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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)! V  Y8 B; z' d* I- d

: q) n8 A: R2 {/ I: ~8 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:
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.& B8 W  P. Q$ c1 ~. u
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  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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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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9 A0 j2 g) h2 t( e. J9 R  She (He) was cool in the past.' U) S$ Y8 z* f8 m) V  c% }

; o. J8 p  P. x0 E  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
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- \$ Z0 j" V8 M9 R- \  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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3 v' F- X2 k& 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:8 S. m2 P; 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
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! w; I% J! `  a& {. h2 {  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。7 u; P; G  Z  {. |# {( o) N1 ?

' {6 p$ i' M7 B0 Y% x3 t  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」), A; z' d9 a9 [0 }5 g5 c9 ?
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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:3 ?$ ^" j1 W1 L) v2 g1 ?8 }, g6 t
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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  She (he) is trippin'.
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1 \* Z, a* h" m* H/ h  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。& F3 f- O' }6 i1 f4 X- G

. N! j; r( U7 N4 a  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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  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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4 p2 W" A# I0 c0 h) [+ p8 I1 @  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:) R6 D9 E8 y6 p/ _

$ ^& |% t+ k$ I- }  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)/ V0 d6 D, e! Y' s9 v, L5 M( Z

; @+ |' f$ g" w0 S8 P1 Y: H  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:
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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) w4 A' F) {, F% C9 K5 t  也可以用复数:. V+ v( ]" D) V* p; p3 l8 H) \
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  Many jerks are working in our company.
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  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:8 A+ E7 l; a7 g

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  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)
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1 B( T* b/ V& J; k6 h# }  z  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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0 m7 k, ~5 E' K. }  D  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?; d. z9 d; J( T9 W3 Y

' W6 z7 V5 m% S" E8 B% Q  “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.5 A- ~" Q4 ~  Q4 z4 l$ j
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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 L* m6 {& ]3 W/ M7 u* s( c4 g
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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?)
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* I( W$ s' q  q  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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; V* E" S- V* B! p+ c+ m1 z# ]  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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$ h) e4 g2 ?/ v  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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