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)
2. 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
3. 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!)