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. " h. Z3 S2 M F" Q6 L i. y& g6 r \0 C; q0 q2 f& p
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 0 E) }7 s. {1 F4 { # ~. f, {6 t6 {3 OL：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？ 8 h+ ~; G0 _3 ]; l5 D8 t1 S" M' V 9 E5 X1 N2 X7 Y; Z0 gM：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. . A2 u- v2 }; l& N. q) j, o4 ?( 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？+ A) e! s6 l% l! z; s# ]6 Y" }
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.) k0 \- D4 Z2 v. H+ ^. R9 v0 \
8 o/ T7 D% p) X. D8 xL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ 9 R1 u0 D' ~- b # S0 E& V* Y3 A! VM：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; |+ @) I1 a' w; t: v Y1 t1 u# c# ?& k 3 Y# v4 _! V Q. R: ]+ J; x2 A$ i/ KL：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 Z0 v9 H* `2 s3 c9 G+ e$ _& n/ e0 G+ l1 P; p0 @" {2 p" a
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. ' ]0 |; m" x( j- t5 F+ t ) x7 Q( c3 H, |% c. t/ T0 }% S0 D' eL：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？ & T: v& k/ Z- n8 F( L3 r : Y7 v5 V# D$ I5 t5 LM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!6 o) [& \& k3 A% N% T
" G# B g# G/ y0 K3 j/ 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！ 3 @' I8 r4 `0 f1 c4 r( g + V0 r! q! {. K, H; |M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. h/ W" g5 i5 n" t" Q6 X0 @+ D: x. z: l, f) c0 I3 a0 d' I
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 0 e% R0 g2 V# L( i( q+ E% i5 Z7 M$ V* Y& F- L3 d' f" |
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。 $ n( i/ C2 ^( M2 h % t2 I6 ~ E/ [/ dM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.% N) p- s( p3 S" Y/ B
6 o9 z, L, m# ~' u9 C! PL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ . ~& e o; p& k" V) V2 v/ \3 B* {' R/ w' R% X
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.9 n8 u/ u$ T8 A- Y% }
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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？1 i0 }4 \7 h4 t3 X2 y
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! " ^% h. e0 B) _* R4 a0 D6 l 4 J( v1 b* g: q' k- Z$ x! T2 DL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 2 t% D- O8 w3 L3 I! P% d- s* y' o- N1 m8 M7 B4 `
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.' U1 i _, V0 Y% d5 i; L
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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？ ' v- u& _! Q, y9 ~( j( A% \; o; P2 V! L* t! @; c1 w
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! + \. z! p1 Z+ W* p t9 J' I6 g# F F. V9 @. O8 R% U
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！" @8 E8 P4 ]& L* G% D: [: N
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!1 ^5 Z+ h8 \* F9 B( R/ j
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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。9 X$ A, h+ j. \: Y* [) U4 Z" t) A
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!- H/ |4 [: T4 h
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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。* M q( G2 \/ a4 N3 k1 ?# v
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