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.# C; Z+ [$ G. A- u% j& y
* M( s2 { r, Y" Z: {; EM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 3 z( g2 {% X0 q7 O+ z! B2 J , r( f6 M$ w, g, y% 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？ , O# m' Z# g+ t4 R: @9 j+ T3 ~2 J, B5 @4 c/ E
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. 4 R3 j" |, @8 s' {& ?4 d- j' w9 s% r 5 }$ j) @0 O j) D+ s3 H r% \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？ : K3 Q+ J* P4 W, z* S" _& B' G5 h# f% A$ s, C# P+ w" \4 ~
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.; \* K1 n- a* J" N( F
1 w, u: M) x6 f) [% \' PL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ ) W# _/ |; J4 U. [7 H ! V3 ?. a( u% b! V2 Q' J3 g9 W! }& EM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. - m# O# ~4 C3 X% g. X. y X2 B8 s. }; E: C- rL：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？) r# U1 c! H7 B# c! V
# G5 d- y, J& I# B! |M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.4 i8 r2 |4 t8 ^: @" q: h i
; m0 A- ]+ m3 X/ r U4 ~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 S- T0 L( A6 H" t+ F5 p3 d$ z
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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"!! p/ U2 O% e. O2 Y! Y, D, d9 v: R% 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！+ n: w% D1 Z3 c( Z8 E
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. * v: O+ Z/ k- Z9 k 2 c6 @! l" {. PM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. * n8 @% q8 b+ D/ O% j: o5 J, h+ w
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。0 R R6 T2 q1 N3 }: F2 C
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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.6 y. {" L8 F! ?" ~; J6 ?
9 d$ l: d: n4 [3 f3 `$ \! |L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？% }, ~$ f9 ? g% [2 K! y. `
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.! H" C6 w1 L' L0 p P+ 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？/ Y" x ~9 Y. P
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 8 _! o1 e+ w7 U) K5 Z" u6 F. }: R$ Y+ l
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？9 r& m* I, R0 p' S! ~
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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.8 `! d+ L1 u3 T* I- K
6 @1 B: U3 s( O: {, {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？ + I) w# _1 o5 u1 `" z, ?( h% {0 Y: c/ @8 |% ^- t G
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! % L3 V) h8 m% f( H c4 ~7 ]& |" h! a% M
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！ ( H2 Z; y/ m/ c7 A% I4 ^* |0 T" ~0 A ; ~6 R1 P4 q) k# D% U/ ZM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! ; N0 q) d7 v' e' C9 b0 ]3 k" B) M7 w$ n/ A
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。 ! o" j2 \" @9 L% a& W9 E 3 M7 d3 H+ A+ ^& E' Z" W# L# sM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!4 X3 B' A$ o5 Z5 m2 r* B
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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。, Z- H, \( j, y; w+ F
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