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年轻人常用口头禅

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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:
% U/ k+ x) u% Z/ _# G    That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. / p2 \8 X3 e  X7 @' I5 P
    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:
* n4 A/ I; e  i& |& |# ?& @    She (He) was cool in the past.
$ g. J0 K) ?. w  H, ^( l. w, k    That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) # u4 k; G( X$ }8 T  O" `
    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:
8 ?" z* o" S( I$ t% \; S    She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
5 ~7 W  @4 p2 [& J# U; b    emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。 8 a8 `( Z6 L: F, m
    (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) + ]1 k" G/ Q$ e8 U! f0 ~* w2 w- d
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2. Are you trippin'?( E! r/ Q" ?2 v! f  z0 \- ~
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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: 3 X9 _$ C0 ?8 ^0 H% ?
    They are trippin'. (= tripping)
* ~" J. h, j2 y7 o9 Y- d- ^: \    She (he) is trippin'.
: c9 u7 O$ C' m! ?+ V! F5 {Mr. A must be trippin'.
9 O2 N# P( u4 }* Q; r( a" i4 c通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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6 P+ m! x' W% ]/ f; p3. He is a nerd, ~2 [3 u& }2 {! Y

& \# L  M. N# Znerd 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: # ?8 S0 s) b1 t* ~5 K
    He used to be a nerd in high school / V+ y7 ?3 w+ N

2 r" E$ k/ l3 t# g& l7 q8 h/ ~4. Yo baby; A; ?8 }, l3 L+ a% H6 q+ e
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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
8 d+ {6 g" s. z1 z1 Pyo”,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: + u! P  Z8 o& V' K, g
    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?
+ r( B6 L! W: O“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
! z* y. v' k/ {9 d5 RMay I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before. 5 s8 ^  i8 \3 b0 h) l
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:
; D8 u7 X, F9 a; u# Q% A    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?) ! C6 r: M# c- q5 L) w
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5. She is a ho
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ho 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:
  c$ q& }( b2 \& C9 I, n3 `    They are (were) hos.
9 {3 V/ g, G7 L- q& `6 u    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.) " Y# L- f$ S% s1 T, C4 Z$ O5 v

' j  ~) o7 y. y9 H6. Catch you later!/ \5 ]0 r7 f, M0 c: f4 f9 N) ?- A
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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)
* [) @0 N! s# ^- ?& W( ^7 V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. ( n3 g1 {, }" p" I) C4 U
(我要走了,再谈吧!)
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