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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: $ U# E- m$ r6 R- z0 ~9 @0 {% P
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. / y3 ]- Y4 W4 s! S0 P
Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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She (He) was cool in the past.
) o& y/ a! v" `' H8 W That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) " t& a7 r5 [, p% T5 x' Y9 j
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:
! {# \1 k \1 \8 i3 ^; u% I She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not , M7 H3 x G- x9 j) b, v7 e4 q4 D& P
emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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" Y6 o% L' \8 h# Q; ]) V2. Are you trippin'?5 C' T3 k$ ~2 P- B! J; \
# }5 q7 ?9 E: Z% n; H4 mtrippin' 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:
( i6 ~7 @* g- n They are trippin'. (= tripping) 6 a5 W$ W1 |# W
She (he) is trippin'. 5 w5 R2 }' s+ N( ~0 F# E' V
Mr. A must be trippin'. , I( ~* x1 g8 O, Q, w2 M+ y3 `
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。/ o4 d: L' i. q) S3 |- e
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3. He is a nerd8 w$ }% V1 H8 G7 Q& {1 L
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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:
' | A7 p: Q3 o He used to be a nerd in high school / ?- m" N& V" x6 f/ X, ]3 C
2 d D: \8 a* E. g3 ^/ w4. Yo baby
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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
3 W. Q! [+ {0 I3 v/ T# Iyo”,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:
% j2 S$ N6 m, @8 |* x6 Q 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?
* R d" C- n2 x1 A“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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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 就用:“Hey, hey, hey" 後跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
9 o- o2 {$ x9 v) Q 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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1 [6 _5 M6 u8 l9 l& {. g5. She is a ho) g4 u- L* O$ ?, T, w% x
# x V* I/ b) J; i% \0 @: \7 zho 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 L) R, i3 b8 d+ L
They are (were) hos. + ?, H$ T# E3 c
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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6. 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)
* A& p- ~6 \3 N3 S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. " p" J% T( s" Z) R) G8 F( _- ^
(我要走了,再谈吧!) |
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