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. ' J1 N( b9 K8 J. t5 b ' P! ^ G, h; I* f9 i0 ~M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.& u0 L) H4 O4 n# r, G1 G
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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？ 2 Y% |" Z0 k0 x) H8 P1 d: A5 |/ O* W+ U; z% S* `0 g0 _
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. ' ^' o1 |5 n b# V 1 f5 I( q# ]- Q! B6 aL：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？8 j- O$ Y3 }3 _6 `. b! S/ e
9 F6 k7 z( r ^/ _! X/ m! b: TM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 0 u( L" v; u7 k) n% u% l. d* q9 ]2 O$ w! B0 @
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？2 ^1 J' ?% ~: L. q6 b
}7 ^/ c7 [' ?6 [2 e" \/ R. \; g' l6 cM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. ) A1 q Q! M) c* p- F9 u0 H6 b2 H & Y9 o+ ]) \ V1 l j: gL：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？. I" O) [# r- `
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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.8 J* v3 |+ A4 J9 q' F; S) R# r
- y9 P0 M$ S* NL：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？ + m: w' {; ~) L' J Z. g6 g% y: F7 O" n; q/ I
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"! : V9 p, O: z" [9 T# E9 M% h 8 [! x5 z! T# B- {$ dL：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 A. H$ v l8 R4 y6 T
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. : @8 p# A8 m: s% }9 O9 @) @- Q3 V, y' G; H' D! l
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.9 ^& x3 \3 h7 h! ^! J6 J
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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。2 p( i) ~, a6 @% Y9 V/ ?. Y
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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.# }: l. y" ^& \6 C; H
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ , e$ {2 d# f' D2 d1 P # A0 K) q( o7 {: A: q z. {, }$ dM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.6 m4 m! V7 e5 A& b9 H
! L1 j4 D1 ]/ f0 IL：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？: G% I) ], a4 v1 n
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!/ K7 y3 q& V7 U% N; A7 L
/ x2 W2 O" S( D& qL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？" A+ H7 s1 l- P; Z9 d1 ^* m
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M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. 6 L; s( F) T5 g4 w* M. ^) \* l5 q l1 x8 m1 Z* L, I4 N' j
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？ * J9 r8 l' Y- p$ H% o / X9 O4 E/ n4 z' Q6 {3 E7 `M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! ; h# \8 X3 q, H- w$ f ' c8 i1 z0 i) K5 S* v: @/ wL：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！. a' Z5 |* m' P* @/ |4 z
7 s$ S2 S& {" {9 K; A1 SM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!! y* Q+ }' h5 M9 ]% G/ Z
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