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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.
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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., R+ W/ P7 m$ P: j: \0 ]' c) o9 c
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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?
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, X! a2 e+ k, w9 \; _' t8 G& _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.
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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?  d9 c2 ~( {/ X: }. t
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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?
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2 ]) V5 h+ o, u# r3 t4 s  }  LM:Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.3 C# E. f1 |$ G& y
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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?
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7 l* V7 V* T9 Q$ T' I! xM:When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.
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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?
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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"!
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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!$ D+ O" s) Q8 d5 w9 p/ O
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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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% }# j1 l2 E8 M- Z$ [( I! iL: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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L:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?
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M:No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.( `: x# z( _4 B6 A% p  S

7 D( z2 ~, l0 w. R8 r! 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?
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/ Y$ @/ U# Z) pM:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!% F) @3 U$ _7 z

7 G3 I( h7 R& Z9 d. m9 }L:你才该感到紧张?为什么?1 _1 ]# n+ o1 P2 I( a& L! m# b% N9 e

/ ^5 R* a/ T) T. f! g* cM:Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble./ |+ O8 S& C% W3 a+ b
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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?
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M:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!
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5 H: P7 [, r% Y! }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!  l& j4 b, U# z& A

4 }5 g  U8 v3 T5 CM:Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!* N# f% D$ B6 M) i

7 K) G7 @" A7 X( j4 K8 M8 iL: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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# Y; k2 S$ q& H2 w  oM:Me too. Now, drive carefully!1 a; Z$ r/ ^1 K* O! _4 a+ u1 j
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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。
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