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. 8 W2 L* y7 u+ g" r, y1 M* I. Z1 k, B. ]; }. r
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.; @: D9 e" }" A- n& ^
2 ]$ L% ~" Z0 ~' u" qL：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？: O" p0 b/ u" |+ b! [/ A) ]; k
) b5 n- \ l2 t# v; r5 i6 wM：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.0 I. D" \3 V; ?. i" s" c; f6 A- k
/ p7 M, W% r& ^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？9 k: t9 _. p' K y( W9 z3 b
* P( g E. m7 ^, qM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer./ r: y1 n; t, |; L$ e8 I
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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？ 2 K/ s$ T3 l1 `3 ~' | V$ u 7 x' r G& W% o& S) D5 EM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. 1 L$ J. j4 K" [* k5 q4 \+ S0 W# S, ~6 f& r, w" Y- U
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？ - r) t" c& D8 e8 w9 H; q! e 7 q9 {! ?, l$ z$ j) m" b" p% P; v3 kM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.3 Q1 ^7 p3 w! i
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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？ $ r3 P- `0 n& K Y$ n6 S 9 B- D5 `. L# k" c/ Z1 c4 @! kM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!% G% v9 ~# v# F& _4 v
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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！ ! i& G: B0 M v: F3 l& O$ Y , Z% v7 z; Q2 g$ f( P0 `M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. # k$ s' M7 F+ n. T2 O; W. N # |- _$ ?6 p; [ B9 S& qM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.5 q* k2 ^8 d" N
$ G3 n7 T% d1 SL：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。) w. y7 b* i) `3 E) o
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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.& W+ f0 O1 h- w- ^0 G5 B
9 Y& S9 ?* D, W0 F4 qL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ I; i. ~! I. Z" L* ^8 p+ ~6 H! C: K
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. ( H+ D( j G! [. b; E) x% U + P. O" R1 ]2 r, B9 N: T8 W1 r1 T5 O' ~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？/ \' b$ \, I0 q" }4 U; I5 F- V9 Y
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ( Y4 k* q) v& z* i' w4 H! E4 J( @/ ~0 [. Y* ~1 ~$ f0 X
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ & M C9 _4 t! [2 z0 d. ^) I. m- F2 {" q2 A4 P1 m+ g" J. H5 c
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.- S. ~9 m c2 a
+ k Z- L E$ v! z, l1 fL：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？ 5 m2 g L4 ^ O6 i/ v : S9 u! R( I3 y0 HM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!8 C/ v5 f5 T8 f" ?+ B: }
: u4 T/ k8 h) S. x7 {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！ , Y6 @2 I% m; {+ _& B" a$ }. H5 ^, {* s# ]7 }6 j7 n0 X; f
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! " R5 O8 s$ [. H0 |7 i6 D( _, N( E' p/ w K" h' V# O3 r7 s4 E
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。4 \- @2 M' E6 @
! i @; ^3 i |7 Z' [. s" A) K5 jM：Me too. Now, drive carefully! ) @, { O7 P) E7 J) V3 o& M + |; q- j8 F, Z6 _8 J1 G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。2 B7 `, B# k( p, K9 [- w! e
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