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. - T3 f% o$ D! s; G) M1 p$ }! Z9 R( @+ I0 l. ]6 C- l
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 1 I! n3 f) ?3 ?7 \1 Q, T5 X+ M9 V) {, P0 B; S) n
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？ % y1 j2 ? c) H / C" }1 ^# q% T( B. V }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. . M; [3 u/ ~5 P7 M - q5 R# c+ G1 ]2 p: G; ]* 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？ / q: U& ~9 D! T1 D6 B" ^ 6 c7 c0 M; K9 X! y( {1 mM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.5 h8 Y7 m7 `, t0 [0 c. t
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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$ s0 e. ^3 h# x$ n
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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.) Y' ~6 K# e& J" `% M4 I+ `0 |! G
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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？ , C) d9 L- X0 {$ S2 } : W1 N' f5 J) H5 r, g& ^M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.* f" e9 r- O1 D4 Y0 }
+ E" z2 |+ L1 m$ g7 l# KL：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？ + n f3 ^5 M! B$ z9 i+ t$ O1 u+ T1 W2 p+ B
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"!8 D* D2 x0 G& J/ D# w
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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！ 3 P$ ]! y: h2 m0 n9 u6 o A ) {9 L% \" b- t! X- I" H3 NM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. ' [% n, E& v# _( g/ ]* v0 J' j2 ]! w/ y& G `% p) _" }
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.+ ?0 K# v( t0 N) `. g& l
0 R: H; S- \9 I7 l( lL：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。 & g- _ K4 d& a" T' e+ N! s" `% y6 c" S6 Y- u/ A
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. / j; z+ B$ _( t3 r& s ! r% f ~7 l$ ]1 b8 ZL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ ; }' z3 W2 {, g c. j$ y0 [3 {9 W E% W: G* P& S
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. & w' w! N3 @0 m1 b : y! Y/ S! r5 ]- E: n* |5 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？& U% U/ f, k* g- I5 y
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ) P, n% o% j' D; x' x % X9 U. t8 U: [- ~: t- _. q+ dL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？6 J) v& O! q6 z+ n+ q6 E% U
3 O7 T; y0 P1 e) x% @) n8 r$ mM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.1 B% J/ V0 E# J
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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？4 r$ C d: w7 _7 {+ {8 V& [
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!& x- Z7 Y+ P$ i" ]# m0 t- T
! Z, [ ^" N3 p$ H2 W; ]1 Y7 NL：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！ , {& M8 q- M; g9 V) ^0 b# c) t/ E0 o) x$ |) C4 |
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!, e+ j. U1 O, ~( L6 m9 j" U
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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。 5 F }+ b7 i, r5 @8 A3 N) a1 B( S/ r& l. D. Z1 A
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!) b# _1 x. n h! i
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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。, R! X% d* k6 d$ C. }
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