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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: 6 j7 \* k6 Z! V' O8 c+ E
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. 7 L2 D. B# _( K0 @' @
Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错); r- J% j1 g. Z3 T
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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: " F, N7 H6 T; X* P
She (He) was cool in the past. . A4 i9 `' M3 Q4 K2 l. f, y {
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) 8 W" h; b& ?) ~
He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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7 C' b) w# S. n2 R$ j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: - t# P3 ?6 D' `3 O8 b* K$ A
She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not 5 x& i- |+ P! x5 k. u, j K+ [
emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
5 y* X. h: ]& F! g( Y (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) 5 s9 `; A5 o# `) |! M+ _
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2. Are you trippin'?: I; X5 U. a/ u$ q" E& {
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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:
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She (he) is trippin'. & F4 M; b( {; J9 k2 Q( _, ~# x1 B% t
Mr. A must be trippin'. 5 P! ^# s7 Y" I4 C- g8 g5 u7 D
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。& z! Q& \8 x& j# ^ R
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3. He is a nerd
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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: $ C+ l, H. C: J) o( Y' [) _+ C- `4 A
He used to be a nerd in high school
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G& g, b# e6 h2 z& U# f& |3 W4. Yo baby
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: O6 C( s8 V- z: F! HYo 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 ' T( N, B3 m7 a
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:
6 f1 z3 ~+ j7 h% l, 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? * [/ ^: c. Y9 `# S. j' {
“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:, S9 F0 O" Q& }* l3 V. Q- o
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
9 _: y( Y9 v2 m- w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:
: }4 v! F% S+ D& Y 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?) 2 Q3 T- l7 G1 T" U2 |" p9 x. C& I
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5. She is a ho
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p( Y# H. N- I/ F2 \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: + c( F5 I' n7 o
They are (were) hos. 4 f& @( X% g$ W* f' O1 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.) % Z# U" ?/ ]4 G1 m; W) p
" R z( q9 H; Y3 Q6. Catch you later!; t6 Z3 U* Y" |: ?) {8 K( @1 l6 Q
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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)
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(我要走了,再谈吧!) |
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