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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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& \; Q5 W3 N. K7 e2 K  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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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool., a! r, {3 t- c( D) q( K

0 {' S# a0 X6 \3 A5 X, w3 a  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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4 Z. K2 N) C% Q% p  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:
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  She (He) was cool in the past.
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫): J  h$ M  ?  I$ C
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人). |! t+ D* v( q5 F: W. g7 Q
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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:; \# g+ K4 }  `, P8 Q

, R/ m! z! a. ?; x! U8 _8 t+ |  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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2 y5 ~! m: l2 Q( Y  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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  A+ ?  f# b5 e; w& p  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)- d/ y- P6 S3 `5 n
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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:8 U2 q7 ]# E0 y/ Q
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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  She (he) is trippin'.- ~( G8 l  L) t6 R* K* n/ z
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  Mr. A must be trippin'./ s  U. o) B6 L, h( l/ T" ^0 E

0 I; A" J; ^6 H% k  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。- [3 J& g. I. r+ s( y- z

: K: Z: c  _3 B2 f  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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0 M) B" W# z$ ?$ w4 Z  u. r  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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: A4 N) h. ]" _  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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; w3 z; d! X7 |. b' W2 q  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)) D! V: n0 n6 S. `) y
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  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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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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  也可以用复数:& t1 L% T! i! _4 c- n

: e4 K2 r( H; L4 Y3 F  Many jerks are working in our company.
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0 w. A" B$ F% C# r) F, N% D% `$ d  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:9 ^0 A7 E  `2 _2 y
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.* ~  u5 I( u6 b, Z% ]" g5 O8 O

- D: j8 J4 E" @' O( M- M  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行), y) `! w% C2 g; T7 Q! H5 w
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  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$ s4 ~1 _' {" f( L( L  g

8 m8 T; e+ E. }7 V  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:' o: Y2 a4 g( \2 \

- k) P' }) l/ U  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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  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:; o/ r6 g# `. l% y6 ]
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  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.& a' D. N6 T' j/ z2 h5 H7 Q6 |
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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:, o4 I/ [0 o3 _( G6 j  ]

/ [4 p. R; K- c$ ~7 l  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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6 `) B% [9 A, Y- f0 h  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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3 F  }. e( G/ _: R, l) t6 ~7 r  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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