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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:
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool., l$ \4 q/ z7 t5 g$ ]
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  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)4 |$ a. F) o! [# @5 j7 _& Q
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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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. B7 U  Y7 V" F, o0 i/ c+ L  She (He) was cool in the past.
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6 T/ u% ?4 a- ]& [9 y2 W  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)) c$ f7 B/ X' y2 B

# L- s4 v7 u; U' l0 N$ u  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)8 }* R; i4 x! {0 A
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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:; R5 ^+ E+ b1 }, i& Q
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  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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) _1 w, p! u- y  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」)  Y* c9 o6 p' c4 }

3 ]' t+ A' q# d1 Z. Y7 ?! O  2. Are you trippin'?: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:
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1 `  j- `* c2 P& U/ H  They are trippin'. (= tripping). ?2 v/ b' t: o$ X" D2 e, R4 r: H9 m
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  She (he) is trippin'.! [( _! m" E7 t. Z: k
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  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。% n% |7 _! s) V4 d1 |  L. r! x

1 r& ?, P  J8 P, s  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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0 d7 U+ h% e+ X; |, `2 y% X2 _  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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  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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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:. \1 h+ j$ |; G+ U% i! A# @8 Z) c

, G1 w" z9 F5 _# Y- C  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)- K# W7 s( f$ \% T: w" I

0 a* s: ^, h0 N* V, N  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:) s: }1 X% E2 \$ Y0 T! P/ c' w, i

7 }  D* o" p* f" e; N4 W  I don't like him because he is a jerk.( t3 |! f, c7 ?1 }' h& E  A6 a

, g% E4 X& q+ n; ?  也可以用复数:
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) z) t5 r  c% q# `' ^  Many jerks are working in our company.
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  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:) _* g0 l' ?2 z& d) H+ g  F9 Y$ Z

# ~* {* E% w. ^: H; I2 [) K% v! _  ~  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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  (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 baby
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  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:$ b1 q- r; W: {* b0 U

# ]+ N: c( ~+ ~  V( O5 w  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?, i; G$ t3 U8 U' y. |1 b! i8 m

% F( g2 _6 f8 A4 s( a  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.! h, {5 l9 m6 t6 q' L0 U1 w& W

( H: s( U2 t  _% x' S- P  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:
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  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 d7 D: Q/ H3 \, L# T/ t  E  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)
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. I2 b- F- `, T% _! Q, _" f  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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