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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)! d& a- B( r1 E1 _4 C( Z
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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:/ y  n  t& D! v
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.4 ]' m/ \+ A  b3 p! d) V% F+ K# O

  j6 w7 Z7 h) `; z' p& b: V; _9 `  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:( Z6 J3 `* n$ G$ |% d/ t
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  She (He) was cool in the past.6 o8 p' i) @4 i; g8 m7 n
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  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)* f1 c: V9 W! E$ d! M
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  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:
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5 |; G: l/ r. L( m# A* r* p  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。. O/ Q: i) ]9 r. \
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  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)" ^; Y: v3 [% \: w

* |3 f& V4 t* K( a8 |* e5 R  \5 z( h0 y  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)4 Q3 f" e1 E* ]# D2 o  Q/ h* v1 K. l

: e. W5 L1 h+ s2 {+ D  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。: G7 D% X# m2 J6 h8 P9 }2 F- Z

- p3 v3 _. `6 e& e0 O) H  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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/ _6 K: J: a: {  He used to be a nerd in high school. (过去他在高中时是位书呆子)+ k0 V  t+ |0 T

. [  I, ]' y+ B# c, E' N  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.0 t5 D3 n* M2 I5 ?& O( p
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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:, T1 L  d+ C, ~$ ]: v
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  He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)% q" ]* T& `' d
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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:7 K: l1 B* N  S0 \2 Y- ?

( D/ B% v. s* ^' D9 z9 ~+ m  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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  也可以用复数:
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  Many jerks are working in our company.
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1 i5 x! L8 J* k6 p+ C7 [0 _  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:) x3 {0 d. ^, [% K. v" G

$ u: w; F! \" t  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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. Y0 g9 @. d. u1 \  S( |0 R8 X  (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% z3 g2 q0 r2 a8 t& f% g' y8 \6 j
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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:
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5 d7 L7 M( C5 V4 I1 O8 P8 `& X  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?% p. F* ]. ^2 G. r- O" q. a

* ~& X/ B# k! r  Y2 v  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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" |+ X9 L% K' F& X' M9 k$ {2 C  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.- G3 g* O/ F" B1 m

. M! O9 Z$ F% U) ^8 s# Y  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:6 @& u, p' T- @+ ]2 A

% t4 f4 B' K# o8 g: ?' y+ g  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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- r0 R% }+ z2 h  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)3 m+ m- j; W. B/ M
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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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