“cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a bit low. As the world has changed, the word has many different meanings.
　　 “cool ”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.
　　When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.” You may think “He’s so cool” when you see your favorite football player.
　　We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited. On one student’s paper was just one sentence, “It’s cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.
　　But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.
　　 “cool”是一个有很多含义的单词。它过去的意思是用来表达“温度有点低”。随着时代的变化，这个词拥有了许多不同的意思。
　　 “酷”能被用来表达对几乎所有的事物有兴趣。
　　当你在街上看到一辆名车时，你可能会说，“它很酷。”当你看到你最喜欢的足球运动员时，你可能认为“他是那样的酷”。
　　我们都扩大了“cool”这个词的含义。你可以用它代替许多词，如“新的”或“吃惊的”。这里有一个有趣的故事，我们可以用它来反映出这个单词是如何被运用的。有一个老师让她的学生写他们参观过的瀑布。在一个学生的试卷上就只有一个句子，“它很酷”。也许他认为这个词是表述他看到的和感受到的最佳表达方式。
　　但是这个故事也表明词汇的缺乏。没有“酷”，一些人就找不到词语来表达同样的意思。你能想出像“酷”一样使你的生活丰富多彩的其它词吗？我能。我认为它们也很酷。