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. 8 N6 r# C6 `6 _6 ?+ P2 ^9 g4 d* I: {
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.4 u+ x* X3 J1 D4 _- V) l/ j
6 C+ @0 c1 j6 D3 SL：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 k5 o- g, D& ?. X 2 S: ?( N; v% ]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. ' v+ Y1 `' K6 _: h w9 {# U1 Z) G* A/ n0 ?' _
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？8 B$ o7 |/ d+ `
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. X/ g# t2 R4 q v& r1 c0 V
E! ?, h3 F i1 P/ i8 xL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？1 I# P' c1 a! H; ~
9 K! T* e( A1 [( y. g" }# \. NM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.! n3 ]1 c& z- C ]
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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？ & m# r* K* L1 f8 j' X! c 3 p7 s" b& C7 I2 Q1 x- ]& dM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.8 K: E3 Y- M" N2 K
6 a1 [4 I. K9 ^& \7 ]0 ?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？ / \; `% I4 d, t9 k( _; J2 | 5 W, l5 ^# `' Z" s8 g% sM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! : w K8 P( \7 j% Y/ I F. l3 s2 v& V2 T0 Y3 ~3 w1 U
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！ & n; A' e2 T8 r9 B/ f% X + n: X' L2 b# v, y e1 T' D8 ZM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. % l& |7 q/ P2 T1 | G. W/ G; r$ g n9 Y/ {0 J( p
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.+ |* d P/ j8 r: B
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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。* T- R- K6 Z: X f6 W
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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. : Y+ f3 i3 N$ L, k# d9 d: l( F+ E" {% W# F, D5 F2 _
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？5 {# S7 m0 E3 L" `4 R
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. * r% B5 l$ `9 P- f( k6 o6 T0 }) S, C9 x: i4 M% }# O% c: Q* e
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？ - a. T1 U( i2 {# J3 R8 p) q% B2 ^7 r4 X8 a- M' [
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!8 v' e# o* I! R5 N a; b
" B) Y5 }8 Y6 j- lL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 9 t1 B6 T9 s. d5 S" n " R: k5 Z _% WM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.3 C: E; w6 ^3 b- n( Q# ]8 W
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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？ 6 r+ \2 f" D$ z) n0 j7 G/ S/ r) u9 j- H7 K4 Q& S5 Z
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 5 p5 ?" j! W- ^" ? . D! X$ F% c( ]% {8 ^0 T5 N* G( KL：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！) F0 v5 Y6 Z2 l/ L
0 s9 D8 I+ O$ F5 e; }M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!1 }& p% Y2 v7 p9 x4 U2 N2 Y
+ ?- e Q, [9 }; n# A: cL：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。! ]; T4 j3 Z. X5 m
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! $ W. A5 m. b5 q$ c3 y ( l! i- d& B- W* B- w0 _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。2 s4 j0 ?1 f- C
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