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年轻人常用口头禅

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1. It's cool.
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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:
+ X! K, O: C% s' P    That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. ( I) n$ `7 A! O3 t1 x
    Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)$ R; k' k+ U9 J. ~& x& q& M0 p+ z
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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:
( D! J: r7 f6 ^" d- l2 p    She (He) was cool in the past. ! d% N9 ?* v9 w' b* ]
    That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
8 |1 y/ D( F( f6 j: C5 j3 F    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: 5 ~- {9 n5 N8 h, n0 Y, T
    She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not   H0 J- g0 b; j6 M- A# q
    emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
5 [) T- m$ {" j, s2 `    (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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2. Are you trippin'?
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8 \7 K% O2 j* ]* Etrippin' 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:
- a$ x" T6 _) ?! b" b  X' N7 B    They are trippin'. (= tripping)
5 V! P- Z2 R$ c. g5 R1 ^    She (he) is trippin'.
# [- d' S* H7 M& ^$ O. V6 OMr. A must be trippin'. % y9 k; D, B4 ?7 x% y8 m( Y
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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1 D: m! H0 }& o5 L% i# U- ~; U3. He is a nerd
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  d" B1 v! s5 {9 O/ Z$ i) Mnerd 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:
' N" c6 U8 i3 c1 I    He used to be a nerd in high school ! h1 @: [: a& Y- @7 z
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4. Yo baby
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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   ]! S- v4 V" C2 @
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: % t, E* C) v3 I7 u5 {
    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?
& y0 Z# k: Q  A6 |" G" d/ C  x( ~“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:5 }) o( {7 H! Z; `
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before. 7 G3 f0 S6 u5 j/ P. |7 j
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:
: K" F- n6 W9 T; m; @    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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- a3 n+ K* G& ^5. She is a ho' n' |* A  B0 H, \& N1 Q2 \
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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: " \+ {2 S( K5 i# \8 a2 x
    They are (were) hos.
6 b! y$ |  P  M  x: d# X1 U    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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7 v6 m+ R) O2 o  Q: q/ ^6. Catch you later!
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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)
2 G- q3 r5 z$ x- A' K7 c1 L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 q8 B  b5 h$ l3 Y  N- \( y" t) D1 U(我要走了,再谈吧!)
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