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1. It's cool.% a, ]4 E, Z7 F2 t# M
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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: 9 ?. u. ?5 @$ E3 n- |) P
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. _/ G; l U* y# z
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: " U- E5 t! M4 ?6 f1 U- Y
She (He) was cool in the past.
& j# o4 [ A% v7 z That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) $ u1 S0 n4 @% y
He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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( M4 p3 @1 x K- ]6 `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: / c& f" V& M# k. O
She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not : ] R1 x4 V; R0 m( F
emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。 + G9 O6 i: J S3 Z& x. |0 q5 l$ i
(注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) ; V' Y. R/ q- M% W2 j
4 a5 n$ Z! _9 y; [2. Are you trippin'?2 z, v* s0 [% Q$ D
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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:
$ _$ ^6 r8 @0 m; U; w! W" a They are trippin'. (= tripping) & D, K9 M m% Q* e& E( [
She (he) is trippin'.
, A) }% \4 B/ \0 G5 P6 yMr. A must be trippin'. / Z' q3 s' J9 i9 a
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 nerd2 e! b, o$ y' [% f' j
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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: $ N. `8 p4 w3 l# }, @
He used to be a nerd in high school / n1 M4 d& g+ y
$ M% @# i6 y3 C1 B- U+ ]4. Yo baby8 [- y9 r% V. v& S
0 ^- U- F4 W! Z* e9 e: m3 D0 \' TYo 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 5 `# `" ~7 ~; V3 C
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:
* R. V. e7 k( I$ G. b 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? : h) k [! J: j5 ]4 W5 K' g4 U* {
“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:, m) N7 H4 @- s4 A0 r- p" z
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before. & O5 X3 v ]4 A8 M
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:
) W( r1 C0 B. {* d+ A 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. She is a ho
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( z5 ? ~/ s- ~+ pho 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: / M1 E4 p0 I: R7 {* A. ?; K
They are (were) hos.
. y# R- n& _% y 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.) & S- l# r$ x+ \5 p; V G1 c5 s
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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) - _) {. n; y. h9 M! }
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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