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年轻人常用口头禅

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1. It's cool.
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- ]0 `' Q# q# H. M* Dcool 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:
/ `: V  M! p2 U2 w    That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. : p9 S6 W0 L0 ~' |- h+ U
    Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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' c( Z8 p( p9 ]9 o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: / o5 d/ |' Q; |' x0 E
    She (He) was cool in the past. + a: k8 G$ C. j, S- Y$ P6 s) a+ j
    That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
7 f: \5 A0 O2 c2 J/ U0 t    He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人) 8 x6 c8 n3 ^& m( F  i

* E! |4 d) I; t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. [  Y1 F( w" {
    She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not , H$ V, M& J- d; i( W
    emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
) K; q  q& u/ W# R5 n    (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) % t% T. r5 U3 j: f9 r

( z! r$ T4 A0 z+ h3 Y) f( b2. Are you trippin'?7 [* {# b6 O2 N: F) y) e3 k
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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: : g6 f' r3 g5 h* M4 r+ m* d
    They are trippin'. (= tripping)
2 ^2 O4 y, d/ z4 t    She (he) is trippin'. / I( z3 L9 d$ W' f, @
Mr. A must be trippin'.
) L6 [( K, h8 b  G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
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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: & v+ L: n' f& A
    He used to be a nerd in high school $ P  o3 G4 u5 ?! {# n

+ s  z* V& v6 K% C8 O) ]4. Yo baby
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7 \/ ?$ r+ s% o; C2 G$ E6 h4 y' oYo 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
7 B" S# \) z! [+ N2 B* d  C4 _, i* i, gyo”,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: $ m# X0 v) Y& `7 _4 x
    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 s+ |# z) w( n- }* D2 i, N* t
“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:5 y9 F9 E1 K4 O7 L3 |3 l
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
6 n& M7 w, u, U  U+ U% k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: : B" s' Z: ~+ e- |1 B
    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?) ! w5 S/ q$ ~' s# i! X. L6 e

, E. v7 ^' ~+ P% e5. She is a ho
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7 E0 e- c  \, {, ^% _# E1 \3 Who 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:
3 ~0 B8 x' w% y, O2 P9 Q    They are (were) hos. 0 P# L7 C8 r$ P. A* X- Q& }
    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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0 [/ O! |: H" b# J  f6 A, l6. Catch you later!
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7 m, A5 o# E' B: B8 p9 g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) " v# Z, [, H9 `* |$ _1 D3 Y! c6 |3 R
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. 7 x3 `5 \3 ?0 ?. b% f
(我要走了,再谈吧!)
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