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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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% V) B% |8 v* {3 s7 k" q- x  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 v- k5 @/ Y1 P$ h
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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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:0 e6 m1 _$ g2 z' o
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  She (He) was cool in the past.
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)! j7 W0 Q6 |' }. G
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)6 d, t; E; [  \2 b

2 h* u9 g$ F2 P' X8 s  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:
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' k2 l. L# E, E; R0 q$ T8 Q  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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; _# p  l; u# ~/ i. x, _) {  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)4 V+ S* w* a% y8 q( d
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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:
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, Z* n* Q- I" S+ Z, {  p  They are trippin'. (= tripping)6 M" ~" x  q5 ?. @& X3 E

& \. q: I: k( x  She (he) is trippin'.
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2 b& T7 }; b+ a: M3 `- v# Z0 {; N9 ?3 O  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。( E) H8 ]& K+ [; c( N3 E( P
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  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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# x! r" K% d1 R6 O) }) }* K  P# n  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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( I5 O. j' s3 N, Y  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.! w0 a) u& m+ d) S. l7 Z

# g: C% ^) b5 r! @* T  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:
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' U1 b" d1 c4 p5 l  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
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5 F3 ?6 k- p+ H# @' V5 F4 M  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:9 \% R. `7 y0 D4 ?' K) d: [7 l1 I5 o

6 y# j; A+ X% j+ d  I don't like him because he is a jerk.- b% b, _5 t# P# t7 X3 a+ S; z
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  也可以用复数:
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2 n! Q6 K7 Y- w3 U  Many jerks are working in our company.6 R" B2 d6 X2 t. L0 m7 J- e6 e

- ]1 \! v4 ^+ Y0 @( b  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:
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1 i4 O' B$ }8 e' Z2 v  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.+ W$ m+ C& ?" ?: J% ~4 W
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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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7 Z  p! |; U0 m: u# }! _: m8 W  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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, ?, {- Z# e" }2 q  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:9 Q" m% r* y9 l" P7 p

& \0 E4 @4 _4 J/ q7 H$ A9 t  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?, v# V( V4 V# {# o8 p5 |

  g$ b" x0 B, C) ~/ v  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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9 ]+ r3 n$ R* Q  E& P9 c* m  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.( |4 L3 K* z8 \1 X7 k* ]8 w  v

: a, o. F& `* N. H- E' E  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:
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9 ?. D+ G8 J3 ^" Q7 p+ ], T) I  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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7 x  U" E/ b: y. W8 I7 H  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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  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.& a( U+ f3 t4 f2 O( @: g7 ^, f
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  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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