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1. It's cool.
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& ?5 M( l/ y0 J8 O4 Dcool 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: 9 n) u; R; @' v( m7 y; f# q0 j
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
3 h/ r( ]& V( n8 r l& B8 n 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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That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) # q2 \! ]# a% M/ U- p! c- c! @
He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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9 A1 R K) c- E4 U- @& m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: ! b. k6 O1 R/ G$ j0 r% ^
She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
6 [! n) E6 _9 O3 H- o9 ~5 P+ M emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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2. Are you trippin'?/ \! M" u' q& k, F6 \' F
h2 c! A. h: d8 H& a. s s$ atrippin' 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: ; ]* r. G1 z3 \
They are trippin'. (= tripping) 4 s$ T" r. }8 X& k3 |
She (he) is trippin'. ' T1 |; h6 S1 |
Mr. A must be trippin'. 4 j* A- x+ ~) H) |
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。; q) I' n) K0 M# `* G
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3. He is a nerd3 l0 ?' J! \" G8 W' G. `
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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: / ~5 Z( {! x7 t) I* Z% Y
He used to be a nerd in high school
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6 M1 e. w) K) E# e6 i, G, Q$ w2 C4. Yo baby
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0 I2 d/ b! l4 O" z% vYo 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
$ v0 K6 C+ i+ p/ Y2 Q* |! dyo”,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:
0 Z: O9 x3 @9 h' i. W$ g+ X1 Y' M 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? / B# j# [, d* j( g! E) \0 P4 p
“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:! K( I) Q8 j6 T3 ~3 n3 p; v9 R
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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:
3 P" i; F8 N, H 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?) & V u) |2 M' U/ [, A
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5. She is a ho
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' v, l" b- p c5 M9 iho 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: 5 t2 k9 U0 [2 T$ }7 a
They are (were) hos.
) p* m* O- q+ G" H/ t4 P/ f4 G# g 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.)
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6. Catch you later!
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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) + |4 H2 e. j# W- b w- v, i3 i5 R
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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