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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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- P" l6 @6 R. 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:
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)7 x) p9 b* Y$ s7 d8 o

" Y) u( v5 C3 Z* G- P! @  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 {4 u8 a6 p% n* [5 h0 j; Y2 \5 P
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  She (He) was cool in the past.
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+ a. Z4 J) Z: I' x) D  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)3 A2 N& c% _) w& j! T" ?2 L( ]
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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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  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not8 R1 S" Q3 U( `8 a2 L; e

4 ?& [+ m) T' b. l9 k3 ^  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。+ h( b+ l- D, c/ _& H
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  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)' T& k& x1 V' w& e; g

' j* ?! e3 b/ h  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:1 B% v( z2 r, O

. Z5 D/ i! x: T6 D4 ~' j  \- z  They are trippin'. (= tripping)7 P! q& U. m( w. p

1 y* i- |; t& U: Q  She (he) is trippin'.
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  Mr. A must be trippin'.) b1 \: O& ~) [; L" S  F# g
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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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) p3 S- I' d. [& x$ T# ?" {) Q& N  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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4 Q- k3 D5 G2 f  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.+ X; H- R7 {( T6 }
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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:) P6 [8 `' N# W

% F: }. u3 W+ _9 K  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:5 f) {) Y7 x6 l

& J' w) N( j: x, ?/ x  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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. f& u6 B4 J( ?# ]# t3 ^2 I  也可以用复数:7 O- [$ `9 \8 c, p5 Y: ]; z% T

- n  s' ]4 b$ z3 R, N( U+ i  Many jerks are working in our company.  w3 |9 M+ t0 t9 Q8 d
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  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:6 [3 u) p) W# P1 X; j" c/ [
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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& ~  }5 T, G5 f  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)% O1 n; L- n' W/ h4 c

( n9 D9 q$ a% z$ Z2 n/ [3 n  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 d6 R6 j) o6 i5 O# P* p2 o7 F; T" 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:& {. z, [. ~8 k, O7 {' t
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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?- D  s0 c/ ]. x, z7 c- l. f. ~

1 H# C' {! Q8 Z  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
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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:7 r+ I$ B# h1 F* r; C3 w! l

* P  l; w  M/ t- Y) Y. 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?)* t7 R5 |& o. R7 r. k5 l0 L; p

7 ]4 d/ F+ E% 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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1 l  D+ u: g$ X4 |0 k  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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( j( ]& s  D5 j! {* K9 S  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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