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." Y# F: ? d' J6 K. Z
& n& E0 M/ G# k4 NM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 8 [/ D3 w i. _: M4 e : T% v) _9 } i1 HL：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？$ W& v; ^* U! j8 S8 k
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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. # D% l, |1 z1 c: l& b6 A- e3 M# p _) l- a( q% z1 ?3 J( z
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？ % g2 @, Z D9 Q2 m G( B7 m / K. f" x) C" X$ Q, M( pM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.' {$ \. f/ [: r* x4 z9 ?; V, D4 k
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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？ " s0 T9 \$ M6 O$ _ V7 E& R! m4 h1 a: zM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. 7 G" `# l' I5 d; c9 W, e* G' }; D
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 ?9 _' w9 L+ d! T; T4 e
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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." I# o. R9 D ?: F- h0 n; v
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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？ # w0 y- M% h6 X5 R. w& P / C4 G# o4 H( J- C* l( S3 r1 @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"!; N; J8 m& t- w; Y7 K% t& @
) O3 E$ S' V9 n1 a) T, `3 T4 lL：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！ 7 j2 x. E. w! Y " G7 e/ B# N" j, K1 ]: zM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.2 [/ O( e; T# S8 O: d2 z$ @: t8 E
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 7 M5 I+ l4 F( a, n3 v! D. A: s8 f* z& L8 }0 ]. r! A
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。 + v$ l0 {% l$ D. V4 K2 }* o3 [3 c
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 |9 Y1 ]6 J4 ~+ }3 \* k0 m
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？; W# F' k3 a6 D" o0 l* y
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.& [9 Q: H' [+ c9 I( o9 A
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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？ ) E& @1 V' g1 W, ]8 q) Q! j, `& ?# E S$ `: P) U. d
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! * i8 p, X' [# @9 {' i3 B! X ) g4 l4 A3 k! X1 W8 q6 c( }' I1 gL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？6 j1 g0 O% }& g. v
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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？3 D+ S6 e* g7 H
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! . ^/ ?0 m3 }" X* H9 W % G- \1 y$ Q7 H1 lL：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！3 p, R7 Y( ?/ v% }* {# A4 K
. C! ?, x4 N0 K+ R6 K+ TM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! , ~% j/ e$ ~) [2 Q! t* f9 e, S0 C! I! p# R( \
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。 ; ~$ U% e! `; u1 D% l" a2 Z% }) U3 ~. |9 c# Y1 G
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!5 I! k1 x- U6 m
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