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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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0 M/ [; n9 [5 m1 I  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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$ l9 {5 V6 T1 x8 R: S# u; y  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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' a9 l" n2 Y  g  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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- e, f" o, Z( D% w% }  She (He) was cool in the past.6 D0 D" O  H. Y: y+ l

' t2 T" Y8 x* N/ s+ A6 n  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
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- G% v% U4 L9 z' F& ]4 h( @  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人): Q' _/ q# U6 D+ h

3 X5 U" y, n* j  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:
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  \# N9 J9 P8 C" [# r4 Z  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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1 |. i7 t* P  |, Q; }& |# @6 S  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。( V7 z9 \8 i& D9 ~& ^$ f8 P
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  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)5 `+ w3 _/ F3 ?# X9 E0 f/ f

/ Q4 _6 A6 ~* j2 n  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:' Y7 i! m/ T9 p9 E: [* i. U
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)  a  b$ F1 M; K" J* I* a( F, A
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  She (he) is trippin'.; w: B0 o6 |& W+ d) `$ i

8 I. u+ i* y3 v5 Y7 L0 A  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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+ E. r$ ~) h) [3 p  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:) b: y; |% n& l  c& ?
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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)+ s: k' q2 m4 q3 {7 i
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  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds., M$ C0 t' s0 w  M, ], H. M5 e' H8 n
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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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" q1 X' [5 s) d" T" r8 ?  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:
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& O  d+ {/ {& f6 W: ]! H% S  I don't like him because he is a jerk.) }$ W, b* N3 C( ]2 O' w
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  也可以用复数:
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  Many jerks are working in our company.; L3 p5 M2 }" e& H  s

5 _' d% ]5 A% k: J! F  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:0 `. ]( m' Y% R( s

8 s1 t, q0 D& R6 J  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years." Y' O( {' d/ `! ?
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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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  e! o' L' R4 w" B  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:( l# U/ T! J5 N, j8 Q  H3 [% P
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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?
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* P; z4 B7 a# }9 c5 n  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:$ U/ B7 Y9 S# ~
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  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before., I1 n' n( w9 W' Z2 }5 E, u
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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:2 w/ }0 v. L& I; Q- Y& q
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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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7 {8 g. i, @/ {  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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$ `' G1 U2 r8 C9 d! t0 o  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.9 |8 ?" Y5 s% ?, D

0 R4 g9 B1 P- z2 u) P  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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