这节课中,我们来学习15个无法从书本上学到的美国俚语。
但首先,什么是俚语?
Slang是非正式的英语词汇,你只能在非正式的对话中使用。
这节课中,我们将学习15个非常常见的美国俚语,
如果你在看电影或电视剧,你会经常听到这些俚语。
现在让我们开始这节课。首先,请看这段非常简短的文字。
Hey, my friends, relax.
You don't have to study so hard.
I'm sure you will do great tomorrow.
这是很简单的一段话,对吧?
然而,如果你去美国,你在街上和某人交谈,
或者你看到两个朋友在街上非正式地交谈,他们不会这样说。
那他们会怎么说呢?
他们会这么说:
Dude, chill.
You don't have to cram.
I'm sure you will ace the test tomorrow.
完全像是2个彻底不同的对话!
我们来看看这里面的区别
他们会说“dude”而不是“friend”,是用来指男人的。
例如:Jason was a cool dude.
Jason是个很酷的家伙。
意思是Jason是个又酷又好的人。
你会听到chill,chill,而不是relax,意思是放松。
你可能会听到“cram”这个词,而不是study hard。
Cram形容你为考试临时抱佛脚,你会在很短的时间内非常努力地学习。
例如:
The night before the exam, you have all your books and you start cramming for the exam.
在考试的前一天晚上,你准备好了所有的书,开始为考试临时抱佛脚。
你听到的不是“do great”,尤其是在考试中,而是“ACE”这个词。
如果你在一次测试或考试中aced,这意味着你会在那次测试中表现得很好。
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现在,我们来看一个非常简短的对话
Last night's party was amazing.
We went crazy.
Your friends were really cool.
这是一个非常简短的日常对话,来描述昨晚的聚会。
表达的意识是:
昨晚的派对太棒了。我们疯了。你的朋友们真的很酷。
你知道这一段的俚语版本是什么吗?
来看看
Last night's party was amazing. --》Last night's party was lit.
We went crazy.--》We went nuts.
Your friends were really cool.--》Your friends were really dope.
我们来看看变化
当某件事令人惊奇或非常好或非常令人愉快的时候,
在美国俚语中,你可以说lit.
例如:
That car is lit.
那个车很燃,表达那辆车非常炫酷,很棒!
另一个你可以用来代替lit的词是dope,
dope意思是酷,意思是非常好
例如
The music is dope.
音乐很酷。
在美国俚语中,你可能会听到“ nuts ”这个词,
而不是“ crazy ”,意思是疯狂。
例如:
If you think you can climb Mount Everest easily, you are nuts.
如果你认为自己可以轻松登上珠穆朗玛峰,那你就是疯了。
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再来看一段话
I love my girlfriend.
She is beautiful, and she is very stylish.
She's also very modest.
She has a great sense of style.
She helps me wear things which are very attractive.
那这段话的俚语版本可以怎么说呢?
I love my BAE.
She is beautiful and she has the drip.
She's also very low key.
She has a great sense of style,
and she helps me where things which are on fleet。
首先,my girlfriend,你可以说成my BAE,
bae是“before anyone else”的缩写体,通常指的是对生命中唯一的昵称
也是“babe”的缩写体,是指美女/亲爱的,
通常指的是对亲密爱人的昵称。
如果某人很时髦,或者某事非常时髦。
在美国俚语中,你可能会听到drip这个词,
这意味着他们非常时髦,非常时尚。
例如:
I like Susie, because she has the drip.
我喜欢Susie,因为她很时尚。
如果某事或某人不引起任何人注意,你可以用“low key”这个词,
意思是安静,不引人注意。
例如:
The wedding ceremony was very low key.
婚礼很低调。
如果某物非常有吸引力,或者某人非常有吸引力,
你可能会听到“ on fleet ”这个词,而不是“ attractive ”,
例如:
That dress is very on flick.
那个裙子非常吸引人。
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再来看一段话
I was studying last night, but I was really bored.
So my friend suggested going to a bar.
I was so excited to dance and drink.
I really wanted a bottle of beer,
but when we got there, the bar was quiet and empty.
我们来看看英语俚语版本
I was hitting the books last night, but I was really bored.
So my friends suggested going to a bar.
I was hyped to dance and drink.
I was Jones in for a bottle of beer.
But when we got there, the bar was dead.
那我们来看看这段话里面我们学到的俚语
Study的另一种说法是,hit the books。
例如:
This weekend, I have to hit the books because I have an exam coming up.
这个周末,我必须努力学习,因为我马上就要考试了。
口语中excited这个词一般不用,他们说hyped,意思是对某事非常兴奋。
例如:
I am really hyped about the new marvel movie.
我对新的漫威电影非常兴奋。
Jonesing
这是一个非常有趣的俚语。
如果你想说你非常想要某样东西,
你可以说Jonesing。
例如
I’m Jonesing for a cup of coffee right now.
我很想喝杯咖啡。
最后,这节课的最后一个俚语,
如果一个地方安静而空旷,你可以说它死了。
不热闹,死气沉沉,可以用dead这个词
例如:
The bar was really dead last night. I didn't like it.
昨晚酒吧真的死气沉沉。我不喜欢它。
OK, 总结一下,
今天我们学的15个俚语
friend - dude
relax - chill
study hard - cram
do great - ace
amazing - lit
crazy - nut
cool - dope
girlfriend - BAE
stylish - drip
modest - low key
attractive - on fleet
study - hit books
excited - hyped
really want to - Jonesing
quiet and empty - dead
注意,我们一般在非正式口语对话中使用这些俚语。