美國人 開口埋口-”Cool !” ”Great!” ”You Know ?” 點解佢地講野講得咁簡易?

Cool - in a way is a very common word among the Americans. This word can briefly tell one's feeling on something easily. Therefore it is a trend for more and more Americans to use this word in their daily life.
Great - is a very useful word. When you try to be polite you can always say this word to other people about their look, work or behavior. Most foreigners are trying to speak "good" word to other people in their daily life, therefore the word "Great" is a word that you can use without making anyone angry, or show your appreciation on other people's work or behavior.
You know - is a term that is being used as a meaningless beginning of a conversation. When people say "you know", most of the time they are not saying that "you really know". This is just like other meaningless word like "well". In fact, it is not very polite to always use the word "you know" in a conversation, because people will find it annoying that you always imply that you are more clever than the person you talk to.

Cool (中文譯為 "酷") 這個單字在美式口語十分常用, 用來表達人們對事物的感受, 由於簡單易用, 日常應用越來越普及.

Great (中文譯為 "很好") - 這個單詞在會話中很好用. 每當談及別人的外表和行為, 用此單詞就很得體. 在西方社會的社交場合,談話常集中於別人的長處而非短處, 常把 GREAT (很好)掛在口邊, 就大概不會說錯話讓人生氣, 更表達出你對別人欣賞的態度

2008-04-18 10:10:01 補充：
You know (中文譯為 "你知道啦...") - 其實是一句無意義的空詞, 作用只是打開話匣子, 人們說話時總在前頭加一句 "you know", 並不是真的認為你應該知道他要說的事, 只是一句助語詞, 和凡開始說話前總是加一句 "well" (中文譯為: 這個嘛) 差不多. 但是, 這樣說有點不禮貌, 少用為佳

其實每個國家都有佢地架口語化說話!美國人講得咁簡單架句子只係形容佢地d心情架口語化!好似中國人講[你明唔明?]咁!美國人想點解中國人成日講[你明唔明,吓,囉,喎]咁,一樣!you know!:)

2008-04-19 02:02:20 補充：
或者咁講係口頭禪,佢地驚死你唔明,就會同你講 you know!你話明,咁佢地0米話great!你答多佢地兩句,佢地就會話cool!咁得唔得?