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年高考考试的全国甲卷(全国2卷)的阅读理解C。

请问Safe! Safe! Safe! 的意思是?大家有些人觉得是“注意安全”,有些觉得是“好棒”。请老师指点一下,同时说说理由。

你看看阅读理解C后面的考试试题就了解了:

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

A. Be careful!

B. Well done!

C. No way!

D. Don’t worry!

参考答案是B。文中的 Safe meant cool 一句可以助你排除其他三个干扰项。

查《朗文当代英语大词典》有如下讲解:

Safe! British English spoken informal used by youngpeople to show approval of something 酷!棒!好!〔青年用来表示赞成某事〕。