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/ V7 z, ^$ M9 s; Y( I% h E, f
. J9 D# t$ N7 F! ]M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.! k7 Q R( m: U' r% `7 c
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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？ 1 t2 A; D% o/ F9 V( W& r& D4 V9 C# h" e0 r' x$ n
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. 9 C4 o1 @3 y* z. A: ~: c2 e! L2 c* l3 M6 F0 l1 x
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？6 {, X( @, r: e8 d! J8 [, b' R9 y
* P2 D/ n2 g; w# D9 GM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.8 i0 Y7 D+ b! c( ?' [
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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？ ! y+ B5 p: [( Z1 P& o; c: I, g* o0 J5 T6 U/ ~1 _- Y" M4 Q) R/ F
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.* C4 M7 v1 ~# e7 k& G7 d: j) ]
* T/ c! F3 J' ^( iM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 0 l1 k8 x, z- l+ U. w 4 S7 E! U+ x5 r0 T# p. a: SL：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/ x2 ^" ]7 i/ h, ~* x
. N1 w" l" I6 E/ w; \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"!: }% J1 z! b" [- ]3 @3 w9 A3 B
4 \0 a% ^2 d* Y! c9 S: HL：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！) p% q4 K$ o" Q3 z7 M, v& B* b1 [+ C
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 6 g+ ]8 o# A+ c+ p h2 D- | [4 U. \ n( J& G) _" ?, w
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.0 m1 j4 q# K c. R
6 N2 `( y* |( e" s% F- }) q) ZL：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。 3 G5 M, L/ z5 Z- ~) r+ B* a8 }/ ^' ~$ ]% 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.1 T/ `6 L. e; D% d0 D
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？& ^: F) ], o" S* C! a0 ]
& D& r* D; h) y3 q4 n5 Z& hM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.$ J) c. L, r2 D/ m9 P7 @+ n
8 C( D! ]* @" H YL：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？0 }& \6 H# p1 S2 Y3 N2 i
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! p- q a, r! ] {, M1 N' }6 e, }: ?: G" A% J
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ( r4 G6 |) z, L6 ?# J/ v# _/ Y, k/ t
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. # A% U7 U7 `6 @; R! o% X 1 B& z, O% L0 N9 L! k2 Q- wL：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？4 q8 ~/ u$ U8 l/ ~ c
: a. `: b. m; U+ V3 _4 |M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!4 o' s5 k# i8 C/ {: l/ w- e$ E
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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！ / I D- N" v+ Y6 Z F# U+ p8 F! P2 g
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 8 e! }0 r D2 T u9 L' ?. H0 v0 G( \. A3 w
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。& `' j, ]" T! q9 X1 w( n- e
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