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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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/ T4 s& V, N5 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:2 I1 k7 k0 O3 n0 W( q
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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3 E- h' s5 @( _& |" x  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)2 t7 [! Z) s9 |" U5 T9 Y) }
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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:5 l( |/ d# w( p
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  She (He) was cool in the past.
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)9 n) _: m, I( x6 s  O( n% K/ o0 [% z

' z1 ?& Y& _! u3 A4 }, S  I  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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4 f- ]! ~: `( k; g: \  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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4 Z7 B" s. ^1 D) a& O- _8 _  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not, E7 J/ L' K- W" M
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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。# g8 A9 j0 u# @9 @+ H

4 I6 _) T- R0 O5 y$ F  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」), x; O, A$ X3 X) P& [

6 Y/ [5 K/ t8 E" {* P( i  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:; S0 k( _5 A4 A' s; V1 c
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)/ X+ w% z& f. U1 s# G6 n

& g) @& W1 {  Q. F4 d! P: N/ b& W  She (he) is trippin'.# i& k5 z& w: X: g5 T* R2 _8 q
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  Mr. A must be trippin'.5 |- N, p3 J9 H  Z% l6 W3 _' y
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  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。; w$ F- ~& w  P$ A. `( M
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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:* P! A" |3 X6 ~( y
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  He used to be a nerd in high school. (过去他在高中时是位书呆子)& V: Y. J* n" f+ E* S! F* i. q

" V' `2 b. k. e1 X0 F  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.0 E: C7 y; A3 B8 \
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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:  J3 l% U2 B8 l* l! X9 L

1 a; ^( s- j  F  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
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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:( _2 y2 \; n, Q8 I7 v, L
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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/ z+ V$ K0 J& G- _  H  也可以用复数:& j2 A8 U% @4 r+ [
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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:
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5 i9 a" G" ]1 k  @  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.2 I$ e6 F: s9 |' r) s0 S4 ?
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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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% n& @2 v- i* I4 T& q0 q& I5 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 baby
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9 n& N6 S  R! H. P: 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?
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  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:* d+ }' F) }7 x5 C

2 i: o+ o* E1 ~' ^  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.4 @. R, |# I4 P! R+ r8 A* h9 h
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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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# }* A/ q- _, K9 N6 ^' t5 B9 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?)6 L5 G5 O9 ^0 x+ x; V# L, L

; m4 P0 X; h. F& P5 Y- _- W  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+ h: i, C' l+ _# u" N; @  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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; |' _% b; A6 d# j) @0 D  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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