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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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3 n, P* ~5 E8 Z: f$ Y  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:) C. e1 @7 m* K# B6 ]! @, N/ n

. n. |4 }0 X. E4 H" _& u7 \  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool./ U2 G) \- ^7 r$ f$ T2 T6 L# t# p
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  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)% B# a% r8 S. }( W
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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:6 a0 t1 b: \* C
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  She (He) was cool in the past.( O( G, H2 I9 m$ I. ?- o/ w
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)6 R  U& P$ \( _& O% }  p8 B

% \: r1 `& K' a- L! c$ Q0 d  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:
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/ U9 `- B( ?( Z- Y7 C% [* c( |* X  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。0 c9 {- w+ F' E# z+ y) T0 d
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  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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. B* K) e' ^* {" X  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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- ~  B8 R) n' ?- C  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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1 B+ o! b5 o& j  She (he) is trippin'.0 O+ s. d; K; `% Y0 A
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  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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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:& h: {$ H: m& T

( J% i& x- ]7 W4 Y; I  {/ h  He used to be a nerd in high school. (过去他在高中时是位书呆子)4 M  |: L2 V/ ~
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  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.! h0 R6 C; X3 {+ v1 R

# A9 V1 s6 Y/ ?, [  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:, e. F6 o% k" u% G& E: F% R3 o6 d$ V

; M" y! j, O: E+ L' W* T  f9 y  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)9 B, W" j3 \! z. b" P2 P

/ T6 S+ `/ ]- l  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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; e) z: v% ~( f  I don't like him because he is a jerk.* @4 q6 K2 m1 j: A5 ~" D
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  也可以用复数:- h9 _7 W/ ?7 p  G/ A7 D
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  Many jerks are working in our company.
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; z+ u. q% Z$ p  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:
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' _  S% X8 d0 V; Y  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.3 J+ Z$ `9 B8 K4 i- \8 D
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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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  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:4 r' S* N: V5 }& E) \: S7 y, f' d

8 ~' v& O/ {& F) ^+ N: J- k6 H  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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3 j, Z7 s7 O  i  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:! s$ Z" E3 m7 l' e! J) `

4 w: }/ E6 ]6 `  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.1 J4 K9 S7 ]: E9 j' Y( ?

3 y7 l1 y2 N* @8 W/ ?  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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7 d8 @9 A9 H, P. w  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)
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# a! h/ z5 C( {3 A, ^7 I8 @: ~  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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  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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