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. , j# U* N5 K2 n" {' _, y3 s * K$ r! E: C! m% K! ~1 C# nM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 5 h2 S: b4 p$ W# A, g( V( l& i7 X: t+ H' @7 G- E' P
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？ ( Y! ]; E: O2 W& A9 V - X; g# j* Z) W% m5 FM：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.) ] h0 b9 k& I( Q2 s/ l U
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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？# L) H/ H- ^1 M% O8 \3 z- U
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.) w* X' N; @3 s) \$ D( g
" r# d0 a/ y- tM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. * P E! _* Y7 ?& H: i. O" {# Z2 O% Y2 K+ J$ ^) k5 w3 r
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？3 b: s& l0 ~; K0 @' g! M' \$ z
+ q( I/ z- M. g C) d' yM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. * H; y% Y5 a5 j/ A, h$ U8 p4 s: x# Y* t1 M* G% I4 H
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？ 0 ? }5 y. T' P) d1 X# T+ a. g# p. _8 V& _: p) M
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"! / f+ h% U, N: }7 ~0 G3 ?: j2 d- r, U( G7 t6 o9 @
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！ % n# q9 q* O8 M! y/ `- O6 q5 X2 C$ n- L Z8 @1 s
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 5 F. `/ `5 s1 K : a1 H3 D# V! SM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.+ O% ]- b; H1 c1 g: x$ y
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L：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。 ' h8 I7 `; f( F: a& i5 y: l " U/ a) G' m! j( e; Z6 QM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you./ r. |5 y4 u6 o, Q2 Y! N! l7 E6 d
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？+ l7 M3 M' m z0 z5 u8 S) I
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.( v' n% n6 q$ r* |1 z
- N! @$ m, i- ^8 r8 HL：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？# `! R% E' W `8 p( E, y* ?* A
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!3 [& s5 M7 T0 T8 Q/ U# N+ A0 N
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- q* ]! u7 g% H3 c4 B* p; i! VM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.$ e! Z1 q" c2 z; n. F3 |" ^
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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？& g( w5 n% l+ Y5 N1 J) s
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! , Y) y0 X2 e- G" A& ]& J# N0 ^5 W0 h" N" c [& P9 {( f2 R$ RL：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！ * e6 f- `6 f: z. z: l' x7 |, G% v% b
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! Y x. p! d- y
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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。 7 d8 @& d: X' C) I% R4 D- R. y* W8 S+ Z3 z- r% S
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!/ t) J3 v: [6 S. s! C, R! c
6 Q2 U, x9 u/ p5 e$ _+ j4 a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。 4 t$ [; ^" F! n6 t* H4 ^6 T4 N& e& v w! }' s7 e
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