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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)$ d$ k/ E. F- s) s6 F9 w! Q0 y

1 R' S# ?; R5 [  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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3 \7 c  h# ~$ h- f. ?  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.8 U  g9 j6 B& F9 s& Z
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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:
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& P, x' C) L( X! ~  }  She (He) was cool in the past.
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)7 r: Y  ?, G2 ]/ |
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)7 ~( b0 a6 k7 ~2 G6 r" n( z

! G9 e# G& s) K  {$ h  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:! x. }2 @8 q  w) U( c$ B
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  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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6 z* }3 k7 P9 n1 r% z1 ]' O  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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0 Y  F: k% O; U, U  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)0 C6 C0 j3 h0 C, b9 H# n

: |8 E( v8 B3 X* D( L0 D  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:( [# P" C" V% s$ C5 H
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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; y5 _/ K: ?$ ^$ t, c  She (he) is trippin'." B7 w3 G, Q. V
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  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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8 s6 S( W7 U! N9 \* u  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。! f" |' W( \- S' W7 k# ]$ S

: J5 x4 u5 r0 Y3 J0 F" J  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:# o  c! Z! M  W; V

! k* S8 O6 C# ~  He used to be a nerd in high school. (过去他在高中时是位书呆子)! ?( K1 S1 W$ `1 @1 O

% j6 G1 y" ]3 S7 L9 i& N! Z% Y  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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  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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  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)" q$ H/ N0 E' X/ w* D
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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:* g# I" v5 G; |2 D* F) ?" a; m

) |8 B# Z$ n" `/ I  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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  也可以用复数:
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  Many jerks are working in our company.2 B( t( x' k+ W* H8 ?
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  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:9 c. y; {4 }8 X, Z0 k. I/ l# g
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.5 S3 d! ^' ?, E

% m! _8 @# \$ \8 Z6 {* k! R" c  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)' R. M" ^3 F0 M9 p3 S

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. N2 w9 ~6 y. q: m  V. h  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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! C/ d8 O. g7 U  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?1 C' }9 y# |( U+ [3 @, l2 k* g

* w$ M; h) a; a% F  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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9 i0 R+ v) l, B0 X& r' V! m6 a  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
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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:
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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?)/ L% }; Y, r' D5 ^: w7 _
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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)" ~: [" W2 G% w; N6 h

5 `( J% p5 N5 i# A  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.5 c. R) s- t: n$ ?) H
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  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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