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.5 k5 g6 d; z. C/ i) v. v
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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. / P1 ?% U: l1 M9 l3 V8 I9 |$ x # R" R0 c& c6 z- e3 W: T" hL：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？% @3 Z! k0 Y% }
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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.. Z/ G6 H9 t* }/ t5 w
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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？ 9 a0 t6 O, K, b/ G# a# K) f/ n / U9 j4 S- H' G n, g+ gM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. + Z3 C. s4 Q. U1 p8 m* G7 S " K Z; x( B ^" K: TL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ ( e6 D, {1 P7 ]0 j& L, g5 X5 D! i; Z( D+ @9 J9 V0 G9 D/ X$ ]* v" W
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.6 L+ t$ @5 i% S4 l* n6 i
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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？/ j l( i" n, x8 o8 n! B
0 {; E; S m% E {1 ]5 J7 ^: O5 dM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. ' Y: T+ u. E6 z' K" d* G( v ' r* e# I3 r- ?' V$ O6 xL：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？ 6 n) K" }4 K. m: d; L/ l7 a6 [- w l# \! r+ `
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"! # W8 Q$ l, H$ v3 x7 l. s3 K, t! g r4 B( i; R# y
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！ " `. @- k& H7 i: G+ |0 l8 X( p; m2 y7 @: u N2 c2 j8 k \ q
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. . X: L! o) W) `& C/ R4 ~% g4 P+ Z5 [6 d
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.& G% T% E$ p: k- f [- ^
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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。 9 l- y N$ b8 P % K) h1 k' W. zM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.( m3 [+ S2 ?5 @8 w/ p
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ ; a% c- i( K% P, h3 H7 `' S# z' m$ e$ i8 B3 C' w% N5 M
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.8 L/ u7 K% N, |* e
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ' k" \% t9 {7 U! a3 k 4 _/ {* n& x6 o4 K" ]$ I$ D9 `3 J+ XL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？" W5 ~0 y! q7 U% C# F
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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？/ u$ |1 b" w( v, U4 G7 C, v, |; \
- X3 Z: ]# q; X9 v. v4 gM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!* C$ R0 {& Y4 G* x2 ^& L0 u
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! & k+ L3 K" M. f) I % i' j9 F* N: ^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。 % x" k n) d) F, f- g' H, y/ u: L( F% b2 k# i' r
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! , r9 k% Y- ?6 j; T) w- S3 z; G0 | t! Q( R/ U2 k+ u
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。 h( G7 R5 |) y+ ^ L2 x- h. |
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