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. ; r f0 `* Z' H% p. x4 [- q6 { : A" Y5 f2 g5 Q( h: M* @M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. - `, @$ t! o* T5 H : P n8 P3 W% v6 U. `8 e0 XL：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？* F* _4 ^1 B7 F9 D0 ~& x
" a/ `' [% f% A0 }7 oM：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. 4 ?$ R# G9 a ~% ]" B6 X5 L; U5 x! s0 s
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？ 3 l& u. g) J+ M) s ! f C/ b. q1 I! y- AM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.5 ]% O4 o% u" w" I8 V, b) |- o3 L! {+ ~
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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？& b! ?" w1 O) @8 }# ~; r2 U
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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？ / D" Z1 Z- H$ c4 K0 I+ V) ]; Y 6 ~" p# e7 [: h7 [5 Z& p4 Z6 {7 BM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.. X( |- g9 w3 E0 G, O& J
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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？7 t3 w, B) H0 g8 k+ |! p
+ w1 B* y1 _4 E* G& _+ f; t0 t9 }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"!* T) V1 k$ A( d- N4 q; h$ _
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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！* n6 C% f* U L
) G) ~8 }( C, jM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.( r, ^1 V6 E$ Y! ~, o& b0 b
( i5 C$ a/ _ A/ XM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.$ A( [) {# v# u* {3 Q6 f7 V+ x% R
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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。 6 u, X+ V0 z5 H3 h9 q# B2 Y f5 E" D" ?# I E! o
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.8 c2 A) u. y* h( b4 s4 ^3 x ]
7 p& I* `' g$ M% i0 N8 p" yL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ $ J, }# H/ X+ x" A i - l* N+ Q" [+ y) lM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. & [+ ~" ~. h y& e) j% C 0 X( W4 K4 [. `+ f3 OL：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？ 7 u9 O' l, u0 {) }* _; Y, A - t2 T7 ?3 x0 Q5 [3 l d% |M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 1 M# v+ k- D, Y, x$ N * p i, u$ g: M& a7 C* f, A# pL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ o- L E4 ]! a" j* K- p3 D& k" M `
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M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. 7 k. m b1 b! R% o+ {% ]0 f4 X1 ]2 b6 m
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？ 1 [- M2 E. {4 J& u: | ; _. a9 o7 Y9 [' C j! nM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! . r h; d% S5 \: Q- r& t# u8 T& ^( A' Y; N( o( {3 M" H% [2 v; T
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！ + m" X) @. s' L! T0 ~ : w, P4 p4 k$ aM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!! s" w$ V f* p. N1 [
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