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1. It's cool.
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& W* D5 g' p8 O' ycool 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: : m# ]4 ]2 K4 ~- h$ k) i
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. 0 O9 [+ N8 g0 V
Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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: z6 V4 ^+ n4 W: l3 r$ Z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: 4 o, x Q E0 E
She (He) was cool in the past. 4 X# h6 m8 ~ ^5 A9 |0 j2 m6 ^& F( K
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) 9 N3 H) \0 L$ K1 q
He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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: `+ O5 Y% c; X& a0 P L% }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:
$ S1 D' Q `6 C; D, S4 }4 y She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
4 }. S% e9 B- V2 x* Q emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
1 ^( O/ R" b, h! d0 E, Q% p (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) % @0 x4 {! J. I6 r
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2. Are you trippin'?
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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: ! G( |; ` f% Z; [3 N5 k$ S, ^& `
They are trippin'. (= tripping) / I% T1 o- }% ~5 p
She (he) is trippin'. , m& e' G6 a* Q
Mr. A must be trippin'. & t" l( G" f# l: ? l4 V
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。! J- t# t0 A8 ^# e) v
$ L' K2 k6 H! r' T+ J$ c3. 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: 3 h' H& y, @$ N6 T
He used to be a nerd in high school # P1 v8 p! D% b6 S. S
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4. Yo baby2 f' K8 @% O; O6 i. H5 h
3 M3 C6 J" |7 Z4 I7 NYo 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 # [4 G8 W) H+ `3 S8 A1 u: z: @' r
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: 9 l" R: {" y2 n* s Y! T" |0 g
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? ( D X! c3 P' c3 G! a" S
“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
. }) u, m8 g% y2 hMay I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before. / e: o1 d6 ?" k' j9 S
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:
5 r1 L) `" u8 P' @# ^7 [ 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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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: 6 E" Y' q+ h/ k' K# [; L7 M
They are (were) hos. ' [% v% U- f2 ^4 h
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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1 E$ o/ V" z5 i2 j) n' a6. 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) ( e) ?7 |6 A/ P
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. # a# ~: u. D+ |3 Q9 b& X- P2 f
(我要走了,再谈吧!) |
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