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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)' H  \# I7 Y1 }  `7 T$ q& s

+ v) r' T3 i/ A2 G2 j* P  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:. s7 }" ]* {1 t7 d9 k
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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0 b1 `% ~1 K+ H" M, I  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:: E. ?  a! L  E9 c3 G' O

5 m7 t- g+ [  N/ H2 @! p2 v  She (He) was cool in the past.4 [& w# Q3 p7 J$ P

1 X' R) R/ S& P. V  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)% w' o0 |- p/ X# j4 l: `+ U

; l% \" y9 _! H5 h/ ]- W2 R; _% h  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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- `7 H9 T9 {; S  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not5 W. K0 C# j6 w0 j; R

3 X# P; k7 o) g  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。. s& s% ~, \0 f: |
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  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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' J+ F) L  L0 V: J: F  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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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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1 K9 R( p* b( L% L) I# L) h# R2 p" m  She (he) is trippin'.
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3 \  y  f3 r  I) ~" d  Mr. A must be trippin'.4 |% _- Y+ J* V3 ?7 U" k

  N8 N* ^! O5 ?4 v% |7 f  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。0 r# ?( z# d* d
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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:# n) Z; f' y1 L' a
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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)$ \9 y2 L; W) ^5 v! X, j2 R$ @

5 b) s) ]- X0 ^& d  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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( ]. t7 p* D/ O2 J. z. R  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:4 r$ }' ~, [; |

1 Q: }& z1 A5 M& Q$ x- M0 n$ m# F  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
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/ G. e+ Q- G$ V2 F+ Q1 |  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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/ P$ A7 P$ i6 I+ c. R7 Y1 C  I don't like him because he is a jerk.  E9 `) Q- E6 i0 e) R1 }3 {. D* M
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  也可以用复数:1 n- C3 D- x: I# z6 k
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  Many jerks are working in our company.2 X3 @. l# I$ e

: }8 U  ^! G9 b! u  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:
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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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% G/ a6 C/ m0 c, h8 a8 z0 [  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行): V- D; y) W! H

' Y1 C0 @, ^6 A% S/ f# n9 S' i  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# Q/ o9 G$ d9 x7 g' L

2 l7 n( f$ d% w  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?' f. W# q$ c) m# a8 W& s

% _& D5 |' x) v  w: H  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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  P% a" _- i% ]& s' j  b. ?  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.5 v& E' B3 W9 z8 J2 H6 K, _

9 T4 {4 h" Y0 G4 i  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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: l" l% @+ c) i, g! x  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?)9 M# `! p2 n8 g( }& I+ f
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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.
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2 k$ ]- i  `4 Y* i( y" d, o  f  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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