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. ! t' r3 V( S- \* z& U) u6 l @. @# r$ l9 a
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.% a! [2 q% V' b3 T; O1 ^. \, n
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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？" O2 w6 d; r( f) K4 d( T
. I7 X, b4 n& P8 g) v4 |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.# k* K+ z% a- K4 _& g
0 |' }% S# S7 b6 s. ~# d' QL：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？ 4 o: J7 j% B7 {2 k* u% M - k7 O1 o& L: u. U& c# u) FM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.) q4 [9 ?$ L* r1 W
0 @! T2 M: @; e/ K3 r5 L1 U9 a; O# GL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？2 x/ J. w6 y! l, n7 l! }+ X$ P
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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./ I. U3 n U) l- B: V) v- r- t
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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？2 u9 \0 L. d8 P6 K
1 J9 f# S C% \; I( lM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!1 ?- D& l! |1 h% z
0 P$ F% ~0 {- E0 O# o4 J% R: T% uL：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！2 ^+ U1 s* n3 g9 \) _: F# O0 G R
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.8 `( O* ]2 x) @" h# F
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.* z: w; U8 J+ s, ?/ s" J; ?7 T
( g d9 `8 M; d: c p& FL：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。 2 ~ s( y9 o8 O- e, x( J- i z$ @3 b0 P! d; q, A3 N. O3 }
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. d% s3 `) e5 M7 C+ e D3 C; }8 x5 g! a6 p
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？2 k+ y0 H. ~) z; |: Z' z
# `0 Q' T4 _8 P$ E+ d) H3 xM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. ' y: k* s) l& R3 ]8 N / g0 D* m$ k3 J7 aL：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？ - ]1 N: D! s$ {$ D1 c+ f% v5 x& [
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!' Y% i0 @! D' ?0 v8 a( l
; Q8 ~9 m+ z& l; @5 `+ v4 \# FL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 3 h! ]; W0 a* s$ q' w- j: N& G$ F8 O! i$ p0 r4 F0 d
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble./ p# v8 h0 v9 }4 K" a& I
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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？' j( v: p2 D# O5 o
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!2 I0 a$ i& n) l, {, [8 C
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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！ 9 Y1 D5 M" X& r$ _! N # U- B f/ q+ ]; _7 Q2 O: Z& G jM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! & u/ l( N3 ^3 O3 O 4 @. \- \0 f* l! ~) a. B j+ qL：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。" |3 {! O L! ]6 W, `
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