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. # F! }7 F9 k# P. h, t4 f3 N1 a# M* \* Z; r9 d
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. . b* }( g- K, r! ]1 s9 Q' o" r# K- z9 e0 F1 B7 h4 K4 D! m- x- y- @
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？ 4 s8 A9 w. d- f3 x, k* ~9 o# Z/ u0 ], ?! T" T3 [
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.$ S0 Q5 @* w% }- b) h. g
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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？# I) U3 K% ~3 t8 H& N& u6 K4 j
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 3 p1 ~! R+ T3 S. n7 u& a ) B( }7 X P. x. w# J4 ]L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ - e) m* B+ c5 X' N: R 9 Y! ^/ I! j) O+ A/ UM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. 0 Q4 V# f" d& V0 t( N9 G% u# g / a$ @! D5 V$ \+ ] aL：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？ 9 j, F. F/ d* \) S7 U* ]& P & m" Y1 f- f8 M2 V# J/ i) C8 A* GM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.. L& h# G: k% W, Q. _' Z( v
' O i% ]' k. cL：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？ S4 ^% e! E+ D! g. U8 [
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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 M5 r3 M& L: o6 s" A2 d/ Q
7 l" `' u* v9 h3 |8 {$ w, bL：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！) ^% G. p. [. F c
4 r& s" z% \8 S1 X8 FM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 6 W& t4 @/ q. a+ F5 r& O$ R, ?% k5 z- ?( I' T! I' R
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.( D, B0 E0 x4 _4 u- N
, M D0 {5 \0 X5 E2 z' X/ ?+ ~L：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。' ]7 T* U' @' _& @; f9 Q2 x
* C6 C8 K* e4 m. ^M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you., k) k* N; Q* ]8 b) K: c$ D0 L
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ & ^* m# Z: h! S5 m& J 8 Y* }% n' m5 [, i! oM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.; T1 l( Q1 A l6 C- D
4 C1 g% |4 Q# jL：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？ - o% z* l1 u+ L) v4 Q$ P 4 L( _2 U- P& h: n' lM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ; o, r1 w2 F+ o! O$ a H" C , a8 f0 R5 h5 o8 _L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ( v) D1 E$ U: k8 F, u S4 I4 d% O* R1 d+ f% W: ~! u
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.( S! M. H) g) H [) n; M- D8 v
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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% d- ~4 ?, h
! i9 Q/ v7 W' K$ CM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!$ n! X! e/ @5 e. C+ r! Q
4 C$ w% d0 b5 P1 D) F5 C i/ jL：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！ * V4 R7 g0 j$ l+ t* u' v . p* s; _6 I3 u, X$ IM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! ' X2 i& d: |, x# H % O( ~4 X" E. G4 b2 R, ^2 AL：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。% } C9 ~$ H* H8 o
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!- O R0 ]0 J' A% e0 s
0 k, h5 p: X9 o! T) h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。 & C0 q4 W" y/ g7 m) i- b- Y, d8 ]$ g: [) P- ]5 H5 A
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