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1. It's cool.. ], {3 @4 V2 j s7 i) s' p6 V9 B
. Z; D/ ~3 x$ Ccool 是青少年(teen-agers) 常用的字,(有时也用 debonaire) 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: 4 j% W1 I+ f4 t
That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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( {7 N' S& x& M" g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:
- z5 p. A- h+ r5 U. l6 w @- r7 C* d She (He) was cool in the past. 1 ^$ U: v, I: n0 `( h0 O5 i
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) 9 [9 D( p& b6 ]2 i$ S4 a0 q/ H
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: - V; }" l+ o# t5 s
She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
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(注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) 9 q% E. \2 @) Y! V
0 S2 b Q2 ?5 j/ d2. Are you trippin'?
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, I" H& O/ G5 g9 z, Z, Qtrippin' 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: ( g, E+ J% ^/ P' S
They are trippin'. (= tripping) * b+ i* J2 F/ w
She (he) is trippin'. / g6 D4 F4 O e% q$ M" ~ ]
Mr. A must be trippin'.
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3. He is a nerd
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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:
6 [/ G% o) K9 S4 C$ c( ^ He used to be a nerd in high school
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4. Yo baby
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0 X# q' ^1 l3 e K# c$ a' qYo 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 9 Z6 Z) n0 l7 A
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:
4 F" x& m9 r& k5 D4 ?5 Q" d 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 心事吗?
% V2 S6 v; k( |( K6 Z2 @“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:+ G7 Q% P6 W( a: d
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before. $ X: T2 x5 }/ D6 G/ l1 u
同理,如果年轻女子看到帅哥,有吸引力,很想与他交谈,那 就用:“Hey, hey, hey" 後跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
7 Y5 a' p. ?9 } 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. She is a ho
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/ b. @6 B4 e' H) c" \4 L* Rho 这个字,也是美国年轻人把 whore 字改变而成的一种口头禅或俚语。意思是指一些年轻女人,也许因为 peer pressure 或 curiosity 或 enjoyment 的心理,随便自愿与男子免费上床。(a girl or woman gives sex freely without charge),也就是说:She is very loose. 或 She is a loose woman (girl)。 ho 也可用复数:
2 _# P8 a9 g8 W# f/ Z+ R/ {8 i They are (were) hos. 3 t3 {9 y& `1 S" {" U; {! f
There are quite a few hos in high schools. 但是如果用 whore,是指妓女,男人需要付钱的。(a girl or woman is paid for sex.) ' W( K: |# H! t2 U8 C
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6. Catch you later!6 ~) L' Q. X/ }# H! ~7 f+ [- n5 L
3 n' C4 [/ T9 _4 S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) : I# d6 t; \( f5 O; X4 Y9 v- H
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. 6 q: M* x9 B" P! s4 C2 e6 W; J7 q
(我要走了,再谈吧!) |
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