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流行美语口语 Lesson 25 - cop & to freak out

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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 M  d. p5 Y% {1 T1 I+ Y6 G

- L: J& X! s1 k' m' s7 VM:Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.
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3 D+ L9 e, R- L( ^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?
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* Y1 s& L7 U4 z: X. [( tM: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.
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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?
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M:That's right. "Cop" means police officer.
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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?, z" }. e. @0 |, K7 z; K6 A

: ^1 ^3 c. O0 z) CM:Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.7 H+ E1 y( x2 h: r  p, A

4 |* \! g- X" t( r, BL: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% q2 P+ u4 s- b) ]; u2 j- q9 o
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M:When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.
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8 v7 [' {: E! f& Z$ GL: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?
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( C0 b2 ]% r8 ~1 _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"!, W  i! f, e4 `; U% H: ~( f6 ~
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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!1 L* v9 z" Z' M8 R. I% a- a' A
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M:Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.
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M:See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.
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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。
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2 {2 T( W+ `1 pM:I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you." _2 \, m# h$ A
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L:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?
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0 q1 d8 m: O- H& O$ t$ ?M:No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.6 ]  o7 v% ], l1 f/ c$ o% z8 _# c* K6 Q
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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?3 S9 q: o  q+ i

2 C3 A& T, i/ ^2 r0 R. O& sM:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!
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, }% V& p. d/ CL:你才该感到紧张?为什么?1 z3 F0 Y! I2 j+ l/ A5 ?
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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., n, }% F+ T$ P/ q& d6 J( V

) b5 @9 z; O: u; v  i: zL: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?/ Y( V. L5 s4 O# I- I8 d5 z* `" d* i
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M:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!
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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!
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M:Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!
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% Q) |* L2 u: l6 e* gL: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。
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M:Me too. Now, drive carefully!
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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。) ]+ _' @2 O& u: D- y) D

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