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流行美语口语 Lesson 25 - cop & to freak out

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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.
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7 I- j4 [0 v) N  qM:Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.
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/ m9 S2 n- k. _3 D9 e9 IL: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?2 e9 @$ K5 y: [- M8 w

' a9 T& Q2 w0 jM: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.6 u9 I4 h0 h; h

# F# G$ i( j2 iL: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?7 i; e/ S6 ^$ Y# m# A! m' a3 a% ~5 |

% {$ j" E+ c2 y- U5 N* kM:That's right. "Cop" means police officer.9 T6 M# Z3 n  @2 \) R- Q
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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?! h, ?' n& G' U! t
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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.( j+ `& O2 P1 z6 B2 N

* v2 R8 E) E8 \4 v  x; FL: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?: J. V& E5 Z: k/ }% v: Z
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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.
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+ D- x2 _3 ~- sL: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 X+ {& x3 f0 L" Z* y* @, ?

4 a, |, R% W1 A- Z( y" r! f  x* c) t# jM:No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!
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6 t+ f& H, {7 P& EL: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!5 |" N9 |8 I* D# ^9 [
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M:Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.; H3 `" H7 w" F& b% B0 C
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M:See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.- l2 Y, y! u2 H% h
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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。% y$ Y0 p9 B& a* r& h% L7 h* S

  k4 z2 {7 Y$ H- E+ i1 uM:I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.: O( ?( N- N' \6 K- l' ?! G2 E' D

" n7 O# z  O( b; hL:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?% O* `' O4 P9 i9 o( J6 N

$ V5 _3 }5 @; U0 W+ R3 QM:No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.
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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?
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M:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!
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8 O$ W4 q3 D9 R& F7 WL:你才该感到紧张?为什么?& C' X' |1 R7 J! ]- T
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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.
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- K( n: I$ K; uL: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?
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M:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!3 d" q1 F0 A" _% \( k3 _* j( v

* d2 {; b' S6 Y' [* TL: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!+ z) _2 F) d0 _* g, [. E
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M:Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!
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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。6 k+ `+ J0 o2 h6 r3 C, ?6 S& P" o+ z
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M:Me too. Now, drive carefully!/ E8 G& t% G/ k4 h  ^

. K. P! k5 S  y  K6 t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。
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