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. ' O3 ?' {: N. L8 M* p6 w& }6 b ) g9 ~0 X! }2 \M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.0 r4 y* S! [& I: f0 W9 r7 t9 C
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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？, @/ W. W$ A. z1 W" }
4 | d C- r# y& m j1 A {5 c) cM：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. / R! h9 a; v5 [" M, s, U$ ?( F5 ~ 0 @: n; M9 Q% V3 c' ML：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 Q8 v7 y m/ A+ x ! X% A( H! k7 e3 a0 x2 VM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. ' j/ S5 b: P/ @5 E7 n2 F, N9 y" e+ o0 R' b" t
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？7 p$ O' O( n! N- [. |
$ Y7 @0 a! J( z1 IM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. - `! J3 ~7 {3 `$ r3 k1 ]& l4 A8 Q" T! ~7 [' |0 X
L：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？ # `* k. o; W, X, e( a | 5 m) f0 R) h( Q" e) D' P3 C: H5 HM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.' w# n6 x m4 Z% ^2 ]
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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？8 e) b; P' ?7 U2 U- I
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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 P5 |/ S; E( R v* Y x( z# B$ s6 @* g! ^, j
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！ 6 |1 d3 ]) q! r0 u2 c# S0 ]- ^4 [/ y, h* V, ^
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. Y0 i; ]+ l6 ~5 B* h9 k
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.; q1 k+ D0 }- P0 X) a
# z5 L P# q) H* B- g, t J. GM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 8 G& ^ {8 _5 i/ u5 Z+ [6 n7 R9 B1 `6 {& ?$ @. x
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？+ c; c7 W, h# b4 Q, z6 o0 E0 @5 }
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.& e; r8 @6 V c
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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？% Y, ?3 I) z) }; ]6 u ?' _( h2 s9 h
^& J8 @2 U: d" b& y# O+ hM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! " N3 G- s7 q$ n8 P& c2 x9 v3 D2 h8 P5 {1 ^$ s, |
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？: W, d5 b2 m4 f4 n; G W6 g
4 T0 c0 i* P& o, D/ t# jM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.) h8 B( a" q( q) n! L6 E
- M: M! i5 ]+ q$ i7 ]7 a i _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？ 5 S7 ]1 A$ B" I" _. ?7 s8 T" X# d9 N: _* z+ A( Z3 V6 n
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!' M/ V5 a0 I: y* L9 O
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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！+ S( {. k: {+ P) g" K4 }3 P. { C
1 s) [1 m8 ?8 C& {+ `/ JM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!2 v. q- E6 u* n% `4 j4 U0 Q7 {
. ~! [& W+ K# S [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 [* a7 h. Y1 _5 H) t, F ~: N* a' {$ ?. A H2 \
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!' C% |- S1 q* E! W8 N9 t2 x
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