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 teens standard.所以可以说:That's cool;he iscool;this is cool.Sky diving(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,willbe,havebeen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(toget 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.Amustbetrippin.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 nerdin high school.(过去他在高中时是位书呆子)Many Chinese students are(或have been)consider ednerds.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 a saform 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,whats 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“goodbye”)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!)