美国文化脱口秀 第383期:不同情况 要用不同方法说Yes

 　　Yes这个词，再简单不过。但是不同的情况下，还得学会用不同的方法说“yes”。这样才能恰当表达你的情绪、语气。今天，Jenny, Adam就教你近10种最常用的不同方法说“yes”。

　　关键词：

　　1.Yeah

　　美国人最爱用：Yeah

　　这是美国人很爱用的一个词。美国人在讲yes的时候，你总会听他们说Yeah。以至于长期旅居国外的阿姨回国以后的中文都常带Yeah结尾。

　　About the spelling of this word, it actually has many spellings: 其实这个字有很多的拼法

　　yeah

　　ya(h)

　　yea

　　But it doesn't really matter because it's very casual and colloquial¹: 因为这是口语化的表达，在正规的工作邮件里面还是不要用Yeah了。

　　那这个Yeah怎么用呢？

　　Anytime you want to say yes, like "Yeah, that song was great."

　　Yeah, it was great!

　　所以基本上在有人问你什么东西对不对好不好的时候都可以用“Yeah"

　　2.Yup

　　超简洁：Yup

　　It's pretty much the same as "yeah" with a "p" at the end: 跟Yeah很像, 就是加个“p”在后面。Sounds kind of nice and a little more funny.

　　It's very similar. It's also informal and casual: 它的用法跟yeah也很像。

　　比如说: Let's grab² dinner tonight together. Are you free?

　　Yup, I'm free.

　　Yup, should be no problem.

　　在工作场合也可以用，比如你可以跟同事说: Adam, can we do some recordings³ later this afternoon?

　　Yup, no problem.

　　It's the best way to reply if somebody asked you "Can you do something?" or "Did you do something?" I'd propably say "yup" before "yeah". I wouldn't say "Yeah, I did": 这是一种友好的表达，表明你们是相互认识的。

　　The tone⁴ of "yeah" can sometimes sound impatient, but "yup" always sounds positive, like a friendly dog: “Yeah”的语气如果稍有不慎就会给人以不友好或不耐烦的感觉。而“yup”则给人一种更积极更坚定的感觉。

　　可以拼写成 yup，或者 yep.

　　3.Yuppers

　　快乐的牛仔: Yuppers

　　It's everything about "yup" but cuter: 很有旋律感像唱歌一样的yuppers，用法跟yup很相像。像是美国牛仔经常会使用 "yuppers"。是非常可爱的一种表达。

　　4.Yessir

　　长官、老板和兄弟：Yessir

　　It's not really "Yes, sir" but more in a friendly ironic⁵ way. If you are saying to a person much above you, you would say "Yes, sir." But this case is with friends: "Yessir"来源于“是，长官”，但在长期逐渐演化变体中，形成了更口语化也带有友好反讽自嘲意味的“yessir"。

　　The only problem is sometimes you want to say "Yessir" to a girl, so there's also "Yes'm" short for "Yes, ma'am", which comes from the southern part of America: 所以“Yessir”多用于男子之间，而对女士则会用"Yes'm"。

　　不同情况 要用不同方法说Yes

　　5.Okey-dokey

　　可爱二次元：Okey-dokey

　　It also sounds very cute: Okey-dokey 很有二次元卡通的意味。

　　这个"okey-dokey"怎么用呢？

　　Another way to say "okay"

　　For example, in the office I often answer "Adam, can you finish something by 2 o'clock?" with "Okey-dokey, no problem"

　　When people ask you to do something

　　所以有人在问你能不能做某事的时候可以用Okey-dokey来回答，有一种阳光的，积极向上，“自己能做”的态度在里面，在说的时候都会感觉心情很好。

　　6.Rightio

　　澳洲人喜欢：Rightio

　　这是在澳洲学习到一个词。澳洲人很常讲的一个词。来自于right或者alright。

　　If you are tired of using the same word again and again, you can switch it up and say "rightio". British people tend to say "righto", but it's the same thing. It tends to be a Commonwealth⁶ term, not so much American: 总之不管是rightio还是righto都是常见于英联邦国家，而在美国反而不太常见。

　　7.Totally

　　超级正能量：Totally

　　Americans love using "totally". 美国人的口头禅绝不能漏掉了这个词。

　　Exactly, totally, and absolutely are three of the most common words you'll hear Americans say, since they have a tendency to exaggerate: Exactly，totally，absolutely简直就是美国人最喜欢用词的“top three”前三甲。美国人喜欢“over the top”，喜欢夸张，特别喜欢totally。

　　怎么用"totally"呢？

　　比如问一个电影好看么，"Did you like the movie?" 回答也是"Totally".

　　"It's totally worth it."

　　"You should totally go."

　　"It was totally awesome⁷."

　　如果你问他们 "Do you like China?" 回答也是，"Absolutely," "Totally".

　　所以这些词与“yes”比起来就更确信，更投入，给人以百分百的感觉。

　　So many times I've seen Chinese friends and I've asked them, "Do you like this?" I can see their face. They really like it but they can only say "yes". They know it's not enough and they're trying to say something more.

　　所以不同的情绪可以选用不同的词来表达。如果你情绪强烈，就可以用“Totally”和“Absolutely”这样的词。

　　8.Fo'shizzle

　　黑人嘻哈：Fo'shizzle

　　The idea is that many hip-hop artists will take a word, and turn whatever the vowel⁸ sound is into "-izzle", like "Fo'shizzle, my nizzle" or "Fo'shizz," which means "for sure": 来自黑人文化。来源于“for sure”，为了听起来更酷更炫，嘻哈街头文化的黑人喜欢把它们说成Fo'shizzle。有时也说Fo' shizz。

　　When Kanye West and Jay-Z say it, it sounds right, but not everyone can pull it off, and it might seem out of place if you try to, so the important thing is to know what it means: 但考虑到我们平时的风格可能与其不搭，我们就选择听懂就好，不一定要去用。

　　9.Uh-huh

　　不想说话的时候：Uh-huh

　　This one is dead simple. It isn't so much a word as it is a sound. It might sound unenthusiastic, but it all depends on your tone of voice and where you add stress: 这实际上也不是一个词，只是发出一个声音，听起来或许有一些不情愿，没什么热情，但是尝试变变声调，就会有不同的感觉。

　　Oprah, one of the most famous American talk show hosts, loves using this word: 这还是黑人脱口秀女王奥普拉很喜欢说的一个词哦。

　　I'm thinking about an old singer named Ray Charles, who sang for a Pepsi ad: "You got the right one baby. Uh-huh!"

1 colloquial   

adj.口语的，会话的

参考例句：

• It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.外语里的口头习语很难懂。
• They have little acquaintance with colloquial English. 他们对英语会话几乎一窍不通。

2 grab   

vt./n.攫取，抓取；vi.攫取，抓住(at)

参考例句：

• It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
• The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包，但被我推开了。

3 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

4 tone   

n.语气，音调，气度，色调；vt.（up）增强

参考例句：

• There was a tone of mockery in his voice.他说话的语气含有嘲笑的意味。
• Holmes used an informal,chatty tone in his essays.霍姆斯在文章中语气轻松随便。

5 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

6 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

7 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

8 vowel   

n.元音；元音字母

参考例句：

• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
• The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。