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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)$ v, O: x9 {0 ?

7 {6 \( z) U2 c2 a$ _& ^  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:% f' t- F* ~! B% b' p+ S, [8 N

& o' F! @) E( {  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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% i0 T6 v/ ]1 L. n! ^  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)3 |* r9 Q0 P- a! Z: Q
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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:3 a2 g7 ?$ e) m* `; n+ K/ I+ C% x
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  She (He) was cool in the past.% X! {& a8 J  c' ~

! F! z8 y  @4 _& R# {6 a" x  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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' ?5 |1 |0 I$ a- ?  n/ r  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:0 H, G/ Z* [  L+ e4 _! b

* E% D# ^; R; F  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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+ f. t5 l" R8 T  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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  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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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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7 {6 G1 w. {, {3 `, v; r) N  She (he) is trippin'.
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6 N6 R( S/ y+ }& ^! Z" X& l  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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8 l* ^3 ^1 l4 }. s0 \  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:
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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)
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  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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7 b8 u9 r5 C' f% c+ d3 P$ 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:8 P3 c, J, a" I* A9 G. a6 T

$ z9 i1 e& z. ^  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒): ^1 `6 \8 Z& c$ n& w8 I
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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:1 M; [. A; i9 L
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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  也可以用复数:
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  Many jerks are working in our company.( y; }+ Y. a: E6 h- |( t8 z

+ ^1 \' U7 a- l* V  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:. g( w, U- n% I" T& y% Z3 i

( _# Q/ K! Q, y( l4 O; _. Y  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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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
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. U/ b( ]. ?; F8 f  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:3 N# W0 h; J9 O. ?4 F! I# K
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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?) b( v, s" Y# u5 D
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  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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& `9 a1 `* q+ K& U2 Z$ u  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.7 Z4 x, M4 ~! n2 d

$ P* O; \1 L, M/ y: d+ \  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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  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)& ?/ _1 }: c1 I2 g" Y5 }
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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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8 `9 h- x$ Y' B* Y$ z  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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