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.1 ?( x+ ~! L# u3 g' A$ G8 [3 b9 C
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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.7 `$ j8 q2 k6 Y9 X
]$ W+ l+ U5 H, B* ~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？ ! f! [& k4 N h; G% `' y9 P : h* K- k6 d. u8 H7 o; E' ?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. ; ^7 m. O, V+ v6 u- L ?8 ^3 }# v& H4 q! s* A) 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？ 1 E5 W. |3 t& i' P& j q( `8 R2 x) n, h. h7 D) M
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. ' r7 {# _9 d/ B1 E " Y* x0 E% t' h& W# H+ ?( HL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ b, j' \. B, x$ ~6 Y8 y 0 w1 s0 c3 X3 m, w* e' @5 l }+ u! `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.% l( u; q5 i# w/ n+ u; P
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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？, ^) F2 |2 I3 T" }# T! L2 ~, v
3 l( l0 }! A2 ]M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. $ y4 ^$ N/ K9 l* H, v7 i/ W7 l4 R% i' D
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？1 u# r0 z. m; ^- K. k
' A+ |$ a8 h+ }5 e4 [, J& N2 JM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!# q" H/ l: a# N3 t7 d: U
5 p4 O" c! `+ z8 d1 CL：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！ % G; t9 V5 c' u, b: a6 b " B, o7 \; F/ R5 wM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious./ ?% M. V; t3 W# {) G
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.% e+ o: |9 m! u' i2 j
) `- h1 N1 s- s8 h6 Y$ P* [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。9 V3 Y! K- _4 t* D' r
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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.+ L" a" L5 X, J" a
( a0 L1 d- f8 iL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 7 e9 K4 C7 ^, r; \/ P* o 8 I* l3 [0 ]; p& I$ nM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.( l3 ?6 ]5 w1 W2 w5 H1 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？9 i# G1 [- ]2 y! i1 q9 k+ ]
# s5 \$ d8 ^, N0 f) d! q& JM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!9 l& A( m, P/ r7 ~; n0 ]
+ X* V& h( g" B/ q& }L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？) s$ P- F' l0 Y; g; O
& N9 q) ^ F2 O* z, fM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.3 W# v" c! `+ M b7 U3 o# @
3 c# R. a/ B" L1 h( ?5 l6 UM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 7 \8 T+ `& b6 U7 ^- b6 s8 K$ p' T: h1 I$ |2 ^
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！, r% a7 x3 o$ u: ?# ~- J
. o* |' ~/ z5 ^M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 2 n, Y2 B% c" W1 ~ l* ] $ O: F" |) h0 RL：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。4 m; s; O( O5 c3 i
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!# ^6 [5 `; m 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。 . e0 p, l8 w8 c# o. L0 c # P% D& n' D* p! F y* @2 Y" Z# ?. LAudio As Following:6 [. M2 v4 c, @, r) r$ m
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