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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)
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) V: R2 y4 H" s/ g* v9 V  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:1 ]0 Y& T$ l" G% b+ Z" S
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  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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: c) ]: N' X# ?( }; t  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)! n9 O7 X9 g. ~5 y5 F
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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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# @1 J1 B# `' K2 t) t  She (He) was cool in the past., z9 }  ^" d6 m# s) G

+ G% ]6 v4 V; k5 ~6 `. G% r) \  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)% l$ [) n2 D: F- V4 y! N1 @

( V9 R, {: l8 }- s2 b$ ]  j/ [* }5 K/ t  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:  [8 e9 P# |# _+ s8 X4 A

# P# f9 M$ _$ A& [/ W  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not* h, U. C9 {: X. Q8 U) ~
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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。2 }3 z0 Y' S8 _

" S. l& d5 }" o' L5 N- W  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)% _' {7 T6 ?* }6 p5 Y
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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:$ Y* B; q1 d: |* t

- z8 i4 Y9 a4 C, B# u' f  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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  She (he) is trippin'.  A6 G0 b7 E9 |
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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。
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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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  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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5 V" p$ a. D5 e2 z) q) F( \7 _( D0 F  Many Chinese students are(或 have been)considered nerds.; C2 L- r; N4 Y; F% D. c7 Z
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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); l; V  K# ~4 z0 }
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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:; h' G- J- L$ M; i- i
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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5 _' U3 X- E  z" Y5 X/ O  也可以用复数:. x' f! u5 E* t5 |0 Y7 K8 G
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  Many jerks are working in our company." u# ]1 s7 `$ O0 g

& G% n5 S: z6 q" C1 L% ~+ R1 m  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:
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4 B1 N" w' b) S8 |# }2 }! n1 L  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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( B- s" O. i; `( C0 r" J  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)' f- `  A) x4 }: r

; C5 J1 ~2 g6 f7 |: e/ X" J  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 baby1 x& b' c# b+ P5 r! ]

' P- y  E! K/ u0 {( d  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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  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?
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- e' l' R) }+ u2 o) M: n$ A  “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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  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:2 a8 R' \7 c  k5 `' X
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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?)
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  |! f" q! q- x9 X3 d( m/ J! i  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)9 S+ P# ]  \8 Q( [- o6 y

" ~1 K2 ^7 F4 r: x$ B8 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.* P! q0 y6 f  D2 Q* [

: N' q7 v8 O4 m4 t3 [$ s  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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