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. . Y% g1 @' B- e8 V' U. i4 n7 h V$ H) t( }( h. B! B! c
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. + @0 t$ E) S! V5 p' ^ & P! V! }+ \2 H% XL：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？ 0 a! H- T4 ~( g. v# E( @8 R 0 B1 O! u9 k# F6 N9 y6 MM：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.6 v! V5 v+ L3 I. H
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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？' e4 x; W4 J3 b! A# n4 j" d+ p
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.& D% z: H, t9 k, P: n% t. s
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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？, v# c8 A/ |' _
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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. : \9 F9 {0 ]% Y$ k* n8 J: }# r7 t+ G# n+ o4 _! o0 j1 k% y
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. w @- {* Q' ]! C
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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.) S0 t2 ^1 q r8 |. j
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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"! 7 \, P& A6 s2 @! e4 @% e( u" z& @$ Q% ~5 g
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！ ; J) k" u0 N0 J- H9 Y7 U; {8 z% Z2 p6 J" b8 b
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.7 N3 N) N% d2 ^9 D) ~; U
4 a W. E& f; I6 q* cM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.8 K7 \. M% J! s4 U
' R+ L: R3 d) y5 f9 r, ~% K) I0 cL：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。 & Q9 A3 z! G( C . G% ^) [& m- x( M+ a$ H' q6 BM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. ; ]+ y4 Q2 ~& u1 E( W/ _& B. B$ e& W a
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 2 l: ]5 [* d% a8 L4 D T; ^ ( m- U) X( L3 g' JM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.1 M/ E$ o& ]: \* [; \* u
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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？& a4 k3 o3 {& N# g) E% g, ?
$ B r: y, x0 Q0 X6 cM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!6 j1 g l+ e9 I6 Z8 S+ H
8 P! O; k" i, n1 A% r( Q$ yL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？5 t; [0 I" M- N, F; W0 Y; d
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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？8 W& S( p! S' R7 X' P. n
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!/ Z( F, w% H/ l
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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！( N; u v' \% H+ d& B t# C5 F
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!! C# D+ I2 g/ f5 L' y% ?( Y
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