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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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3 B9 Y4 T1 K1 \) o 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:0 E$ x% p0 T; q3 E5 a) c
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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)4 S: u* o% L" m7 h. q/ K
* [3 ]2 o! P- l1 Q) 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:
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She (He) was cool in the past.
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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)! x T$ h3 b8 I! I
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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:" x0 @4 W! ]9 q$ Z
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She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and charming; not" O9 Y w6 \! l4 g
9 } p, ?! C- u2 N& K; |) g emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。
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7 P/ X3 G8 N1 O8 {8 y (注:许多华人把 cool 译成「很酷」)
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9 l9 i6 W5 ~: l 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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7 v# Z$ \2 v/ n) E9 ^ They are trippin'. (= tripping)
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! _! Y. P. ~ f) y9 k: K She (he) is trippin'.
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- A$ u' ?7 S j d 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:5 d' H/ K9 o- |+ t- m) o- t
% `! v) V6 K& n) L( U% k, h 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.' t. Y9 O3 M; F" @
9 V. S: G3 c: V1 D @: s 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: |7 W- S0 ^3 O! F6 h/ w
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He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒)5 n5 X- g+ [6 K8 V, M: ~8 |: \% t
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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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; w" G$ K: l ^4 U: ~9 u 也可以用复数:
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Many jerks are working in our company.
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" f) i2 V; S; ~' b+ i# K 主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态:
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! c6 z6 R" O# n They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has been jerk for years.
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(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
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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:4 v" \8 X! L" y% }
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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?+ h4 @* S& N- L" w# L# A1 L
8 l2 N" h! R$ n1 U3 Y+ W “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:2 ~& F+ h1 E5 L* K: I% Y
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May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.. G# A+ o, Y* u/ |& @' O. ^
; X4 `( |+ }7 |7 I2 A6 h 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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+ L+ @$ U- u" M1 H. K 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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9 r, F+ E; w' h! I3 F: a/ L f0 ] 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 q& H* }( C& |' F0 Q
8 G& h. K( o! H 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.- z) M# q9 F6 R7 J) f5 u/ Y
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(我要走了,再谈吧!) |
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