American-slang.ppt

Americanslang,Definition,Slangistheuseofinformalwordsandexpressionsthatarenotconsideredstandardinthespeakerslanguageordialectbutareconsideredmoreacceptablewhenusedsocially.Slangisoftenusedasaeuphemismandmayuseinformallexicontoidentifywithonespeers.Slangisdifferentfromjargon(行话，术语),whichisthetechnicialvocabularyofaparticularprofession,andwhichmeetsonlythesecondofthecriteriagivenabove.,Background,IntheWestwardMovementof19century,manyAmericasmovedtothewestwhichcausedlarge-scalemirgration.TheAmericagovementpayslessattentiontothestandardEnglishandstandardizestheEnglish.ThehistoryofAmericaisnotaslongasothercountries.Soithasnottraditionalrestrictiontothepeopleslanguagefrom.Therefore,thedialectandthejargonofeachlevelaremixedtogether,andwhichspreadquicklyamongthemajoritysuchdialectandjargonenvolvedtheslanglitterbylitterfortheirwideusage.,Rhetoricintheslang,metaphorchicken胆小鬼，懦夫sweetiepie心上人，讨人喜欢都女人,hyperbolekilling笑死人的或迷魂荡魄的lovelykiller帅小伙,euphemistic怀孕:sheisabouttobeinafamilyway.sheisexpectingsheiswell-along,classifition,1.委婉语2.粗俗语Donttalkcrap.不要胡说八道-CanIhaveawordwithyou?-Sodoff（滚开）3.赌咒语Damnyou！该死的Tohellwithyou.见鬼去吧,ThevocabularyofanoridinaryAmericagenerallyisestimatedat10000-20000,acordingtomyconservativeestimationabout2000wordsareslong.,1.intheswima:involvedinthingsthatarehappeninginsocietyorinaparticularsitutation(积极参加社会活动)eg:Mrs.Smithisalwaysintheswimifthereisanythingsocialon,herhusbandseemsalwaysoutoftheswiminpolitics.b:here:coformingtothecurrentfashion(赶时髦)eg:Dontyouwanttobeinaswim?,2.slipintohighgear高速运转起来gear-here:usedtotalkaboutthespeedoreffortinvolvedindoingsth速度，努力eg：Mybrain,thatprecisioninstrument,slipintohigergear.3:pin-up:apictureofanattractiveperson,especiallyonewhoisnotwearingmanyclothes,thatisputonawallforpeopletolookat.美人海报eg:shewasonlyyetofpin-upproportionbutIfeltsurethattimewouldsupplythelack.,4.gosteadytodatemeoneoftheoppositesexregularandexclusively;tobesteadywithsbeg:LilywillgosteadywithTom5.oldmanapersonshuabandorfather（老公，老爸）6.HolyToledoexcellent(好极了),7.kicka:usuallyasaverb,itmeanstohitsb/sthwithyourfoot(踢，蹭)b:asanoun,itmeansamovementwiththefootorleg,usuallytohitsthwiththefoot(踢脚，踢腿)here-：pleasureorexcitementeg:Itsjustbeenacasualkick-justafewlaughs,thantsall.,AmericanslongreflectthecharacterististicsofAmericanshumor,informality,self-confidence,anti-authority,innovation,consciousnessandpursuitfortimeefficiency.SlangisabridgeforEnglishlearnerstomakeupculuturalgap.soweshouldk