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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:
6 @' M; L3 T) x& g That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
$ b8 O! N+ T) \& g) w! M+ `5 Q Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)) |/ A$ r& x! L/ W( O" z
4 C! b" Q# F' v l( y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:
1 D6 d6 [) m3 K5 O She (He) was cool in the past. 2 L" v/ L% @6 @" y- |
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) 7 B6 ?7 A& `3 d5 @3 v% ]& X
He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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/ x- V+ [$ s l+ q) Q% O0 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:
$ Q( h" U0 f! F' k4 n She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not / N* q# O( C! f
emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。 ! l* N* D1 C0 R
(注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) ! ?1 ?+ G! ^3 T% E: J. O9 M d
+ N/ y" T& ~! }3 U. ~7 W$ i2. Are you trippin'?" }* o( d/ f" ~$ Q% O3 ]8 K6 j" z
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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:
- b5 k$ M/ ~" { ^* }( k. U. [5 X/ y They are trippin'. (= tripping)
( `, `( N5 y( w5 O; k/ e9 L She (he) is trippin'.
* v" M; {5 q8 D, U) A! f0 `Mr. A must be trippin'. : L9 p2 q, ?8 m/ b* b/ [
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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! k( l7 ^$ r# j! H+ G3. He is a nerd
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- b; V8 d7 X( W% T8 H$ Unerd 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: & s6 H) a! \, i5 W! d
He used to be a nerd in high school
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( f; [" g0 A% N4. Yo baby
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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
$ M" A8 H8 G2 ^+ {4 l& A& 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: ; K* h" x9 L) |2 ]; Z7 i6 f7 C) z
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?
3 f; U3 Q& h( w7 h" J“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:% ]# T& g8 p* @; T
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before. . o( J, A) b% Y+ k5 P3 K
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: $ P2 d* x% c, o( `
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% r/ V! z" K+ `, ]9 F+ a3 a1 p
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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: * z. {. N9 ~, \. o1 a( L
They are (were) hos.
# j$ i& O; `8 @( e' r; i 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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4 m, R9 V1 w* ~) `4 I$ g( ]( N m; U6. Catch you later!0 u i' g5 v8 A0 M; q" ^. B# T
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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) 3 f' F9 H9 h* X" j5 I
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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