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., K; { V3 v+ h8 y4 B- d8 T
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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. 3 }' B9 z% X6 o& x- Y7 q2 i7 \9 C: M. x$ m
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？ 2 K# Y/ ?; M/ V* a# @3 @! b, ]5 l0 G' m L, f$ w5 m/ z: e3 B
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.- {5 V6 E* B3 c" o2 @( f
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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？% a/ P* U0 A1 L$ c& l; S& m
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 4 U* @" i: N7 I0 V9 [. } $ a5 [4 t% p( H1 s- L; u* m* AL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ 6 @6 s! [2 c# l8 H+ D6 Z) V* c. p- \
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. ; N/ k2 k1 [4 j" \& G/ B* q, {) M! D1 y% x5 H/ A
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？ 0 Q$ K& i% U/ I9 h* ]: h- l3 j' M% Q8 s9 F: G' n1 E( A0 v7 R" W
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. / V5 s5 `6 t' w5 R) r, H3 v# F% x* m# u
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？: M& L1 [/ b9 f7 K( H1 Z9 I
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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"!' p9 n9 l# x: U9 {
8 r* B* T' _* y3 m$ m Q9 wL：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！ % c0 r% T$ v7 G: ?, C7 j - [, e9 D0 `1 q$ F4 eM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. . e/ b9 z3 o. D" [- V" T6 w* ?, a2 K; u
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.$ _! F& V8 p: L+ X5 {6 o* Q
* _( g8 {: D* h7 J0 f7 jL：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。 6 q9 ^0 R2 ^6 m. m6 K4 J. A7 H# e# x2 n/ ?3 z" [: k, V ]; A
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you./ P* {7 Q, l' D% C
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？/ I9 Q( M1 j' G5 Y$ [6 n
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.4 t! s& q" L" w
( N9 O- j9 [- |( wL：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？ ( P. H+ j: q2 y: c O 1 r& A! g7 T% zM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!; T- a% R9 p+ a$ ]6 \8 u% O' C
9 r- N+ k4 M) C8 Q3 nL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 4 y2 Z) \- L% {+ i9 d X * \# v7 l, R2 P6 ^% hM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. # I/ R* I: @+ u6 e9 \) w g" d, m( [( X2 Z2 \0 I. g
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？ : ?' A6 w, m. u" N- @9 J) G b* {4 v9 F& h& x6 T) E! G/ K: `
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!7 T8 b* M. N5 Z( i
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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！3 {- {, ?( f7 b* [8 L
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!% v% c% X* E+ V: C! E w1 z
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