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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): o9 U- o8 g4 l& o- D
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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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7 _  U; M  E0 t- s4 F6 Y  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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1 u) e: O$ h( L- e5 a  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:/ U# Q8 F: `6 d6 i, Q5 u* Z

' u8 F4 y0 `; G; J$ a9 Z, |  She (He) was cool in the past.% `1 R, r" o& f8 M/ }
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  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)
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" a  v1 O* I" U. ?( O# L# V  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:& b/ E$ `$ C  m
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  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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' s* Z# }/ g! A' m  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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; C/ w1 [; A& r7 z  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)" f8 Q4 E3 G. j2 w: x" k

6 [4 B- Q0 ~$ m  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:! l3 ^: P5 W( _1 j/ P# w
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)0 _* O8 ]0 m, ~+ ?% }0 W1 F; l

& a* X8 c1 R$ ]% \. r% |  Y# i  She (he) is trippin'.
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6 o  p' B- U; q5 ]* f, W& ?! x  Mr. A must be trippin'.% `/ \7 a8 A. N7 A% m$ i2 ^

  N- H+ {- `$ p& O  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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: w- Q2 W+ l4 L5 B- d' e$ x" ]  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:  s9 [: p3 L, M+ b# {' m- j
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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)
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  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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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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5 g1 z  n2 w6 Y* R. s% J  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
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/ q' c6 \8 S0 G6 @+ ?# J  i  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:0 z# U& R1 n9 W" |, o" }* A
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.- L( I5 ~' Z; C

- l9 ]2 c+ Q4 R6 J4 o4 [2 u  也可以用复数:
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  Many jerks are working in our company.
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: ?: x, N' s7 M! S5 M& f  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:& F* _9 M, ^. h5 A+ E

- U) g- D8 ]( t( H2 b) T. Q) [  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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  P& G$ Y# E# R) b; `! n( [: z  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)! D! R: H, K2 }7 Z, L& S7 t, a! t

" q8 z! v8 |* u$ {0 P* J  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& J! J0 I4 U0 ^& T+ @

6 L/ _) w& `6 x3 Z& A7 l& l8 s  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:. G; |5 {9 h4 g" f* o3 U

) }# x2 M. p, v0 ~2 C  L  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?& y9 T$ Y* Z6 E8 n' A1 V
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  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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  O/ s0 e7 ~! F5 x" A0 U  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.8 X% v$ \( T0 a. O  q7 y

5 u# Q) N/ i8 C3 J! a0 ?6 T8 n, `+ 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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  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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  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)0 x8 i$ k0 X5 ~
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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./ V6 o8 R  T) i4 M

' i/ F+ F# i- N/ R& n  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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