李华是在纽约上大学的中国学生。今天她的美国同学Michael 陪她练习开车，准备去考驾照。他们在路上几次遇到惊险的情况，尽管这样，李华还是学到了两个常用语，一个是：cop; 另一个是：to freak out. 7 i6 C! I1 D9 U- a: i; t" i. v3 k/ _$ y2 a
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.3 o0 F* \: C5 I4 g) h! o/ D2 V
0 G! R& p. S3 Z6 zL：这地区每小时只能开35英里呀？我是不是开太快啦？哟，我的天呐，警察车跟在我后面，那怎么办呐？) W6 e, W4 V. D$ b+ U( z2 M! e
8 M0 F! \" U7 n$ r8 \6 M6 UM：Calm down, Li Hua. Just find a parking lot and stop the car. The cop will follow us, and come over to your window to talk to you. , T+ d6 D' _5 r 2 c5 \6 X# |2 I# }/ f1 jL：哪儿有停车的地方呀！行，就停在这里吧！你刚才说谁会过来跟我说话？是警察吗？ ) Q& ~7 d4 T* _$ b/ t% [ ' m5 X0 B2 L/ yM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.7 x+ y( Q8 n* r4 t6 @" |
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L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ E! S7 l/ z6 G
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M：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.% |) u, q$ G4 U6 |4 W, O1 f+ ~: m0 T
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L：你说警察可能过来只是警告我一下，不一定会给我罚单呀？但愿如此，我好象是没有开太快。Michael, 你刚才说"cops", 那警车里到底有几个警察呀？ % I i. H" H% d" F4 |6 N 3 b3 ] z# {7 l6 tM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.3 F1 h3 v! k, c. W; w
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L：噢，cop 这个名词用复数的时候，cops, 可以总的指警察，而不是指某个警察。 我就把车停这儿吧。 Michael, 我能称呼警察"cop"吗？ % P: C- E Q$ O7 p' R, z$ Y) E ( r9 i6 o, U4 ~! y% c3 w |M：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!& B. s, W/ ?) l3 v
8 @: B% \5 B( O. i3 j5 y3 p5 H3 k% YL：天哪！原来"cop"是很随便的称呼，你干吗不早告诉我呀！我可不要惹警察生气！ 4 X7 Y" n9 O9 Q b* y$ ?& h8 k $ _; y: b8 ]1 _M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. , V6 `1 G- B- o/ s+ M: s$ `4 j7 I$ e, q5 n' ^& I0 n7 Y# i, U
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.1 D T2 m' |6 ^1 l" L
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L：谢天谢地，他没有给我罚单。他要罚我好多钱的话，那我就糟糕了。 # F7 B, [- N' @ $ P* L4 O" j3 T5 B/ o4 p6 N% F; ~M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.' L$ D7 H9 S0 N, i& A2 L
; V+ ~& N' s5 p* j2 X8 U! fL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？5 p1 L. d3 E1 p8 m# K4 [ l
+ k' ]7 ?/ t% S% }& sM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.0 R! Y2 ?6 A2 J$ m7 \2 @
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L：是啊， 我经常听到一些人说 freak out，原来是指过于激动，显得非常紧张。对不对？ 9 i( a w4 C3 ^' ^/ f$ Y/ e" [9 Y; }7 h" B8 Z
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!3 ]! e" D# T5 h* h4 u- ^1 P
/ G# \+ \! ^ @3 P: @$ AL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？% ~8 A) ^/ S7 U) }+ Z" j' P
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M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. ( `* Q# f& ~* `: p) B$ ^0 i/ J: \5 D' s
L：这我就不懂了。是的，这是你的车，我只有一张学开车的许可证。可是，我开车出了问题，为什么警察会怪你呀？你为什么要freak out？0 |3 b( i: }( L$ V! z, y
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!0 `6 v: k* Z$ N( H5 a8 \
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L：Don't freak out, Michael. 我看见那辆车了。不过，那车差一点就撞到我们了！) O& w/ m7 } O, D
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!* i7 [: `) S" E( W0 B5 b0 C7 I5 n
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L：对，刚才是够险的，警察要看到他那么开车，准要给他罚单。不过，今天已经和警察打过交道了，够了。再要跟cops打交道，那我可真是要freak out了。 z. {4 a9 C" V4 F" G, r( M! _: G0 j8 D2 @# i) w
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!" A0 R3 e' Y9 |& q0 D! f0 ]" Y! i9 B
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今天这两个年轻人真是够惊险的。不过，李华学到了两个非常有用的词汇: cop, 警察；to freak out，非常紧张和激动。这次<流行美语>到此结束，我们下次再会。 ' a% ]- r% D1 T' H7 J) N/ W8 V6 r: O' j+ r2 \: M- N) ^$ |: o3 ?
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