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. + O4 p5 U* K S0 o' d+ y& W6 V) S' P- Y, o W
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.2 G6 U+ C7 {! k' m+ J5 W8 l
3 v2 l) R9 O& ?& CM：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. 1 \. X/ K% s g( p" { f$ M3 q- o4 }
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 n& j6 F ^, |7 s
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.* ` K* R& K% O u9 @. f
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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？ : z: W# B- o- B6 t+ a& Z- P3 J6 ?& V: 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.2 r1 ~; R- D4 t+ ^: z
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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？* E3 I: ]/ V2 T; }
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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." h+ z+ L' {% Q3 g8 l
$ S0 K- e! G: C6 ^5 b5 p& _* F9 fL：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？ 5 J6 R! w/ K! Q$ `+ c$ D ( t: P* R4 z- U5 r; B+ n! W6 N: xM：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$ Y3 E) `% c2 Y: K1 E
& S+ e3 v! E0 w+ S$ S5 fL：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！! Q) s5 V9 z2 k: h
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. : F& T& ^& }! k0 D1 ~: N. g ; z- C. `$ y8 x1 v( h! W" h* oM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 1 R. _; J7 N/ D 3 K( x7 U3 \/ l! PL：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。 " n6 M+ @* R* E7 ?5 ]. L B/ W( d9 I; D/ `6 w" D$ ^+ D& V
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. ! O' P1 f: C2 f, `& ` . D! z* N) |1 C, k; gL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？: J1 b: Y. H) S5 y% F, L
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.2 j: U7 z- a5 r: Y8 d7 p0 [3 u
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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？ & B- |5 v& h' B; |: s. W3 R1 C. p, }
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 8 K& g! ^& g" A$ ]: u U! v/ H& d# l
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？2 Y4 E; ~& V7 g7 |6 o5 d! Q; ]
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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. 8 u7 d& k5 [! y1 R |8 D . {; X4 M+ X1 E% ^0 ]' W' A0 ]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？& n; g& B5 _% s) W3 Q
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!& Q# E" z6 F$ V! P4 a
6 I+ b4 {) I* e+ z" N: }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！ & l. e' f9 r/ x1 |& ^- k8 h8 b, {0 S+ E1 }" \7 @
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!/ G0 x4 Q P4 z2 B
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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。( a& w- j* v8 M
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