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.5 C" n9 m. E; C1 g* ^1 `1 J
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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. # _$ q% O; y/ Q1 m / }4 U5 _* {* q) z0 I7 n2 I7 s uL：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？ ) L8 I O! d" v+ c, C4 F u# q9 e* W% t: oM：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. ! B$ n. @& {8 u6 k/ B( z9 H" E N: D3 ]" _, [# q
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？ : Z- E/ Q4 Y, ]3 d+ q. e) v : k0 `8 L: D% K* m% G. Z0 AM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.: `; N; t' E# H* {* Y& Y
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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？- q5 I9 {) z) x9 t# x4 p
& k& ?( R1 a9 V" a6 ZM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. . e6 U2 q8 R7 W) J) y& }1 I1 T ?7 l; G# i- r7 \
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？- C6 r8 _2 W2 r& ?( W
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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.4 K: P2 V+ r4 W) D
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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？ 5 D8 F! I# `$ L" O+ P6 Z7 } , h& c" u! f* D' }* m- E, P; EM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!3 {6 a$ W) b- q- }/ ]4 K# d
% a% Q! [; W6 x) B2 t( ]L：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！! E+ W4 l* ]( ]# r' V" B/ `
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. ; A' |7 w% C7 y* J% F : t: Q4 K; F0 r% @& n3 P% J3 }M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.% R' L6 A7 E" l. r; F
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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' V/ E( f+ b3 [
2 X* ^- o0 @: r: a8 X$ TM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. , |" E" y' \. p- U3 B5 k, m( i 6 C0 x; ?- J; G* ]9 E$ oL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 2 Y. A+ M% [& ~- y& \ " ]0 e" A# O* m0 i* d F. jM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.4 T/ p, ~+ h9 K6 _8 m
' }+ e% K6 Z7 D' H# V' LL：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？' r Q. T& [, o$ m
2 W8 Q& s8 S B( g1 fM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!8 w0 l; A/ c8 M! h4 s
$ f- ]4 h* `( B/ n8 p yL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？- C- y) ]5 U& s0 W. X: m
$ d) h6 y$ K, n% L& j S; OM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.3 D1 |+ H: @8 U8 Y9 O7 p
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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？- g; V! r v. n
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!8 }" o2 F8 N' R% ^+ b
% h/ R6 z% m/ ~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！3 x4 S$ P7 H' J# M! J
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!4 I3 x' W, w" S V0 k! v
y& p4 l% U! o3 ~2 U9 ~; e$ yL：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。3 ]0 H! e5 O+ E( g, H" d+ J, L
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!' g) L: t) }. ~8 |" r( D6 K+ G2 _3 Q3 E
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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。 6 A7 L4 [+ K) @0 Y( U3 n5 |( h
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