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., G" k8 y: g$ |2 {9 l
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M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.. t2 A; \4 f# U: E" j1 x* i9 ? R
& B7 X! i. S2 A7 P1 ]/ U( CL：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？" W4 l- f2 W! L( h' _. D% V
6 ~, M! s: `! H2 b8 yM：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.7 K6 D" k+ a: k2 I6 L" y/ S8 I
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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？( x7 ?; i a: ] R8 P+ U; h7 ~8 }
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.- S1 e- w Q4 d F" x
3 A6 ?: ]5 b& u3 l3 D4 t4 _L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ $ U! C: M ]9 ^& _4 S( \0 x# B9 g. @* q' A& k
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. ' A! ~8 I. h7 y0 c, S% p4 R, y7 Z% M1 J
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？ 5 M- _8 }, J, z) t* b. t$ @) Y3 a ! `/ [, e# l* B# L! eM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 9 P e$ | @+ R- M* O& ~" q' `4 P& r* D9 v
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？' y6 b( i( J. X! s& t
! i9 g; Y6 S- Q. C+ b8 H6 \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"!7 Y9 H* ?. H& u5 l( {
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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 {- k$ j; C, L" S& c. Y4 F* v
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.* E$ F% t+ B8 }) R
. ^( d3 O/ w# Y, R2 gM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. ' n q4 w* j) u5 t3 T$ _2 L( W4 z. |# D. q- Z4 `9 J6 Z. p
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。 $ j' n' f/ H! A8 q7 C" d5 W/ T9 E" @' @
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. X6 ~( R4 C: p/ ~. s/ a! {
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？: V2 X! x9 u% }' \; ~; y" \) _' Z
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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？, }, M2 t. T% ~9 C- D( _# A# P
6 Q$ j' } l+ ~M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! : d. {2 H' b4 X& a+ |/ ~$ C% U! ]; V
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？8 q2 u( o0 f8 R( y3 O6 I& X
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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. 4 j3 M* c2 C6 k& x+ E 1 z2 [5 a/ Z6 _! xL：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？1 O* {0 R7 y/ T) X" Z7 ?
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!( M% E2 k7 ?! _3 }' y
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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！ # k4 p4 ?9 \6 W+ j , I, e, [ d! P! e- Q9 eM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! % V5 w! l/ P, s; Z4 E8 Q. j) E5 K3 m
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。2 v5 O6 x! r" P9 r4 i# n
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! ! U3 p% ?/ B5 ` # E e4 u: j+ L u: F: v) k! z# f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。 3 X4 N5 K. w$ m P' l5 I3 k4 U2 OAudio As Following:5 M: T$ a9 T+ N% G; t- T0 d/ D4 o
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