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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: ) Z( f8 ~8 s, Y$ A `% |2 l5 _
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
9 _4 R# Q" G% F" c! |0 t% J Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)6 z u) z0 T, a8 @
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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:
' V6 `: S$ Y; u1 H, |) h She (He) was cool in the past. 9 A4 w7 k) F5 C: ~" P
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
! ? _0 r* c& z; a He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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* p2 [3 T2 M; i2 c9 B# T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: 3 i; {7 s! r7 S/ O. i& s
She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not * k3 f" Q/ H3 T4 |
emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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( t7 M" Y% q, h- I2. 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: # ^' S4 }' j3 T
They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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* @% k5 k8 Z1 J1 jMr. A must be trippin'.
}0 N5 K- r [# [3 ^) 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 nerd( F, m/ o+ p3 [+ V* q( ^
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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: $ h( q; e$ _0 B/ R* J |1 W
He used to be a nerd in high school ; v4 I, U# E4 A, a- s7 B0 K
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4. Yo baby; a3 T& w) u. z/ ~+ u: O0 w# m( y
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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 / h$ E3 l5 ?" W
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: , E% C' ^% U' _2 Q) Y
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?
: I! C4 w: H. v% Z, ~“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:* ]3 g! t1 ]! L+ E6 t
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
. ]0 e% M5 E8 N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:
1 f/ y, E8 c2 U5 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?) ) u" ?2 f/ M' c- Q" k# @6 Z, G+ u
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5. She is a ho
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- _( | t1 x1 ]/ _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: 2 h$ H5 C& v2 h, V# r: m: N
They are (were) hos.
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6. Catch you later!- D( S- ]% T7 |, l
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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) ! @, s& D6 k# ~. l; M; b* F. ?7 A$ {
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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