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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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  k$ {+ H+ S0 Y: @8 Z  q  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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7 o; c) h" y' G; @6 ~# B  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.1 h  R: @+ H) A8 r

+ z2 _% U: u) Q* n1 B& Z+ D  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)* l) M9 G4 Y8 |5 ]2 |
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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:; T# t5 q# h; v1 D# p# C

3 a  c, o+ m" F9 _: ]6 L  She (He) was cool in the past.7 i0 P  A- E0 z6 e

. c) s* o4 Y- o6 h: F  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)& c- j3 Q. X% c1 r7 A* I+ Z

- I. f/ p3 w8 ^' S  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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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:  x9 y6 j% N3 X

, r$ c7 @" ]+ Y6 z. \  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not& D5 u+ q! F: m4 G6 u9 ~
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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。- k3 v& Y! X0 k- i8 _% c% T

1 y. N9 [* c6 `/ i  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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' f9 D0 V% z; D0 A6 X  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:& i% d) V7 S/ ]$ t

8 y" p6 h- X1 h0 r; w' B9 H+ X/ z5 K' R* a  They are trippin'. (= tripping)) c1 m) D* K& J8 G

# r$ t$ l' ?; E; ~' P- h+ s, ?  She (he) is trippin'.
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  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。$ d. j5 d. e4 H7 R
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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:
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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)
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  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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/ D6 v+ D& `$ u! \- u  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:2 Y; c3 L8 O0 x& r) n: w' Y
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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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/ b  t  |( Z' p  z. e1 g7 [# R  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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; z  s. N$ ?& D  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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: a. n3 @$ e+ a# ]2 z  K0 f' Q  也可以用复数:  Q' R- c8 A& O" k' v- P4 D
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  Many jerks are working in our company.
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" N: Q9 n3 j) e; u7 w1 ?  t  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:
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* c2 d3 `; B8 G* i* A  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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7 E: g' W- u: w1 b' n- b) @$ ~8 Y  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行); R% I1 E) `  I6 y/ Q

) M7 |1 R" y$ H) |  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:
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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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' [+ e6 F' Z; }8 i/ u- K  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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/ p" `" \! S4 C3 o  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
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" {% q2 H8 r. ?* m  c  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:& U8 s9 H+ l+ Y6 n$ X8 M
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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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  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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  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.: B7 C: v. i! p6 D6 Z0 E

5 y& i1 c  }( {$ M  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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