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.* q; z4 g9 |' i
# r, ?% j$ s- c* _M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. . ?8 l, X& x* m, e3 u! O" z 2 z' L# y- N) q& 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？: F; e& B. P3 T) m* \# J
6 n' F L% K1 f7 ?& s/ `5 Q! i) 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.- t+ M8 {6 ?/ M2 j6 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？! A5 z# A5 \0 N- q8 I% O; |" p
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. * H: t7 u5 x0 k1 X8 r" x% p5 @- z3 t- o9 g' i
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ / R; d( d8 [1 d$ A) o/ v $ A$ g" ^! X3 z9 PM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.% a; R* C$ A! `1 d6 V* P! ~8 T6 Y
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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？ `" O6 U7 w" X; V: [) W) E# k7 @ \4 C3 y& l1 P' g
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.7 Z* f$ C! n/ u* k
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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？* k- m; z$ n1 F
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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"! 1 u# t% v0 a- [7 g # C" @* n! f p. 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！ - b3 |& K; E7 A' C; t0 u5 P' _# z. U' X6 |8 m! ]& d
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.0 E: _5 M8 @$ ~: D: Z& p. {( Q
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.7 e' N+ R; R' i c% M s" \. L4 g
" @( n; k% z( nL：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。 0 N9 B$ i6 h1 W- |6 {6 {3 S0 `9 z6 I! O1 _- W# k0 @ S" U
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.3 b" q" R3 p: r7 W
. h. d( \/ h) _2 a; n" _* }7 ^M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.4 W7 L" @, z+ g! A. K8 J/ [3 Q1 N
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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？ ! P# {( E# M7 d' X" l/ y+ j : o* Q6 G: j; a# P$ k2 o* @/ NM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!( e( E& @6 J( z \$ ?5 G, L/ b
: G$ x- \* f/ ]. V oL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？; W% m& X, z) c" c! o% d
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M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. * D" t, ]( A! t# b% Q K5 J: {4 s, F
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？ ; { Y, p% F& M+ m% m / d$ Q5 ^+ d l% GM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! : e& b4 q$ U) y4 R1 B; @! L+ t4 }5 f( `- Z$ G. n' |0 ?6 ]
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！1 `9 W" ~8 t$ o' R# D
% e9 s' T* X- y" C6 |7 ZM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!! z1 f o- S3 H4 a' D
( V& h) g$ V! c8 Z. y2 UL：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。 " M9 F/ e* o/ x ^' }! g& F- X. x ! ?- v% V+ g9 n& B2 O6 \M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 7 |; P3 `7 p; G3 B7 t5 c' {' o) |" ~& U. j: B+ P: b
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。 + n$ B* c6 f2 ~. }2 |8 p7 r6 \0 P# m' x% x" {6 n( P9 C0 n
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