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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)8 V+ F: \5 Z2 L7 B' ?3 c0 I2 I. V
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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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1 Y8 B6 \. b; y8 D7 g$ G5 A: l0 Y  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)* F) f5 `, C8 e9 s( v; j
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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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  She (He) was cool in the past.
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4 c# v) w8 d8 P  @. B  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫); Y" c, ~8 H; V9 N* h- s
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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' Z, w+ _0 |& M1 F5 H: N3 ~: h  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:
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1 u' x+ X: l4 k4 a! Y  U: P  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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  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」)( ~" v/ p" s/ \- u

) C* r- D. Z) A8 A0 x% }8 u  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:' G9 T* G9 u6 I2 A+ s; a
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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  She (he) is trippin'.
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  Mr. A must be trippin'.7 i. V7 r: `! ~/ t/ d2 O" `6 z/ }# _1 ]

& S8 b0 |" l! a% g: p4 l  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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% A* _" h6 S$ L5 d; u  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:. f: z" s. v" b- d: u
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  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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; B8 @3 |7 f  r9 A5 F' M  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.3 ~4 l" W, K# r, x/ E- j

# ?/ o: L+ D8 _! E7 p; L  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:( Y2 ]$ D; f4 Z( k
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  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
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  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:; m8 t. W, `7 H. d

. \9 `/ G1 o6 M0 ]1 Y; x. g. H! i  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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. k1 Y( A, T4 l  也可以用复数:
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! D+ X2 l4 L% M& N# p, G4 E  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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6 I  r: j- k+ Z* k' y8 t: Z  A3 S  (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 baby0 W; ~. o  u2 Q$ ]2 O$ B
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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:
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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,有什么心事吗?! f" w6 Q0 [  f# y3 _* R- b
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  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:+ F+ y: k' Q! _/ G2 |' L

6 P, k0 `8 I0 z  T; V3 V  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
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! N5 E& d3 c7 {0 _3 {  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?); E, O' Z- q7 t+ r
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  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)5 a/ b2 B- G0 U  ~# K
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  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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2 q' c# t  S- G: g* _  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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