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1. It's cool.: }5 J/ E+ s- W" O5 s
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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:
- |8 w% k8 ?) @  ]7 n' c/ R5 e    That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. + L, e) J  c& [8 x- y2 b
    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:
; y% @: C/ C. T$ i; n" [# J9 P% B2 w    She (He) was cool in the past. : T& k9 B" z. m6 u; |
    That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
6 W$ p9 S6 E7 \1 G! v    He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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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:
. f  f- ~/ u7 n: z& G    She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not 4 _! X/ r# K0 s
    emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。   ]' J% M+ W2 R) Y' E1 d1 w
    (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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2. Are you trippin'?3 T5 C. ~$ _9 L8 j1 D. g2 t( u- X& G

' @0 t4 R- f* h8 l' Ltrippin' 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:
, r3 G" }2 p. v# h( i  K; K+ y    They are trippin'. (= tripping)
  B  c1 _( a; W' z* T    She (he) is trippin'. # O0 k0 d6 f- c% x, [6 V& k
Mr. A must be trippin'. - ^/ |# S2 B9 e+ d: Y
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。$ I% K( v5 j: t; ^7 \

/ U4 T$ F9 b* @# P9 e/ l2 {3. He is a nerd  M8 r* S4 J( c1 F: \8 X6 U

1 k% O$ L6 u8 r7 H5 n" Y% Enerd 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: 7 ?* D( \- k9 r& Q5 x% S! H2 p% l
    He used to be a nerd in high school
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8 s8 e# U; _# X; P7 U9 B) r4. Yo baby+ u. K- ?* k9 j! S% h# @; d
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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 , s3 L0 e1 r0 ^7 ^
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:
+ @/ u# X( o. e  ~" i; f    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? 9 R7 }7 f1 ]% |) e7 {. b
“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:# _. ?- F* Q  E) M) p
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
0 ~2 X2 f" I& B0 s4 S& 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: * S8 U0 T9 N4 [  W5 }/ E
    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?) % K9 _$ E9 i& O6 q
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5. She is a ho# ]" @& \* \- p( c
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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: , x: C3 N  a9 D8 N" S
    They are (were) hos.
3 ^' p9 a/ v, y% P    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.) 3 u* k( j# z0 K( r6 I# f, Y

% Q8 j, w4 R7 b) C6 a6. Catch you later!
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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)
& w5 W% z! l5 S" z$ ^! D9 a  D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.
6 g/ `9 j$ u, W4 V(我要走了,再谈吧!)
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