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1. It's cool:cool 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: That's cool;he is cool;this is
cool. Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳伞或冲浪运动很不错) 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: She
(He) was cool in the past. That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的运动衫) He (she) is a
cool person.(文雅礼貌的人) 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: She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭维语,是说她很 calm and
charming; not emotional. 但为何用黄瓜 (cucumber) 代表,则不得而知。 (注:许多华人把 cool
译成「很酷」)
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: They are trippin'. (=
tripping) She (he) is trippin'. Mr. A must be trippin'.
通常只用在年轻人身上,而且不是恭维语。
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: He
used to be a nerd in high school. (过去他在高中时是位书呆子) Many Chinese students are(或
have been)considered nerds. 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: He is a computer geek. (意思是:虽然他是书呆子,但电脑很棒) 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: I don't like
him because he is a jerk. 也可以用复数: Many jerks are working in our company.
主词也可以用其他人称,动词也可用其他时态: They are jerks; He was a jerk in the past; Mr. A has
been jerk for years. (注:有时年轻人也用 dork 这个字,但不如 jerk 流行)
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
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: 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? “Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打开话匣」的句子。诸如:
May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.
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: 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?)
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)
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.
(我要走了,再谈吧!) |
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