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. $ W- p+ h8 }# H3 Z R6 ~5 b* L0 Q+ m. \: }. g, e" t+ ]/ o
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.; V+ \/ O4 Y+ q4 j* K
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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？$ k' x6 ^ B% s! i9 g& \# 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.& f6 Y9 W8 O! k2 B2 ^6 U; [
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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？1 K/ ^! J. V! s
7 c! h( U( b( SM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.. I- U5 v! Z! Y/ h8 r/ z. x: o
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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.* _$ i( j7 T% m
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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.- d/ k4 _9 P' P
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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？ Q4 E2 I- I/ D7 \% V- w, e
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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"!4 } V% x2 H2 r7 c$ N$ f
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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！ - U( ~8 Q2 v& o& U; R, K& b1 Z' N. _& z& W, t
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. $ w7 `- F. L: e 1 I. _: c" m4 G5 q) e) Y1 {5 m$ FM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 9 w$ V0 N% f) b) p z3 m ) `, { r- z9 l$ p4 Y' Z& {) q. FL：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。$ W) c% a: C3 x9 n9 C0 ]! j, _
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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.. M, c1 t2 b2 c' U" w4 l1 l
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？2 Q& r' w' k. f/ p8 q8 d9 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.! o: ?, f( p: 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？6 s$ t, I% i& y% |: \% ]% W! n
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ' a2 |' n7 p! m/ F0 K( n+ e2 l- R( r4 Q
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 7 K- H4 V% t( \* M* b4 K( y/ e ' p; ~# `0 z, ]( D3 CM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. $ o, W9 T9 h' N* Q: d& \2 D$ t 2 R2 L& Y4 j6 \$ JL：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？ ; G* u. `3 l/ K& T/ k( @) r, m5 K* }% n% h" ^
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!9 r# x' R9 n8 I( I: F0 ^
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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！ ) l0 k" R: a! T* y6 E6 q# U 7 ^1 B& s% ~# I$ g" AM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! - W/ f( N6 U6 S( v3 |0 L + ]: m0 R; T2 ?0 s6 o3 j9 d0 SL：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。/ e/ l: I# y) u/ j! R" {
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!" s# Q( u/ o! ^% Z# U0 r& I
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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。 * [! C! O& l. \& n( L5 |4 j1 i' B
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