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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)
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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.
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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:4 B5 |  Z8 Z, X9 P0 Y

( y; x( C( \) Q  p  She (He) was cool in the past.. [" L" j4 M; D  T
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)0 M/ e  W- e2 F4 H* o
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人). ?1 j' ]( X5 O
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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:3 R- {# `2 N, M* A" k! W6 J

8 u3 s/ X/ k  {2 `5 G  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not% N$ @6 r8 D0 K$ t
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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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7 ~% d, q0 C$ I! |* Z/ z  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)$ d+ U$ c6 S* b) T
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  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:  O8 p/ _3 ?$ O% Y
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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) V, M6 @1 e3 r  She (he) is trippin'.
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$ h7 a% A0 m. b9 \9 \7 X  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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* C* z; s9 A6 t; h$ _( t; F  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。8 D. d" g# P' C

7 X1 m% x) N3 m7 a! V  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:
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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)0 f2 F4 R  t2 R
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  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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0 e+ s0 }" g7 O' }6 j  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)
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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:/ _; V1 N  U3 @" G
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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  也可以用复数:: A" ?9 a2 Q; M' U, Z

: @* d' s3 x) t6 V4 \2 N' z  Many jerks are working in our company.
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9 Y! n( T# \+ c/ b* ]% Z$ a  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:. n, n! Y8 V1 ^1 w; O. T: @6 e

! k3 @  u6 |1 C0 n# I4 r  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.! t$ K  K3 E4 s$ r) D7 w' Q
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  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)
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  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
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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:2 V$ C% N2 @1 \3 F5 V8 W, G

7 k1 j. g$ B) |" Y, D) e7 f  Yo baby, are you trippin'? 意思是:漂亮的姑娘,你的样子有点怪里怪气,有什么心事吗?5 b* M2 U$ E% G/ Z( K( g, j
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  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:, y+ G+ d5 y! J6 e" B
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  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.8 c! Q5 z3 B& [
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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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: F, `- g7 }$ c3 {- B5 Q: I  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?); K7 J- l: i$ r5 B* _. T
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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)& K7 `) e, s+ l$ ^; r6 q+ O

( l# I+ Q* z! _" _  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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  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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