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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), L: a" R3 D1 U: u" c; R
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  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.6 Z& E) `$ o4 p5 q* v! ^  W

2 P( k* x: H, s9 w9 N* R0 h  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)' G; Z/ I  A. m5 M
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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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3 v0 y! e9 S' q3 B4 I  She (He) was cool in the past.4 y( Y' Y+ N7 h* v8 q9 J+ u% q

$ |8 g1 Z# [, b" j  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
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3 h; t3 d4 y5 x0 n* \+ Y( H$ [1 |- Z4 }  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)% q2 P: P3 s$ y, O. V/ a

/ P7 h/ M( t' A! }) ]# F  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:% W: o1 I2 i( e7 _( W
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  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not) o9 U$ t- z  A3 k& y: ?
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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。; }+ |! Q3 D2 z; p. E% r4 B4 [/ ?2 K

' o! q; n* [# u3 g. C' _# ^3 {+ m& \; \  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」); M- }! f$ F: }: C. \; G9 w

) G/ s1 R! y4 A6 T- P7 k  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:2 b( O- ^! g' @& H" T

; g" N0 w9 b9 a3 z) P  They are trippin'. (= tripping)+ L0 o4 X: p% ]

  r4 ^* j8 B7 x3 M  She (he) is trippin'.9 n$ ?! F. \/ D' ~$ Y9 I

1 O( r; \, X/ t, f6 s  Mr. A must be trippin'." \% A  f) `- R5 P) M! Z! \8 {1 n
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  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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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:" Z  I* I# G3 ^0 D1 S, ~
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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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" P# w2 Z8 o- q. s' M! c  G  V2 y  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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5 Z/ Z% N3 B0 `0 M! z, g7 @  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:# _8 Y- b( ~) p- D2 K6 A
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  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)* T+ S' n) x9 m& V$ m! A( p
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  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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3 S3 N! O4 k( n& s4 _  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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  也可以用复数:$ X, b  ~' k3 K1 G) p$ w

3 r. z" x& F1 I( h: _: Z  Many jerks are working in our company.8 O: _7 m! K! D* P" o3 C
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  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:! j5 a, b. y) A3 g
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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. n, v+ K. z* t; C6 }% X  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)
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+ k2 k/ \* B  \9 P; D$ \5 F  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# q+ h* o: y. O0 Y& V
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  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?6 r/ t5 `) \( g3 O  Q$ q0 z
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  “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.) f2 k$ J) ?3 {5 {
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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:/ M; M2 S3 m/ C. t4 ~# ]
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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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  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.( H! [% |$ ]6 F8 O+ z- |5 d

$ }5 I* \3 B& Q5 e% L0 f  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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