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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)# F# O: l9 ^9 W6 {7 Z) _/ }9 @
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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:" `5 o) ?: j: d% z# b: J
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.% i' F9 r6 N% O  `4 A! u- [4 s
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  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错); Z$ g2 f0 Q" p7 A

- F) T, G: M7 ]. P5 C1 ?2 A5 Z8 Y' v+ D  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:  W$ s% t+ a: [3 q1 ~6 P' h$ ?
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  She (He) was cool in the past., Q4 j" U, O" T' R4 A  v1 {1 d8 M, i
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)3 ~# O; g. p% Y7 D, I" q+ a

8 c# n  R% P) P: O; u% u8 P! O  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)3 i9 D9 ~0 P( H: m' k1 s9 j  h5 N

9 [. V* g" b5 C$ U5 k  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:7 M2 M: S% o" o( X
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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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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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! o4 y2 [: q4 H5 z1 L  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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" P3 O% j% ^$ r: g! G: J  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:; x& D3 L, A9 M9 O

+ V$ ]5 {- U6 ]4 U  They are trippin'. (= tripping), V1 K/ y, }7 X  N$ ^* V. N- O

& p, _) l& r4 g" |  She (he) is trippin'.
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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。. B5 J! _9 E2 e6 D
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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:6 N0 u1 `5 W+ U0 N& ^1 t

2 C2 G, n! X; ?; h  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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  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:! z6 g/ q; J1 V# z- e
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.4 T2 f* u1 m" Y, |/ w

+ j" [4 J3 ~; J& M) B3 F  也可以用复数:5 w, O/ d2 z; j0 N! |

- a9 M' b1 }' \" |/ r  Many jerks are working in our company.
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6 z1 ?3 V+ S, x9 @  U; Z% Y' @  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:
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# n/ B# j- n4 n. `  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years." z0 T4 w5 m2 V0 e1 {* a* z

. Y6 m+ I2 X: _" r0 ?* O3 ?, E  q0 y  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)
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! b- {0 ^/ a& q7 t, q  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 J& ~" g' A/ V
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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:9 X+ e/ z+ B/ _' d2 m6 z' \% G- A  A8 ]

* p5 |; L4 U5 t' Y+ s  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?# S# a. h9 |1 q! c7 }" ]6 v

* K- a% s0 r) u- O. K. P  “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.2 h3 T, t- @) q4 \+ O1 u) m  v

5 ]* [7 p, Z; c! n  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:& T  j2 F8 [* Z

' O# k# g  N/ [( N, X: a7 X  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?)  H( [% Z# t; T( T% ]- K$ x) f
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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); u  H3 r4 a+ m, y; x/ q. S
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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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$ j( ~. R! T0 Q* _: [2 x  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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