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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# B! \, Y# Y3 E0 `6 y1 O
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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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That's cool;he is cool;this is cool./ f! d; _8 U/ u" o7 X1 o4 W
: F3 l3 I+ o. Y0 u 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.
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" N0 j- y1 @0 @# z9 {8 | That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)2 T, I2 b0 K6 M" Z" ^ `% i! ]
' x5 n' I# d2 [. c He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)6 ` E7 G& z4 h: C
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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:
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. a, E3 P# Z* u" A, n ?( B; D% I She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not# D; F9 W. u9 T! `' V- ?9 S+ y
. M3 d8 w6 B4 J5 q- B emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。# R' V1 \4 C- Z8 [' b
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(注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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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:
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They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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She (he) is trippin'.
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Mr. A must be trippin'.0 k, l: i, c# }3 W" |
Y4 C6 @3 b' a. V! a 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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! q4 h# F9 Y% C& Y0 D 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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$ ?4 h+ J$ l# m! u, a7 E% P" g1 { Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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( U* V6 L1 v& G$ A5 r9 A, X 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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+ P# _" Y3 ^1 w2 N; B% p He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
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# P) S, J& }3 o1 u: x, e0 g- P. L/ D 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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" C' w8 j9 O) P) U0 q( `% \/ q 也可以用复数:- g4 Z# z! l! m, h" y( c
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9 o* u+ h6 C( Y' S& y& f 主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:9 r( S5 @ q- A+ b
. I# T9 Q# s) p( B3 v) s They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.6 D% _! x' h9 n- v( L* y! [: y
( l; F$ t0 a( s! `* l4 i# l+ p (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)
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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, f2 L2 |) w- s% e
4 _# [& D% A8 E! |+ X8 }: j 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:, |+ l& g: Y7 p6 w+ N
5 e/ f& t: e9 A1 R2 G 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?7 j+ t$ @6 k0 a% `! i
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“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:; e& x5 p3 p; e% f' j2 l' _# p
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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:) C) {- g; V5 O; G, x. q) }
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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?) j7 q* C9 L/ D% m
e4 }# h2 L. `; ]# j/ L2 d @& O 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 H. y% q* ?/ H
- [" u# T7 j4 h" b% y, T& a' Z 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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