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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), |) Y$ n7 L$ o5 w4 Z# c' a

% e6 {" F* X$ U* Y  e/ \  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:8 H3 T* c5 I  x4 A. M' l- a
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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/ I1 @3 O) v) v; C  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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$ w- T$ y3 o+ U" G9 x5 E5 U* _3 {  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:, b2 I2 N  s0 \3 {

7 M) T* c9 y% j4 G9 s2 v' G  She (He) was cool in the past." E! b) L9 N7 T

( E  W$ J( H, q! U' h2 k  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)) R/ ?0 Q" W0 \' ?, m1 ^  V  {
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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:: r2 L. r: }5 S: R

+ I( L$ O! ]* a  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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; A  h- B8 K" a; a  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。2 F1 O2 O! x, b" k$ D" O
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  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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  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:- C- a; R5 K& E' O, B- e' {

; f2 b: P, z2 ?- `  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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; V- V: A2 I5 o) `  L  She (he) is trippin'.
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! I* }. l4 V! |4 T  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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: l' `" }" n5 p  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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% |% G' U6 O: M) }+ R  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:9 c) i( M5 U; K9 R

& _  `3 y+ P! A& t( q- g: S  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:% I1 Z5 m4 F( O6 n0 y% d
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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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2 k7 F5 `) X1 A  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:7 v8 ?5 m( z) m/ Z  b: M* k& d
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.+ [8 Q3 h6 B8 E( ?
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  也可以用复数:4 n7 d4 v% v3 }( c

; F- A6 l5 ^* `! z- R: X  Many jerks are working in our company.4 ?8 K1 [& x$ ^0 D, j% e) D3 k7 z

6 F  `+ I3 d* f  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:2 U. `7 k' ^8 d* @
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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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  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)% u# X+ d. R% K0 r7 D2 c
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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:
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: W7 y: T! a: K" r8 X  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?
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  “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.
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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,那么就用:“Hey, hey, hey" 後跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:8 M5 M* n, i- M! y2 a3 |

/ m6 M5 k( I3 @. K, ]  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?)) a# X4 A' V. @! I: h' k0 u

- D7 O/ w6 |# 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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+ V3 h6 l1 J$ C$ f* F5 J4 t  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.' b" k% L- O: R6 e: |

- A: h- s2 H  n6 n: m& a( I  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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