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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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  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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3 |9 K6 |: Z4 ~2 i, a# X  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
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  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)3 \+ s$ s5 X* a  e/ \

6 U9 r- b' Z$ e  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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( R* F0 S8 y8 _  \( h9 c6 r0 j5 `/ _  She (He) was cool in the past./ C* m5 F9 b& `

3 ?) e$ z. W+ `) N) @  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)7 m. C6 K/ o- j( q. H9 x1 m1 K
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  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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& h/ b, b. P' w/ }  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:9 z, J- W; {; @* C( w
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  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not3 i8 U. t7 ]$ W' a
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  emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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9 a! i+ f: _6 k2 M6 V  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)6 N1 B- c& D% a; ]
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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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3 N$ W5 x+ |& }: ?; J  They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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8 f6 K9 H, Z, j* b  She (he) is trippin'.4 O4 @1 `; H5 P, J2 A% e

3 w! [$ \$ e, |: L  Mr. A must be trippin'.+ `$ y$ t( O; b
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  通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。/ K5 @, }: W) b- w4 o; ^2 |
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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:: F, t2 G; {2 t! t6 w

- L8 R: j9 s9 O3 f3 @  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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4 A4 ~, |3 W2 @. _6 ]- R; ^2 }  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:! F" c- e8 o8 i" D2 j4 d$ v3 M1 |# O

) |/ n* q$ \7 h2 m% A7 A  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:
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  I don't like him because he is a jerk.
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  也可以用复数:7 V6 Q. s& V9 J6 t
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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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0 U/ i0 ^  q/ i7 d) L( }5 O  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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% @2 z6 i* Q0 l# g/ q" y& w0 w  (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)
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0 X% d8 Y: w1 B& c2 T: i+ A  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  |+ D  S1 b+ n: I5 [# `: f

. d9 ]: B) N# o* A6 y  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:- |% S  q% z' K( g% f
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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?, V3 z- l7 x. g- x2 C+ f5 k
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  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:1 u! F. c, @2 n# }! _( [& W
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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:
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. c2 k" \& [9 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?)' y! I& ~$ t  d" B! W

/ [# X: }2 c, G& G) I) ?% 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)
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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.. t2 y# A8 D0 j' |3 V$ U5 B/ o. k
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  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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