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.9 n5 m \# @* z9 J
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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. ' n" t$ G1 x0 |1 s1 L* h# u4 D2 `) c! J
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？1 r2 Q3 ^" Y9 }( a
$ s+ ?+ j; i5 n5 q) ~1 ZM：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 P4 P# Y! t: j3 v0 k3 l
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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？5 r3 @& d( a/ ` O
8 T2 h3 u" m8 W, U1 T- JM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.% y2 M3 t- D$ P( S' }- r4 D
' p, P; S3 A# v5 RL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？; z: }4 W" {& o+ {) ]8 E w. b: l5 O
1 r* T* h+ B1 e& `+ VM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. 4 \( q- J4 a( e/ v 0 t1 U5 K7 ]& `7 ~; X' Q5 uL：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？2 {) R( i" L$ X6 O& x
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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.0 x" L, O8 }3 S$ I# y7 X: z: G! P6 I
6 n( x; d8 l8 y# Q/ ZL：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？ & X+ Y2 @) I Q# {- o- T8 A( I1 b; e0 d/ p
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"!1 v. N+ ^2 a5 S$ P3 f1 s
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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！& W4 F# B+ n" S
. e7 ~! t& G" i) ^/ M" KM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.8 g" R! ~0 E6 T% F6 [3 y
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. * Y8 ?% Q; j) `9 m / h0 @4 ?! `& ^ @1 y* L# U* gL：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。7 i& z$ Q9 @! | N$ N0 h3 t; w( L
9 q+ s. [# L- d' n" e: C* GM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 2 x" c* K4 Y5 ? + q+ q) W; A* r `5 [ sL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？8 D$ M8 r- f: T' v1 s* P# J
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 6 x6 O3 E/ G/ P0 S/ G& |$ \4 v* n' C" P) d5 D3 }# \6 X" x
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？ 5 A$ P/ |% k1 N2 `2 P+ r9 o4 L* s4 w O' o3 k% Q
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!* k: m+ M9 z G9 Z
; X: f' z+ ^' M) i" X; ?; b" g' n, \L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？& v& ~# z8 }9 A# ]0 C. L/ n
0 r5 J* z- k) t% J7 fM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.. e6 a3 B. c* f1 {9 k, r8 `1 N
" u% ~% O8 K( d. m" n+ p! B1 vL：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？, s6 @2 k5 T Q
* w% g$ v: a& X4 b9 z) T* MM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! ( O( j8 \+ m7 I6 t- B8 O2 O+ H% m) R# a4 I3 Q$ z
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！ 2 {8 e4 L$ |4 |" I6 I- s4 t/ Q6 b! u3 u* B; @" X- a& r, O
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! - j( c/ g( ^9 c , q; S3 o5 _' _# }4 LL：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。- h5 t, p0 U6 z" W. _
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!! p9 ?3 v2 e- s" g( p# X
, v/ {+ w% L1 E$ `4 D6 i! K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。' u( S" R( }) Y7 K
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