1. It's cool.
cool 是青少年(teen-agers) 常用的字,(有時也用 debonaire) 其真正意思是指可以接受的好事;或是情況可以控制;或是保持冷靜、文雅、禮貌、外表不錯,能夠合乎年輕人的標準。(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.
所以可以說:That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.
Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳傘或沖浪運動很不錯)
主詞可用任何人稱的單復數 (I, we, they 等),動詞可用 verb to be 的任何時態 (is, was, were, will be, have been等)。因此,也可以說:
She (He) was cool in the past.
That's a cool T-shirt.(好看的運動衫)
He (she) is a cool person.(文雅禮貌的人)
但是如果說:Are you cool?又是指「你冷嗎?」(cool = cold),可見 cool 當口頭禪或俚語時,多半不用在問句。假如說:
She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭維語,是說她很 calm and charming; not emotional. 但為何用黃瓜 (cucumber) 代表,則不得而知。
(注:許多華人把 cool 譯成「很酷」)