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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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; z$ \: s% O$ W' z2 w( d. D  Z  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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' q4 ?5 g, c* V1 G. S& t: C1 L  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)
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6 ?5 m* f2 j1 Z/ {/ S: f7 a0 L  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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" k+ n+ |+ R! ^6 x' i  She (He) was cool in the past.
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0 A9 }5 v! t. u" F, h3 C- O1 F  That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫): p& F! {4 Q& X" B

! ~, L  d) P! Q  He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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2 v& F- O) {& d: L. H9 Y6 I' ~3 n  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 V' L2 k! a/ V4 G

9 k$ W7 [5 g: f; L% K  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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" ]$ ~& G- G/ M; y/ }+ K  (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)8 t1 I8 g% e; Q+ ?$ P

" c9 L1 D- {8 {& G' K: K1 _  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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4 ~* K, A3 C" {  They are trippin'. (= tripping)& t# T/ Q/ U+ V6 P/ d, K+ P" V2 q

+ S1 Y: i* [1 _3 e4 ~* ~& m  She (he) is trippin'.
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0 {1 g2 y2 S  O8 h  Mr. A must be trippin'.
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% Y2 M; K. w" V4 M. @  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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  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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/ d$ ]$ J# N9 u$ 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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# A# J: e- C( J4 U- l  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 s) B# W$ n( w% W' @

1 L, G- ?; a) G7 x% C/ G  Many jerks are working in our company.2 q' ^; \; X9 b6 v8 O

2 v/ ^" o6 M4 V6 N3 s% K/ Y3 v  主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:4 g4 m* ?! @8 f* n
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  They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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. p1 e& s6 B8 t$ Q0 u  (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% a( @* c/ h, e3 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:
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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?1 q8 r7 s/ ?9 i+ ]; g8 I

7 @0 o1 \$ Z' M* |* v  “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
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! V7 E3 z- U% T: F3 y9 g  |  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.+ X$ ?( c$ o2 y2 @( G

6 w' f9 C. U; b  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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* x' o1 r% K8 L; y( J5 l* }" Z7 {  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?); s( m$ C# a1 Y" A" H9 N
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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)
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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.+ A; H- \3 i* r+ U2 J

# q$ K/ ?3 q" m+ {: A6 B1 ]  (我要走了,再谈吧!)
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