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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)) O! q) E$ ~( q
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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$ D1 ?4 K3 C  v! K  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.% q: S! M- C$ o: }6 `; R1 L7 v, W

& x7 h9 r0 \* b1 N5 {! a  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错). I/ ^7 M9 E0 g& K9 N* Q

; k1 t7 Z' H* i# [; n3 |& C  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:. \( ?8 g7 M2 g9 X$ z3 `4 ?

. l- a6 R( S, P, b+ T% i  g2 B  She (He) was cool in the past./ p; v) t3 S& E4 L* `  W2 c
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)0 u' E) Z+ H8 z2 ~: f2 q- [) r
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  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:  k* ^6 l% u$ {  [7 I; x% V

- S! y. i. A2 l2 |! u8 w! c  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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' Z6 T# V. e. J1 ~: C+ x  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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  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:
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: X  a, f6 E5 B  F. l' `, R  They are trippin'. (= tripping)( u$ X9 u- J. r) L6 Y" n

% u: }% Y5 G- v- ^6 y* N$ |  She (he) is trippin'./ R' S6 r8 }7 t+ w. X

" l* j9 M; U' }5 c/ Y1 O* f  Mr. A must be trippin'.* {7 h' o1 |1 [% A8 n
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  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。& z- c, m! C* ^  n4 B
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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)% y7 q( x! J! k

" Y0 {) d# J* Y) \' g1 P  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.. ?( A4 T) Y  R/ ]1 y7 i4 D
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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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  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
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: m! t+ A+ n' ^( C0 ]. _1 f  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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5 u  @, p, I8 K  I don't like him because he is a jerk.0 A% o+ h4 y2 x6 [9 @

* h( g% X- o* r# L  也可以用复数:
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7 h% Y2 V8 `, O5 o) k' y9 s/ `' ~  Many jerks are working in our company.( x9 ]( ]1 H8 Z$ }% ]3 h
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  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:. G! W) C, a. D: E- A
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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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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' E9 \* x2 z! k/ J) n  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?8 V$ n* K9 p0 L4 t/ o# i) q

1 ~2 o' U. `/ N  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:0 b5 D/ m% o; Q# M
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  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.# K2 E5 f! x, M
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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:
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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?)$ \# G9 V+ P/ k, y9 `; t
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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)" {2 ~3 Z0 f4 X/ S; `
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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.
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/ g& D7 Q% H2 ~  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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