Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where thecontinuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing. I loved it. I soonmade friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And myfavorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don’t worry about it.Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam , I fell onto the stones,damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe.A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boardsloud, shouting: “Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that’s what mattered—landingtricks, being a good skater.

上面一段摘自2021年高考考試的全國甲卷(全國2卷)的閱讀理解C。

請問Safe! Safe! Safe! 的意思是?大家有些人覺得是“注意安全”,有些覺得是“好棒”。請老師指點一下,同時說說理由。

你看看閱讀理解C后面的考試試題就了解了:

What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probablymean?

A. Be careful!

B. Well done!

C. No way!

D. Don’t worry!

參考答案是B。文中的 Safe meant cool 一句可以助你排除其他三個干擾項。

查《朗文當代英語大詞典》有如下講解:

Safe! British English spoken informal used by youngpeople to show approval of something 酷!棒!好!〔青年用來表示贊成某事〕。