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.( {: P( G1 g# z
" |4 y7 o, z3 {3 V7 Z5 RM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone." A) R# O+ t" s8 b& k& K) g
& D( m- ~3 ~8 o \2 FL：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？ . k; ?7 V* |7 e2 a# v& n0 e1 l5 ~( F
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. * ^2 [ F3 ]" u' J" S/ _ 5 ^* K; z8 M" x' a. P7 u" ^0 `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？0 ^/ Q# T q. O: ^
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer." B, |' v: K) b( \7 O8 |
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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？* A; U0 ~3 j6 O/ y, C' u% J2 g
/ y2 I7 [8 S1 u, G6 k" VM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.$ G X# F% f- C5 `. S. S
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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？4 v3 r9 j5 S( l3 I+ R/ i
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M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. ) T# b+ G5 `9 @. |3 g: R. g& @ % H7 e" e5 ^" m# N) ]* 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？ 5 ?; n2 t) z) s& v) x" b4 y . t+ m7 w3 X" f7 e- dM：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' b+ s" ?; h2 d# M
& E1 B3 E8 I6 ~5 w; V; |M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. ; p; Z' o* t0 ?4 g& E' b , L$ f; B6 C" N2 _/ ^! UM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.0 c+ a! p0 V+ s# C! M
% ]$ M7 A# b- KL：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。' j9 Z! F6 E/ F2 n" v- N5 ^% s5 f
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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.6 B, Q. N4 P" i8 S" h* B6 v2 h
9 L+ P1 n1 e5 F: A7 B! nL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 0 m* D& R; L% `) s8 M; q" n* H z
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 7 a4 e- j& t6 k8 e8 ~1 ^! J; o% L3 k. c9 t
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？ 3 o* a4 m" ]/ U7 ~7 m- K' j # `. O; Q0 `9 Z, `! _M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 3 A/ V$ J/ }1 q6 k+ N$ }3 T; t3 ? f2 E: d0 w' |
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ * s$ ]$ Y8 G: r( l 8 `+ A5 X& ^1 v) |; c; s5 ^. [M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.' M: R/ f' ~ M( ?: m* s( t2 R
; d6 Q: H0 q& \1 Y* p$ _ @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？ B$ z1 {2 _- z) a- [' I* t/ [ + u5 H( E, N' h. tM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! {3 A# h% H2 c; V5 |2 l3 i8 n
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！/ R; l" R8 E- |: l) W$ b5 @
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!" |1 u- O" ]# ?$ G3 u
1 m8 Z6 f1 x# y, ~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。" l1 n4 R' b- a Z- L# y2 e
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!8 f; |+ I) m1 J% v1 @& c
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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。 * h7 z( a" x( Y1 {: Z+ h 7 T3 {# a3 z4 X2 P/ N0 j G3 tAudio As Following: 1 U& z) w, ]! [5 s) j
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