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. . B- k. R) |$ f. a5 S3 ~! ~8 n2 |! e7 I
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. " Q* B6 y* t; Y 4 F V* `( f* N5 j, W% WL：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？+ ?( Z# E5 g* ~6 }+ G9 m; d
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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.5 }2 z" {* K, \
5 i/ D Y' d$ L* rL：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 h5 e/ G& _! Y
. O4 @' `" e# W* J! V h6 XM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.6 T, @. d& f/ U$ h! v5 L7 E' F
# C j! L f4 |9 o- ?$ RL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？' {8 O' W+ n/ _. W, I9 M
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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.- J7 \$ X+ G; V
( t: Q) q) d$ b& dL：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？$ Q$ X9 k# P. k
9 S! K% p# d; LM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.8 j5 v9 G: ]2 K7 x. U' b/ ?6 f# x
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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？ ( E) P: y# d( M* f5 c0 M% O% J$ M* h) C; @3 o: y2 P
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"!( @1 H+ M8 }; w% m9 ]
) k+ Q! x9 }% D: z$ wL：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！( Y' I- s. [% i2 X d- R; g
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.+ T: T9 ^- J, K9 t
, F6 M* U% M6 C7 FM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 5 [: A7 k# V$ q) o% ]- F8 P6 E( c8 s$ V+ B8 W
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。* g/ j9 E: B& O' C$ n) H
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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.5 J( v; K$ ?' {) a% ^% @
& k$ ?% c; y: V- A# `# lL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？5 w' f6 ?9 b. }1 \
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.: B5 m* @& w( ~
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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？" _: J2 H1 ^! @0 w
; q& x- Z' E9 [M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!9 Z3 p% ]3 ]* R! c# T
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？" e/ W# @9 |& Y
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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. 1 x' B4 }0 T" z7 ~# E0 ?3 o, r/ z5 ~" l2 l( v$ ]6 R: |
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？ * J# p' z. R: p% ^9 e/ v" e2 ? ) H( F& p1 {$ [2 W3 x5 t) KM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 1 P9 S J! V/ w. [$ j& A2 g# K) Z* B& r+ x' ^ S
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！ % U. K) Y( y% N6 m8 W " V2 {! k" G$ ~M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!9 A: u G* c4 C, Y- G+ V; W
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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 ~+ ]$ E* G8 V. k" c
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!& Y+ |6 J/ O, E' W! I% m" b' B2 u$ a
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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。5 u2 d2 t/ @- b+ I. F2 w6 a
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