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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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  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 r5 |0 W6 K8 x5 [% e3 C

2 A3 u- i4 z+ H3 D  P: ^& Y  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)
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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:
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8 W) z9 Z& p' N+ f0 X. D% U$ k  She (He) was cool in the past.
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  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). }/ c6 D; r& R& a& [

7 f; r1 _/ V5 {- \  j* d  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:: o( }5 I4 _) t

# g* _2 K1 K* m' X$ D, Z  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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  A4 r" r7 _+ W9 X# n# x  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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6 v( O4 i$ M5 d' c  She (he) is trippin'.1 f$ j9 Y  a& Q8 _
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  Mr. A must be trippin'.% m6 C( O7 T% v/ _8 a0 p& g0 Z# v
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  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。9 Y" A3 M* l* q. c" Q

3 \" {3 B. V% T: X$ M- h0 ^& u3 c  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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' u3 n$ P& B. n* T. j% y/ ^" _  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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5 r* `- E* G' P" C5 F  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds., b* Q! `4 x. h3 j" i' X
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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:* q/ T5 I  O# L2 ?  @
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  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
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3 A% H7 K/ q1 [# N0 M! {3 ?* ^  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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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.4 n5 ^$ r  F: l# m# r

: m$ w" a7 U/ j! \4 |  也可以用复数:
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3 w( s* ]& S) l$ I, t; r; O  Many jerks are working in our company.. h& n' A, r4 V) K8 A
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  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:0 a( I; z% `. u
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.' m5 U' m3 Q8 U/ e, D. j

, r: O: f% v7 F- x6 [5 B  (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 baby3 W! s0 C9 {* \, h$ x. {7 C

# h6 [3 t' A1 d2 A3 K  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:$ G- {; A1 q6 ^# j( {* 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?
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  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:6 T1 {" |5 _' j/ L4 U

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! Z, J& e* ?2 G, n" d' Z  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 n; U9 `4 f1 H( E( M" h5 U

. q$ k' B* E  o* q" |" y  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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0 ?- `5 H& q; `& b( S0 f1 \( d  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)) v; m: H& ^5 s# `0 U

) n9 b' N9 r7 R) d) f) a9 K1 H  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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