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. , f5 J# p+ Y6 w+ U' Y/ V# z3 z7 j) N: m+ {
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.1 J/ Q) i; r8 n$ p! c6 ~$ M" ~
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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？ 7 F( q( U0 v. w' q z) W+ q, v- K2 O5 m9 S- i1 U+ U. J9 m
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. 1 s' g% N/ u# g* ~ 1 T& Q, G- E) ML：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？, G& }% x/ C. Q: e. {
5 }- _* F5 b j9 h' c' i( s) J7 t1 dM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer." ]. ]. u# j/ e2 g9 B7 |" Z
, e- C8 m! [5 @, mL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ $ A9 {" t9 l5 d6 o& \" \- o. | * J+ S$ C( x' g! e+ |+ Y' YM：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. E& L# `" s( e5 u / i! Q* y& @; j4 M' ^6 w" H+ M4 d7 ]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？! G$ l/ \6 G0 G# T
8 `2 t# `& N5 E4 q9 |M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.* b1 q+ X. Q/ K# d1 @
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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 o5 Z, [8 a( F; P) v) [
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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"!5 T/ y- ~: N( Y6 V0 t
! h2 M+ G& b: a$ a) ?- l- M' CL：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！ 6 s4 c! m$ C; h1 R! F( k, P- T( e& n% O" z
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.5 E S, Q) w" V' k9 [
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. / K# B+ x2 U" L& r8 G+ h # M, F+ j9 w- z. U% vL：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。! e) D1 U0 O0 A/ U
& x7 `* N6 a4 H+ f0 J: ?1 WM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. ( `; |& Z; a, q \ h! a: m) w $ E) S, o! f: T4 Y' qL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ # ~/ b. P( G$ a9 Z/ s1 z6 f8 e3 W K
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.9 w( ^, ^. c( U+ I" h. s3 f
- J4 O* @7 V6 E6 ]1 D5 NL：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？ * Y# W8 a: U- i3 d 3 ~3 l! V4 }; ?7 v# V& IM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!( m0 l8 K% K$ v; i
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ; f2 H ^; k, e+ J& ?$ L& q4 Y, p" |0 I3 K Q' v
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.3 P$ ]* n; V# x9 S
$ \+ _" ~3 S; c& i( eL：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 d d3 x$ P* X, k, \% f$ b4 B6 t. W. T! r5 L: o: R) J
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! ! d- A+ P" o2 v" Z/ \' R0 U9 { & T. n5 x5 c% lL：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！ + M' q5 ?- S/ J + w* ~/ s: j) S- V4 p3 v( LM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! & ]4 O5 v' d( d; b" s 4 U' `, m0 K- D4 hL：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。* j9 Z9 @- P- W$ s
9 I: {5 d+ a! DM：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 1 n. ]. e# g+ C* X' \! A 7 c9 K' N& O$ P) Y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。 3 a* K V5 E7 S " X: {+ w$ Q" a3 e2 M( m# eAudio As Following: : d* |$ C8 G; l) E
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