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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: % Y7 t4 p: X' f0 B
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
7 P* N: a/ p Z" X% ] Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错): g1 w) y0 x! S8 D p( Y+ T5 [; G
4 a1 e2 W$ Y5 }9 x6 Y. |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:
6 V4 ]" `6 V0 D( \5 E She (He) was cool in the past.
G1 G* j' _; }% [% w That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
4 L0 A0 _: b- ^8 y/ F He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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, v2 t* M' y( L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:
8 d& g; S0 g0 _ She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
- r- `) Q8 F7 j( R6 q, s- x emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。 6 J8 A$ H7 [# ^
(注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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$ L, K; K$ ~' z) q; G2. Are you trippin'?
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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: 6 S" L7 k6 R6 J( i
They are trippin'. (= tripping) ( R4 ^9 p# F g2 H- w) I
She (he) is trippin'. 9 T; C2 ]& I! `. t
Mr. A must be trippin'.
; p4 T! f& ]5 O通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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* j4 E9 E; D+ \* g6 Q+ w3. He is a nerd. K, A' s- P6 c% j3 D. K
( z5 B- r. {$ 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: * [, i- K4 t7 [+ l1 }# @
He used to be a nerd in high school 8 V( Q+ o3 t4 h( j$ [" L
, Z& j1 i, o: N7 {4. Yo baby7 b' i" M4 x: O" r) A ?( m
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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
3 g4 O; T% ^3 _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:
- _8 r& P0 ]' O" }% {, A/ `8 N 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? 0 ^/ D h- s9 I7 N+ Z1 M
“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
( ?! ?! o# v: m$ [' E7 PMay I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before. 2 j: J2 M7 E7 G; L/ f
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: , N' H6 N, `5 B1 z+ K9 n
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?) / h" D5 I! T6 M7 u. i; C
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5. She is a ho
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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: 2 O% j: E0 F. W2 W; x
They are (were) hos.
. _- t+ E+ B) ]8 \; L f 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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5 u$ F6 }4 T; M9 [2 Z" V6. Catch you later!; \9 X1 u0 [6 p; R! J# x
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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)
) r! W2 @ W- }7 S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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