J: `

' i9 r2 j: N& I  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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: b* o. ?1 W% ]  He used to be a nerd in high school. (过去他在高中时是位书呆子)
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  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.& f; i. c, U) l( ?* Q- w. n

5 m8 ~2 D1 u8 h* N  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:/ W, b) O' y+ ]& g* @9 I

& h/ P2 X3 N6 P5 D. M) O  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒). F/ }5 Y2 ?4 b) a4 ^5 @
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  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:% M; F2 \" C8 t

. q$ b' @8 W/ q3 f  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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" W' X* J8 _6 s; h( V8 u) I$ }  也可以用复数:
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( W, k* L9 `3 g; O, _. P  Many jerks are working in our company.
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  v& Y$ W7 z0 h  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.$ N5 Y) q8 e7 k( o- [; H4 s

* }0 z, ]1 X$ X6 n) ?) P1 w  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)
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( i5 ?2 X/ [! ]' A8 }) C9 E  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 baby3 `: T- _3 |; W/ c

& \6 C) w) J8 }  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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  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?' z2 U* J( y0 z( y5 _  T

/ U( J8 ]# i# }( c  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
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$ [, K# q2 q/ J5 r  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:+ A) N; ?8 Z1 A- h2 m6 N9 y- K0 N" j
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  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?)8 x3 v0 C* {; ?( W+ W7 T) |

8 h2 ^3 P9 W' w* z: i2 T  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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  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./ j1 O( a6 T0 P2 J

2 |3 M+ z" I* i6 [  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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