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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: . c$ y6 {: Y1 w4 Q) Z4 v2 q
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. 3 j$ p8 D# t$ G9 P7 D9 B
Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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) ]2 i3 c5 n+ J8 S7 ~% g0 M' J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:
& B9 [- J7 ?2 z- R, z6 ~ She (He) was cool in the past. 1 @3 }& k6 E3 w3 _: w6 T
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
4 g' o. q* e. v" U1 T: W( A He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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( R# p [3 t% O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: 4 i# g% a) p# s! w- a' `9 z
She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not # R$ H, H: d7 r
emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
; S0 ^- I% ~$ o% ?0 I (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) 3 T; z, x& p* ^; e ?- o. z
% I0 s5 b" M- e/ Z, b2. Are you trippin'?" v' I* K* ?$ k1 F4 I% c: ]
6 _1 h7 ]5 r( Y" \! e0 Btrippin' 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:
5 o6 a: ~0 D' Q, U. e They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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Mr. A must be trippin'. 6 M( {4 P4 I0 t9 t4 L
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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' k3 M5 |" V U, A [3. He is a nerd
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1 F9 r( R2 E3 y1 inerd 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 h1 V" W/ v- ]( K4. 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 ; { _- }( ?: R- |+ A' j
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:
% X% ^2 Q& A5 Y' o1 m! t8 P. K( t# C, e 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?
& ?/ A5 T( a: y3 e7 }1 N6 I“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:* s0 G/ q( D, P. B' ~9 R9 A
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
7 f, e) h# b4 O5 T& j" S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:
) F7 g# J/ w; K$ h 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 J& u5 i/ X% _. n6 {" T
" e9 h T+ u! z* \! s5. She is a ho
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' D1 ]! D1 q3 L, ~& Y$ `5 j7 dho 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: 4 |9 [ o& G* c7 ?. ~ q
They are (were) hos. N5 X! s& N5 u
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.)
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' o8 r% m- i/ U- N0 d5 p8 T9 k6. Catch you later!! f. I3 c* m0 m: j4 E! u$ c
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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)
; L, S8 F3 a9 ?4 q: o! V2 m0 X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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