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.& Z# y0 I& F) u
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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？ 0 O! ~: K2 B3 ^) i; Q" Q5 j/ l, u( @/ W
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.( t3 K0 `" z' F4 `6 s( |. G
0 U8 x' Q0 L7 F4 dM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.& X. J* R' J7 @0 Z1 [! t
* C7 b; H! ^; Z7 P. M3 W! RL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ , M9 q) u' l, m& D. y4 a2 ^ % k0 e5 [$ z+ ?) j+ k8 D& s9 gM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. 2 \5 Q$ o2 E R9 A8 M4 X, G& B% ^% [8 }
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？ / z/ C4 i0 L, M+ o- n* @# p) w% i$ C3 D; k/ v
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. s5 _- j2 |# R2 `7 N
# \- Z9 D% N+ K1 q2 XL：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？) A. r3 F. Z5 K# j* c
9 O8 |9 _0 o- j5 y- @" n! IM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! # _# }8 a- f7 e- I" a% H ) B# v# T! M2 SL：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$ ~" g( I# D6 }: } " ^+ H/ S3 T2 c1 lM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.6 V1 ?* u/ f; d2 d- L1 d
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.9 L T& L. D5 V' s( j, h
! @* W1 x0 B \7 d9 [. x& eL：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。 . @ c' ~' v2 \! Y9 ? 0 Z2 e3 }2 l( @! PM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.0 h0 T3 N7 I3 E: m$ W
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？, e- R; k; c6 b
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.* m' X3 b' x* s% b. w2 H+ x J
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!1 R" u# s4 M2 ^5 {4 G
4 `4 [& C- d- x5 g# i% BL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 4 R3 C: p$ W& c ( U2 f* F3 O, C+ c3 s6 V- fM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.: p1 n0 c4 A ^$ q/ t( _5 c
" P9 P/ o( e( o; B- L9 x. d. A& DL：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？* S* x. E" Y# a. g* R2 a: x
4 R/ |4 e4 i$ M1 m* w, }& eM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! - ~, z Q: T+ ?; ^( l) o3 s2 f$ _9 a
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！+ m& R7 y8 t% e) J# i; E1 D& {
. d6 m' O, E* P. fM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! & a, f, b8 e" j' h" C9 J/ o1 k/ r ; k3 d+ M& ]+ A" `8 ?2 p! ]6 B* c& gL：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。 % X. ?2 |8 S% _ j# T6 o& N% [# m, Z5 |0 a8 |+ R: }' ]
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!# G! b l0 o0 q6 m5 i
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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。 7 o; Y7 i* `$ U& E $ ?# Q; }# d, L/ S, S# `5 yAudio As Following:0 F3 {% ]2 O' i, J( x
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