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. ' `) |; |$ g, J. w$ {' E$ p) S; C + j( Y: u0 j! Y7 E ]: Y$ DM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone." p4 I1 X7 z3 }) k$ p0 q6 X
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L：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？! ?2 J7 }4 ]6 g2 W7 Q7 w
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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. - R: d U+ k$ @0 Y8 d, s0 A3 A0 q' P2 T( X* h% @& W
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？, l. K. Q" [; n
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. N0 V! y3 V2 q( U$ i: \& x6 o s) U * |3 ?) o/ B, t+ V) M [L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？7 y% p3 r. m( z. O
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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./ R1 i1 s; d" o E8 V
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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？6 h) s: X: Z7 L; y5 i* b
T" y- e0 }. U, S2 i4 ^' i3 LM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular." O, ]* v8 S! O7 w' h+ E/ p! Z7 ~
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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？ 0 P" o7 n( G# D7 y, K F, ?" T9 t# @
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"! % a7 A# t1 [0 A/ r0 b5 u- [. P6 ] ; U- C# D+ }+ k* y" M* DL：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！- a/ }6 E+ _, A0 F* w; `
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. I1 A# M* ^" n* ]
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.' @* w8 Q5 V! M/ r4 _- u8 H
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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。+ H0 w! h- }, w$ V2 {. z
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M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.$ y6 x8 P& w! M5 S& e
( I# F0 w3 P2 ML：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？/ f! h: ?3 t1 R
& e1 j& [5 V# a2 z* S6 ~. ^- cM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited." H5 g8 W) S7 g
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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？ 2 c3 f- y& \0 J0 h4 H0 X, o0 X# ^1 w9 _5 B+ C& B
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ' R' b6 d* @$ r. J $ k6 N+ @& U' _L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？+ Q# S; \ A( R! o* |
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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. 8 u/ o, m5 M( t0 T W8 g4 H+ D# `1 E5 X: Z. Z; o
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？" m# h: q& ]( ?* t& b4 p; b
8 Z! s& ^ T$ d- t) MM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!5 K$ k% ]1 R2 x" X3 r4 ]
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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！ 5 `5 m* O% E/ d3 q % ~' Q$ h" i, RM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!/ Z E& ]9 c9 _
# M, t% I! z2 k r/ n, C+ o, ZL：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。 ! f4 K1 c+ G. Q . u- h% D* F9 ?/ v- P+ mM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!9 D/ G3 z1 D4 n
* y7 x7 W2 B w$ C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。 ) u5 M- {+ [" ~1 D$ d4 Y/ V# t0 p, }: _
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