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. 9 l. C, A+ t8 n4 Z3 b: i2 K( c4 D: @5 j% T1 V& [; W
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.# Q% H! [# ], I! r: Y
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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？ $ k7 ~2 L, T* F/ X% F; O( o% b" ]$ D, a f8 X: _/ @4 ?- f
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. : X* B! D% i8 r. S3 L, Q * S& l w1 X7 c5 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？! r8 g* W& Y8 n- d8 P
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer./ D4 i* X# S! p( e4 e
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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？4 E% a) e" o7 ^( p' y) B/ J
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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？ ' f* K8 d0 ~2 [, u; B: u3 c+ b2 Q" G ]* [) p' g6 w" B2 b
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. , B7 ?7 K& \/ E4 f L) q! s8 \$ V, n; ~
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？' P+ _5 f3 P5 R. A
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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"! 9 ~5 G7 q0 |1 L4 F) ?. K* w# Q , Q3 T* C A; V/ {8 G" qL：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！ 9 ~* z' `3 Y+ T0 E5 _. b! h- s `# }1 f3 `" p
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 6 l0 O6 `8 j4 s" D' O! H9 e8 K0 @' a" k8 t- W* {# Z# i% u
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. : M* a$ y+ c& r5 a% ~3 q) ?# d7 w. [) ~ H5 I
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。7 E* J/ p# D, I' z8 J) A1 b
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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+ n* b0 b0 U# f4 x* A6 B. N8 |
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？/ @7 ?: K# ?; N2 t; G# ^8 U4 z7 `
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. : k' Q4 K5 Y: V4 t9 {2 c5 l" z# @# @: |4 B" H
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？/ ~% z% K' ~) j0 w5 {4 D. s
9 X7 }/ x& n: g9 L- K9 r* M8 n( w( `M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!1 B2 d* N2 H; E1 [0 ?
' s9 h$ I% Z9 \1 K% yL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ - l& c9 V, r9 a0 _" \! w : D4 T/ _( z: c5 M' B8 ?1 b, f' @( mM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. : I5 G0 @2 ]# N% y. f 3 q( v/ o+ v7 b% s3 t5 u& iL：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？ $ P5 h- F- J* |1 Z4 S5 g, p/ L3 ^+ [
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!. H* m8 T$ f* a( Z/ ?2 A; {2 r6 \
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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！2 A7 s3 G! a$ ~7 u0 H% N6 i
: G, J5 G. b9 j9 p" A+ Y! aM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! # B) i2 v& F3 w) J/ @" V6 C " b. W8 i( H5 p3 AL：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。) h) l9 N" ]# E/ C3 I$ s1 C- h1 x+ y
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!2 | S5 d5 H" d* @5 h% k0 d
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