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年轻人常用口头禅

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1. It's cool.
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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: 4 p, ]. U: W+ o" ^
    That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
4 b6 [$ Z2 }1 P    Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)) }9 m& p; P1 X" B1 {
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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: - @. {) B: d* \; |0 U! ?
    She (He) was cool in the past.
: {: _' N) I& k5 g: C# @- T4 g* c    That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) 6 Y; @8 ]* B* y6 A3 x4 Q- v
    He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人) % Z* ^1 o8 Q$ U% m
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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:
  D0 R/ I9 ~9 f    She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
; R! ^% H1 C' U, @4 \8 @    emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
8 _, _9 |: e7 F4 _    (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) + @& u# |' W2 `  ^$ |) ]
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2. Are you trippin'?! H+ v: N* J2 v( Y) P/ ^+ _- A* U
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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:
* v" |: `+ d, V6 J$ C0 r    They are trippin'. (= tripping) 4 s2 x/ }* Q; Z1 D) q+ U' x
    She (he) is trippin'. % U2 Q) D6 O- {- B
Mr. A must be trippin'. - G! m) l+ S5 a
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。2 m4 v' b& C( ~2 x* {

4 }5 s% g( [! `- g3. He is a nerd0 W( D, T, D6 S1 R
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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: % D7 v1 I. L' Y! C
    He used to be a nerd in high school
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4. Yo baby
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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
* l' X: ~/ w3 i2 ]* w+ b- }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:
  H$ D+ M. }6 v. F" O/ G9 Y, J    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/ k- F4 }2 I4 o' Z1 z5 y“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:9 ]( [. ~; R6 h# l+ ~
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
  F. H/ {# J; w8 n' L' n8 _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: 6 e8 K9 u8 ^# a0 f; R
    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?) . u1 ~2 }. K9 @0 E4 R  u" m" }: \

) N) t! I2 S5 }2 j' V4 g: S' b5. She is a ho! B3 k( J: K# U8 |) o" o+ y) g8 _
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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:
. W, M' L8 V+ T0 L8 o! ~; Y5 {0 d2 v    They are (were) hos. , K$ z1 j8 N- e, y
    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.) ( E1 R+ ?+ J- H# r' c
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6. 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)
* x. I$ S: G* D5 O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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