流行美语口语 Lesson 25 - cop & to freak out

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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.
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M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.
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. o* q0 s! n8 z' a) T6 _; f) rL：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？

M：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.

L：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？

# L1 ?: j; X, p; uM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.
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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？

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.

* d& u6 d& C" c8 _5 `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？
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M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.
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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？
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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"!
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: m: q1 A4 \' N$ }8 m8 c% m7 EL：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！
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( N7 S! Y/ V( p2 N0 YM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.
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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。

M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.
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% h+ a! X+ D0 e( ]4 T" TL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？

; m7 b0 y- e3 I# f* ^( l. t2 V$ ZM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.

" b! ~# {2 r6 b8 K$ V0 ZL：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？

M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!
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* c' n" I4 ~) i" O  a& k0 W4 \' }L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？
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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.
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% F4 D3 z0 u' [; R! eL：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？

M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!

- ?$ N7 i. K4 ]5 G% wL：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！
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2 @& v! `. K, C7 P0 lM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!

2 j8 e4 Y# H7 X/ @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。

. L: a; C; k" H$ fM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!
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6 Y5 P0 u9 G- w7 G$ D3 k) ?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。

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