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. $ W9 `1 P0 r& B. }+ k% ]; J0 E( W- b# [3 k* Y' E
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.; _# P" _& p a4 y# D
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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？ $ m. W3 o3 A3 E( X& v" Y8 O9 _2 A
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. 8 s* W7 r1 o* J2 w- S. q2 g8 `2 ?. l* b; C% j
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？. h# l/ E. h$ o( C x2 \
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.2 U. ^/ |: W; \0 }1 \" n, y
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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？; \! f, A7 x# _8 j) ]1 M# k7 ^+ q
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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. % J [( \( m6 K9 K! _5 e7 a) B& y8 w& S' J b8 A( j
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？ & V& T5 ~% z# X8 U& E2 _$ Y : F: C& u b5 X$ eM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 9 D3 f) C/ E# {. s3 ^9 D5 Y( ` 4 x' _- q, m" Q$ B) HL：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？ p, H' ^' l4 y& _% R+ t K0 _
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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"! 0 C+ ?5 j V( C L% [; Z1 p) o: m- e# R0 i! Y2 Q- L' [' n) M
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！ ! a+ M" W7 Z9 _. N0 u( P' g: `5 i; e7 }+ n' f
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious., Z) L- ?* o" F. H0 Y$ x' Z& v2 U8 Y
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket./ l( p9 s- Z, }1 F2 z# [0 ]
, L3 m9 c7 `% P% W4 G. e$ T2 A/ eL：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。- }( ~+ H. a$ r1 e! t) |1 g) t
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M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. / o6 p$ {. ^" l# O# x * s- p3 L: V' n, v7 c" g/ AL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？8 ^. u0 ?8 ]& v' l: [" b
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. * I" F" a9 I# \0 N1 Q# b% i# C; } J J* g
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？) O0 G9 j$ E j+ y! S
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ' Y! U( A8 w# S + G/ M2 L6 w# r' ?) Z: u9 Y% tL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 4 Q. p z9 _2 }* Q$ ^7 x* B$ j+ _% A, O! g7 R" K
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.. J& |5 L0 w" N* E: k
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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？% \. u% l5 k6 B# f
9 X, P7 T9 L/ l. T) n8 {; j" {3 G. dM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!( u. i0 \/ u4 W
5 N/ T2 M1 G/ J. \. D& L& iM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!. C# K7 F7 X" T
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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。 ; y" j& j9 O3 [) e: U! D1 E' \! ~3 \4 J$ l7 w
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! - f9 v o6 ~$ f' H! u9 E$ N+ f, t O& r" k/ O0 l
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。- }, K2 E, t: ~ ?2 b
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