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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)% {- w4 ^6 r4 T3 T+ Z  m* V1 I

+ s7 b3 }& h* x+ V  O8 ~  D  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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' d7 }6 g$ [% y! o: f) A( ^  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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  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.7 Q6 |4 ?! Y' A; l: X4 P) A4 l
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫), y) A+ z1 J4 J9 C

7 s9 Z" P# q4 N- J2 g  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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* v( x; i/ D& K0 s" ~/ Q  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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1 @' {: @* s' O+ Z" `" N/ j5 W4 X  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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+ N5 B0 q) h+ o. r' r  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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+ G) n2 y! ?2 E5 d  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:0 l3 x+ D  g5 U
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  They are trippin'. (= tripping)1 m' T4 S  C5 \8 l& {: _

/ s* X. I* R$ U% O; A1 c) x  She (he) is trippin'.! c. L( w/ W! s  E  I3 E

' X% R  w4 Y' s1 c' M. M  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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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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3 i6 H; k1 F8 s! U& m% ?( y2 L  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.  u2 ^$ E2 j7 ]8 t1 b" G' `
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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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  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:, L  L3 t" N  _) `0 P6 G
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.% c" t3 H& u6 z1 R. p

- g+ n( N  t  p# A4 p  v  也可以用复数:
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  Many jerks are working in our company.
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  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:( ~7 M- ~# ^" {2 Z) R

" {8 z" b$ W$ p6 F4 f  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.6 p3 _; ^( H" z% o! l* m

- v6 J- L! G; \3 \1 C+ t0 x  a  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行); f( c+ N/ o! d/ v! w; i0 v. z

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! z9 a" B/ B+ T4 c3 B1 N  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?) Y( C1 Y$ o0 q7 d+ m8 W
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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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  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.  I5 p& H% R# \1 f0 h
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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?)
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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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  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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