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1. It's cool.
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4 W& c5 y6 }; Tcool 是青少年(teen-agers) 常用的字,(有时也用 debonaire) 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:
9 L0 E6 f/ G: w+ Z3 Q0 } That's cool;he is cool;this is cool. : P' K& v0 W) \! U3 T. T" N
Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错)
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2 f; F2 z! U8 W# o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:
* g! w& s- f3 ~ She (He) was cool in the past. ; o1 C0 w" N! X' f& a
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫)
. X3 O$ w; q4 w E s; n2 a He (she) is a cool person.(文雅礼貌的人)
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A# @ \5 P) Z/ b. y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: - O% v: n y# d. r' M( o7 x- @
She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not
6 I2 t5 N0 ` Q* O p- X' R& r emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。 6 w/ |) c( v& ]0 x
(注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」) ; e2 O! D. `( t* N3 E2 y
9 m$ r. g) ~& I/ Y" A2. Are you trippin'?
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- V0 T7 G m& I2 |2 j. s. ntrippin' 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:
, h+ r7 T K5 U n" n They are trippin'. (= tripping) 5 o( _) H* w# K, d2 b/ G+ g
She (he) is trippin'. 0 A( }7 U) }, @% z8 m1 B
Mr. A must be trippin'. 8 m9 d" ^7 k5 |% L* l. h% B- s
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。! B8 j" t! P% g- Y# T+ Z. H/ f
; `% V9 D% i) I( G3. He is a nerd2 ]+ g) y; p: i
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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:
4 T" `( U% b6 d4 W3 q' }6 w* U He used to be a nerd in high school
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4. Yo baby5 ^7 d T: k5 Z) }( _. V
% y/ y/ j) e3 R1 o+ |, P: pYo 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
3 k: G% { ]6 q6 V. K0 M* |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:
$ ]/ p% l- R$ O4 J 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 心事吗?
( c8 Z) I- `8 F! @“Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
, a7 J3 G8 E' E( \+ ?- Z0 r# m4 w9 B( FMay I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
% `# i: M- n; r6 l$ H同理,如果年轻女子看到帅哥,有吸引力,很想与他交谈,那 就用:“Hey, hey, hey" 後跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如: . o9 ]" [$ n4 e0 B# L
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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5. She is a ho
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ho 这个字,也是美国年轻人把 whore 字改变而成的一种口头禅或俚语。意思是指一些年轻女人,也许因为 peer pressure 或 curiosity 或 enjoyment 的心理,随便自愿与男子免费上床。(a girl or woman gives sex freely without charge),也就是说:She is very loose. 或 She is a loose woman (girl)。 ho 也可用复数:
2 G9 Y( @( z# t. x9 s c5 S6 ] They are (were) hos.
' @' r; U0 d+ Q" ^& @ There are quite a few hos in high schools. 但是如果用 whore,是指妓女,男人需要付钱的。(a girl or woman is paid for sex.) . c' H# ?) A) I; u `% A# P" j, i
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% o4 }3 k y1 h" Y ^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) 1 G. ~0 u8 L L9 [, W) r7 Q
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. ' n2 M8 G5 i% H: b2 {9 P3 C6 S. j4 o
(我要走了,再谈吧!) |
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