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. 3 _6 \4 m4 d- d5 t; ~/ R4 I" f9 o* S; x. @/ x8 N9 {
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.5 u: l( ~+ X/ V7 v; Y1 h- v
/ A; B1 {- G) t" |4 H" TL：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？ 7 i) L* X# i1 k& T7 D8 w: I! { ' m3 I7 @; R9 @/ v8 UM：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.& N& Q/ h" ~/ i& h' Y% Q1 q- J
& ]" o: B: u3 OL：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？0 c2 k$ \ D C$ ~" h& E) ^" |
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer., U! x o% q& d8 O" ~
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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？/ n, ]+ `+ N% p* q5 @* s
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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.* ]( _. C* o2 o/ v% h V
; Y% O1 N1 O% iL：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？ @! I5 f4 h0 L) S c* j. y) x+ o- n' a- J) G
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. ! R" O- n7 L( J. N4 T6 Y& Q9 ~' {1 ~! `- F! {* w7 a& \, P# O
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？& G# Q& ^0 ~5 y$ J
0 A0 z5 J4 b9 {8 r+ z7 H- @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"!* A8 N" O7 P/ N' z1 ~" E& _
+ p& U M$ E* f6 i+ V4 c( WM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.$ V% p9 h2 K$ u
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. & W ]5 \" ?3 Q5 g; s' r9 c9 d ( l3 O$ S: J) |9 @4 f. H" i+ C `1 t3 a& f3 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。" t. x* _2 W( O& K
' u! A8 a6 M* ]# n! L% {& |0 |' {% FM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.) s; ]/ h) x; q
4 I7 U2 q$ u" uL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ % \4 [7 b. ~3 b( i% w# g $ d7 c7 x- m% [7 QM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. ' v6 b2 Z: Q6 J3 S) _6 E, r+ g& h5 D/ q2 m' q1 V; R8 o$ t
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？ $ i4 G7 x2 y+ D% `! c' d8 F2 |6 S: n0 v' d/ R5 S( i7 o
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! I. Y; K* ] [( J9 r2 z* ` / J1 ~1 b, I! A" ~7 d$ `% ?+ LL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 6 W- U) m' a: w% t" O # }1 T8 ?. ^6 j% EM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.3 r4 l) S7 h0 \& R* O( M- |
$ ?2 y- W* J$ pL：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？ 1 c8 N4 s5 p1 M1 N% J- f 5 ?) C+ n$ D+ t# |M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! , a: X" U, m- u4 z+ L& f( ^5 }( W0 U- _
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！ . ^% H& M* Z$ q( p0 B4 C. Y7 m {$ F ' R# y5 ]- S6 TM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!( O$ ]$ k% F* p; U! c9 ~
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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。 + _ M/ k1 c3 c- h, s: b 5 }& V7 G. U* d5 `$ [8 W$ T% mM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!9 I* T7 R! n" \9 b9 Y. z/ p; T
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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。- s7 \& U3 f c# M
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