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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:; w5 g) `( ?( B1 m1 I% P" P
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.; x) P9 @3 d( _& A& z* L

# G4 G7 W+ `6 u  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)& `* X% @( v" j1 e7 _

5 e/ y/ ~! l8 c8 \  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.5 Z' W: o5 O9 I: M4 f0 e" _& x4 B& ~

2 ], z6 b9 O8 P/ t: e; \  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)) \; s3 y3 }( t% f. m
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)0 Z  x1 s! e1 U* s

" G( V* ]# o% i& L  y  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:8 A+ q8 d5 H# @( W  f
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  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not  [9 X1 L) ?# `! ~8 h+ F+ X) L

2 |# Y: [( v2 D1 L4 o* N  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。; D: X1 q+ f8 r4 _

( ^2 C" j2 J$ h) o  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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7 }/ g; ]$ K; }2 _  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:% r" U% i  O! C* e
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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  She (he) is trippin'.
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) Q- R/ a5 }9 {) l% U: R  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。
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$ q  E' p) {7 l! h& }  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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; ]4 i5 r( N* K/ X5 P$ [; }  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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' a7 _3 u9 K6 V8 j  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:0 u) v, K; _1 r, m7 W* `
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  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)# w0 a& h2 R% d% O' g

: q9 u) I1 n4 w- G  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:& _$ Y0 M; g; j* j4 o  o

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  也可以用复数:# F$ y5 f: P) o; _* u
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  Many jerks are working in our company.* S6 a, j* ~% V  P8 A# s) G, Y

  R' n3 D, L" |$ e: ~' k  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:: _2 ]+ |2 {. }

3 g1 X9 m7 [/ l' W7 U  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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; X9 K& N) L0 O2 m9 E  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)1 L8 b6 r, h, D8 _1 p( a
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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! |' P8 `) L" F3 ?" h$ U, o

" Q' `/ O/ x' S# _" \  i  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:2 Z% ~( b% w$ |( q1 Z* ?: {9 ^

% ^  M2 @1 L6 z1 s4 f8 c! _  u  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?0 N& O* m2 b/ h( p8 |0 m4 |; Q2 i& c
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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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4 u  v% z/ m% W0 {& O6 R1 t  s  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.% U' P8 z& A- ~& l

  U0 e( z4 [0 I: T  v' b  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:/ b% B; l( R7 g2 a( k0 S  C

" w9 R+ d9 a" v8 u" 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?)3 [) t2 b, n3 B* B& F

7 j1 A, h) I+ n5 ^& w1 r; W+ W  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)" ~; v6 B4 V  H# P' P2 \9 u0 b

; A( u8 x# {) I$ m" e  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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  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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