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1. It's cool.
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% U" [1 ?) f, `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:
0 H/ y0 e$ ~/ ~ ]! n" ~, T9 E That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. 9 I! J8 U, }* |- ^* d& o
Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)0 z! Q( F# v, ~) `% ^ U2 A
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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: ' f+ M# L' U# o4 G9 R" Z1 B9 @
She (He) was cool in the past. % a3 f% A( E7 K8 m' I: X
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
/ k# h. M/ Z2 t5 h9 p He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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2 T, @+ X' y. `% j+ R5 t8 E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:
+ u. [8 S1 b1 O* g; b' Q* [, {& S, J She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
9 }. p6 [' x% Y( ?6 h7 T1 U& o emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
$ ]* [$ a- q9 W7 }5 f (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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2. Are you trippin'?3 b0 y. D! z" R! ?
% ~- i5 ?. t' B/ a1 qtrippin' 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:
# Y- O% g: |" h6 m They are trippin'. (= tripping) 6 k" a& T" u, [* M6 W" Q# ?
She (he) is trippin'.
Z) x) n" Z' H8 z- nMr. A must be trippin'. $ e+ Y# P6 C7 \9 s/ A
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。 W" Q2 _" F6 }+ M1 V& ?# v
0 m5 V8 A! z% k- c' N3. 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: " o: P5 c) y$ v( v$ K [6 T
He used to be a nerd in high school 1 a% h' h- i! T9 ?8 [; V- c& @
8 W) l: R7 b0 p% | @+ \4. Yo baby! i; ^) y+ p* B) j0 n2 {0 K, P
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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 # L0 M! y4 w8 ]0 p! H- \
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 ]: ~& O8 x' {/ q+ C
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?
4 c) D( E$ `2 o+ C4 @. n; I“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:8 g J9 J8 r0 E" a# s
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
0 ?) D0 ~+ ^& {9 N c. w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: / x$ U& I. v8 f3 i6 g3 x7 `/ T
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?) p0 D/ C3 q: |! Z7 {
- e) ]3 E0 `) }# F5. 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: 1 H5 g! s/ U9 O D, T3 H) M* L" _ s
They are (were) hos. 7 E1 W0 E3 p' b4 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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/ G0 m- L; K; y l- [: S6. Catch you later!, D3 m6 o/ ], o N, s
4 u6 ? [, `. d& H" }, }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) 0 b' ?; \8 ?8 c [" `
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. . S/ L6 E+ i3 U' I- b- P4 E
(我要走了,再谈吧!) |
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