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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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4 f/ `3 u; X& u' a) x 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.! V- A9 c8 Q$ G- L* C- T
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Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)) P# m* g0 Y; [! H5 f3 B3 f2 _4 S0 D& Z
! W0 ^, F- T3 r! r0 N 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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4 V* J$ C3 o7 j- c She (He) was cool in the past.
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5 Y" e; W; w# ~* r& |) _ That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
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3 L, }% \( m2 i+ g4 V3 E He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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" i0 M# I4 y; q' h 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:* ~% O5 b! d- ~1 F
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She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not* H, R: I# @/ A. i. V A r
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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」)
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. R# h9 @7 {& A) _) p5 r 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:
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0 D( a4 s+ Y4 y. c1 u They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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She (he) is trippin'.
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Mr. A must be trippin'.% ? f; Z- y8 a4 E, Q" R
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通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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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:" n. o* E. Q: t# F: p0 Y0 ?
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/ {; u+ Z, i/ n+ ~0 d$ g+ U* |+ b' B/ m 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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$ t: J' }% x- ] [ l; i He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)# O# a1 h$ G+ R% L+ L, C, @' x
( M2 d6 K6 r/ U 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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8 y. W1 E6 C$ N7 ]3 [ 也可以用复数:
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* D3 J3 N0 `5 t$ y; f 主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:2 b. d( {) n4 e& e
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(注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)
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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+ F6 u- U0 R4 O- P: E
) U, x6 u/ Q$ u* _ 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?& F) ], ^' [) z( P$ H
/ D a$ c' N. Z* M1 ?' U8 ^ “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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2 @" p {( R1 Y1 o- j8 i' c May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
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; C+ M+ h& P: b# `$ M 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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5 j/ V* c, O- Z! j 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)6 f j# X! y! a$ e5 _7 L* T, ]
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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.
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