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. 5 Q5 \5 r; a+ \8 W8 @0 B: Z1 t 8 o8 N$ P2 k% u& k, WM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.7 `6 N0 s5 K4 m: T1 U7 u b
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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？7 D& }5 s5 a* g
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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. 8 R/ I' q) Y( q9 C ?! Q7 g. N# Z! f; v) o7 H( A1 m+ t
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？& z6 F9 b& Q% V3 }9 ?5 j; u
$ O/ E8 L1 y+ z! f0 JM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.. ]. s$ Z# @1 a8 Z# I! k! G, w7 z
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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？ & ?: K- [, k3 Y$ {: }( A' w# V9 F & M5 K7 v# r9 {) V" u6 wM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.) O- H6 p9 C; F$ t3 g) t0 E
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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？ 7 j. L' Q7 `5 t & `& W! a( Q9 ]/ g- [M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.$ W! j1 }2 x% d9 I1 b) i. M- G
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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？ : o4 T$ s2 v' L' C1 M 1 q$ h# S7 H7 \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"!# `$ N2 _6 _, v2 I+ B% Z* M
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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！ K" t( l) F: E3 a( m* ?
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.$ M* }, ]2 k) T
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 5 I( k- A. Z, }4 X' Y % }# N# x6 g, `6 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。 7 h& C# G4 G: _* z7 m. A- e, }$ ?( m! M( `+ [! n
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 4 H& S. A& I! b. k; Z" | 5 |& f8 ?# ] KL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ ) Y$ c# b1 x0 Q S4 h, C& b* h3 T( f, d$ b+ I0 a
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.( \9 A; E( b/ v. g
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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？ 2 X' {6 X" B, V4 Q; z: w9 X- Y# k. S' W; ~, x
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! , v7 K5 N. P7 p! x: \ 9 |" o7 j$ W) Z* B7 FL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？/ T' N: k9 O7 }! I& _% X6 O
2 b8 n3 Z, w, J5 O* b8 }' VM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.: \ S8 ~; Z9 p: t# q! B8 g
3 }# [3 Z- B8 X# E' F1 FL：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？ ; d2 w& ~$ d8 E+ X C4 s0 A' k- a! p" CM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!* T+ }/ X* @" Y
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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！ + X% s. {: n% M, B# T7 z1 N; q5 e: d: O% K- ^* X
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!4 G( |2 v7 p4 z. f8 m' A
" D: ~: c) G4 F+ f, J) FL：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 M6 g3 c: o5 ~9 U7 }4 b
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!3 l( l# W# O3 a8 G: u' }+ t
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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。2 A; D0 o; H! h4 M5 O L
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