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1. It's cool:cool 是青少年(teen-agers) 常用的字,(有时也用 debonaire)+ O% g) W0 s' D) K
6 O' `: d9 P' g- c 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:, T6 K7 u+ W" A$ Q0 X
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That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.0 @3 u% o/ @+ U2 n% K2 K/ j! d
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Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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- N2 d% k2 d/ d( c8 X 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:* u2 L. ?! m; C$ D8 c8 S
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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)9 l; @+ w) y* O( y
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He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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) S8 e% c2 j4 t% u4 o 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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7 s0 J' M% p% W7 y( c; W: 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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* A) _9 | l- n6 V emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。9 U, O! ^0 u% D8 Q2 v! n3 f* g, y
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(注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」), l# ]3 _' S9 |
$ e' j" F b$ f. D+ t 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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. G+ y6 f1 T% I( D They are trippin'. (= tripping)5 C2 o7 J: `. h+ _% e
, \3 ]- f- L, i7 V0 a She (he) is trippin'.- e% e0 m8 d# ?9 f) S+ ?% k
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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。, L7 M: I3 e: t n3 ^; r* ]
; P" H1 [: D7 X0 e$ w6 @ 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:7 p V) {( V8 l
! G4 P+ V, j1 l/ \2 w( a% O3 J5 F 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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f9 A) K( X) c) r! D Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.
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m8 J* Y: I, g4 n! v- Y 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:$ Q" E1 o" K* u, N }' x. ?. l) A
2 n# r3 \; G" Y, k, D& H He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)
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5 y) d5 h/ U2 J! B- V/ N! x5 W/ I( N2 c8 | 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: N6 [: ] v6 x& Y
2 O6 `, f- p1 p# o c) v( d I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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也可以用复数:$ s" V/ ~' d: {7 A; p: [
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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:
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( u8 d6 g/ \; t" P8 F0 U0 J. s' | They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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(注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)' V9 D5 n# R/ n
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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 baby4 t+ S3 {+ E; k5 A, X
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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:- N0 a2 [) `7 D
7 V F7 u- g O: |9 S9 _( q 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?) W1 h+ W4 T9 V5 Q. o0 _7 e4 a ]
# r" O; A* Y: @" |9 x: P( P( X; w “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.
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6 t# p0 q9 K+ o 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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& t% z9 }- T% w7 b D 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?)' t2 y% w ^6 v! [% b
7 y* X- m U) x) J& U2 p 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)/ o3 s6 t2 k) u* ^9 ?) N
5 q- {2 D3 O* o9 p6 X2 ^& `' i# e 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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3 o4 V+ E6 K; T! Q& V2 q1 ]( N (我要走了,再谈吧!) |
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