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. % [, c, t+ r3 u% R/ o* ~' w6 C7 \5 b2 d# }( ^% `
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.; \& O; H$ a$ G( X
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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 Z( S o) f5 L
' X0 E$ u9 A3 S" \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. 6 ]! T8 {4 B8 O! @9 n5 ~ 8 D4 Z, c7 [. G. W% r7 E. q- t$ OL：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？ & `' a9 u h* d' b. q& `. A* L6 j/ `4 h3 z. p
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.1 h# E3 s W6 }( T8 b) } 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？0 i6 ]9 ~0 U( t) u6 G" L
8 r. e8 n" r1 T* t6 Y% kM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. 0 ^4 l) L7 M0 n1 P$ P; \ ) m% u9 w* g+ M2 ] R( c- ~2 g, eL：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？* o/ \7 @1 b& S3 r+ \ C) V
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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./ r7 |* u- o& G' _" O2 X
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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？ 4 V* b$ j5 E: @1 U1 `5 p: ~1 Q ( V9 ]7 a2 Z- ~( ? Z: X9 ?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"!) w0 y4 P9 o4 S
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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！ 3 G% Y% u u; \. A0 p: V9 |6 v0 \, M0 |9 R
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. , N/ [0 ?4 M6 j" F, M/ H/ [ U# T7 x+ C8 _" @9 B0 b$ }
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. & S0 l. i& B( M8 q- |% [1 K 7 ]) D9 u$ w0 Y: ~0 D; M! B d8 WL：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 Q2 o4 V7 t) l& U! c' P7 C8 A) k4 b. o 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.9 g' ]/ W q% Y8 k
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？/ H2 r4 |* l0 Q- J: q
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 6 ]+ p% ]/ t. H3 a" b' [8 ]2 T/ a+ v8 [6 X% W* m
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？% R0 b; J* d4 M, w3 B; l
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!- a0 U- e/ s/ r4 h6 r. ^, {
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？8 m0 q E7 `5 h$ C- W0 c
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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？) n/ ~# l, S3 q7 L) I4 m
5 r6 y; J6 a: x- fM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!! p' f% Y. G6 J4 }
3 J! E! B( }4 B4 \1 a/ X7 HL：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！! q" l v# M, V3 O4 Z
) P3 T/ w! e) P. _& `M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! : M) `6 a4 L, F8 A4 \ # i5 W/ U1 V' X- a! I4 f! xL：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。 / ^8 t) o; c* S6 x2 c! p6 }/ t2 u+ I+ K9 X- t2 B4 R* ]
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!0 d3 a1 e9 G0 {0 [: X
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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。3 ]! x: E* \/ C: ^
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