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., D8 s5 j6 Z6 x9 J/ f! W, K' s% R
4 ^$ v# B* @: VM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.- O# l7 q4 Q, X8 H- @7 a
& B9 G( H& t, n3 C5 @, s. E5 l* `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？# t6 Q2 F. ^# N0 E
- r [1 \$ {% x' ~. rM：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.& }5 K, h% ?! _. ?! R# O' W
/ s6 ^' | `0 }7 wL：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& c9 p. @ c) S: Q+ p! z9 \/ M9 H9 p! ?* [6 k
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 3 v' s' Q6 ^2 t" R* C, [4 R, t+ e: S! p# C& i, Z% r5 X+ q
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ & h2 ^- K7 z; o' q3 }6 R ( ?* V2 E( i6 V' 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.4 | }9 ^. ?1 d
: f! o" w V' N" X! v- |- H M: hL：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？ % l1 ]5 H$ ^ E - J( Z6 F" J) L$ I: e' ~' \M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.9 f9 q: f9 o+ d9 C2 D0 s
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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？/ y4 G' O2 d3 c, o6 h3 X
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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"!! ?1 K- X* s7 R! ~1 a
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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！4 T% z2 z# y" ]( ]9 I
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. ) P& @" s5 w7 m8 ?/ ?: z! \9 ~8 i9 U# c" a b
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. , F! s- ~/ x8 e @ , ]. U& |# L! t% c. dL：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。8 \7 _7 f' ]2 ?5 Y0 v ]& }
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M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.4 I. T$ u7 H- g5 I" A9 o# A
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？" j/ h# B! T( Z* L- h9 j
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. $ n r/ o: L( K/ O. p! e& v" D! p( C5 C6 [9 `
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？ 6 R- E. U) ?7 Q9 M+ E4 s: V6 y* ^4 A! H' P! G& [* z* \: ?# p$ X$ O
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!8 s/ N# X1 B. L" F" q) N& B* u1 }+ |
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？$ o/ P: y1 _6 e- a4 _% p0 u
. @: z6 p, g% CM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. / u9 h* ?! M* j5 P+ V( h3 h) G* f3 s) ` O1 q! { ^
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？ , j6 _, f7 r6 U% V" k& Y$ O7 r& J: g; A2 z5 A, @2 M
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!2 }/ J- M5 @2 S9 ~4 v
6 f9 L' v& N8 kL：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！0 z0 b; j5 k( i$ L6 J
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!5 Y; W3 L0 `2 r) t
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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。 ( f/ W1 O! r8 r9 u5 h" X % C7 U. J {- l6 ?$ ?M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!+ o4 `2 R. u4 b4 h! h0 g8 I- O
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