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1. It's cool.9 q2 ~5 P0 k( O) g; _" [3 M2 z/ p
+ w& b$ [+ L$ T" P( @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: % Z; ]# N, X; h9 Z+ g" \
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
- u' g* I/ J" d1 Q6 @! q Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)6 c- H7 q* f- r' r2 i; X
" J8 \ ` {* k+ P9 }9 V. j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: 0 F E4 o$ x+ k# n+ G% _- {
She (He) was cool in the past. ' @6 A9 Q' d& B3 M; |$ `
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
: i( M2 ]) f8 Z% Y& y9 x 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: ) |; ^( i$ |) v
She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
7 Q5 z6 |3 h( } emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
' D Z% {* i1 ^9 l d (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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2. Are you trippin'?
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! z/ h8 i" \( q Ytrippin' 这个字,是由动词 trip 演变而来。(动词时态是:tripped, tripping)年轻人用省略符号 (apostrophe ) 代替 g,表示是 slang,或口头禅。这个字是现在分词当形容词用,是指行为异乎寻常,也许受到吸毒或喝酒的影响,而显得神魂颠倒、奇形怪状(to get high on drug such as LSD),也就是说:要不是受到药、酒的影响,你为什 显得这样古怪呢?(Are you under any influence of drug or alcoholic? Why are you so crazy and bizarre?) 所以可以说: - L8 i. ^/ e& h' v
They are trippin'. (= tripping)
' [) V9 j X% P! K( Z" ~ She (he) is trippin'.
8 z' q" o7 I F) F+ r; `) z' SMr. A must be trippin'. # ~+ G# l# |% F4 k8 i0 G
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。4 [1 w9 l2 X9 z: \
. Y. Q" \) H+ Z% n/ v3. He is a nerd
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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:
$ O& C9 ^8 N) h* | He used to be a nerd in high school # V, F% ]3 x5 L d! T; f9 w) E
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4. Yo baby8 N5 J8 `5 i/ b {
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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
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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 心事吗?
# h6 d E2 y# K“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
2 v( E1 x, ]: o6 [4 WMay I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
9 ~3 R" B$ a; S9 b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: & M- ~* s: t: q* C+ ?$ K2 L
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 X9 b9 A0 w. f/ e5. 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: 5 o- B0 ]7 e; c- [2 _1 m
They are (were) hos. ) [0 d' ^6 M, X1 ^2 j' Z
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 n+ N3 v7 T( c e. u6. Catch you later!
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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)
1 ^! _& J3 R3 F" a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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