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.2 k# f6 u) ~' n
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M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 5 B; Y6 l: f- [; J$ H/ M: V9 h2 {$ R0 R' D/ j- k( j
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？: s. \1 N4 `& F8 q) p# g- d
, I$ I p2 [3 K0 fM：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. ; H) w, V! G. T( E4 A9 u$ _' b5 }8 ?4 l7 \* k/ e3 z
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？ Y0 u- e: |, K5 f w2 [5 Y9 ~. `4 |$ a; y, g: k* z4 D( H
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.; o! I }2 Z5 N
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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？ ! c4 c3 n. ^7 ?& q |* ?) S# q# L
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.' T0 X0 D, v8 S* M: `
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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？ 3 Y j4 Q6 I) c% W) m2 W. j' c9 ~& g 4 Z/ o/ v! a* p& s% fM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 9 R2 H0 ]% r9 p5 S5 i/ f" `8 Q. U% U; S( `: |
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？' m7 t+ ~: O" a( m3 B
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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"! 3 l2 Z* u! v% |2 a( L- H 4 Z x3 A5 k5 \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！% @* M. s( \ V- s
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.+ h; D2 b4 y3 D; L3 P
- k0 a( L5 {+ {. }- k; E, KM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. $ E$ J }: {2 b) J , O; g$ m$ T- a1 h& x' qL：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。 0 X8 \7 z$ D2 w% W 4 Q+ R7 R+ Z0 h8 N; HM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 9 K5 {% [7 H2 W) O) ^& `2 N% i! k! {0 t3 r; C" J0 r6 l
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？1 o F2 `4 r0 G7 K# v3 V
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 0 r. z4 n: ]( J" [) ?1 ^ 8 e, a/ |' o x3 LL：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？ 9 J' z1 v% @4 J' ~9 k" ]7 P: R; F/ G6 u/ ]" T8 `1 j) M, C
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 8 @ @- ~2 @; y t6 B8 r" n5 b; B" k, S4 g
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ M2 X. J; C9 Q+ Z2 R+ A) O- ^! [. @& g$ M; L1 ~5 w& z1 H/ G7 {
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.- N) u& r+ _# w9 x" j8 o
: J, t- ^: J( L7 j6 YL：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？ : H h5 W' B" @: }8 A/ F( F, p , o; h- j5 M6 E' w" h, WM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! ! a. Z6 d6 M, Q) f! ^) h& t3 v$ A* L# ~
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！" ? J# \1 l' v) k5 Y; g$ ^
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!7 Y! X- b" y1 p$ ~ z* L" [
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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。 ( h* I$ r5 y$ _0 o& A4 {( z* ?6 a/ z- T6 y: t) E8 n0 `( V: |5 J3 O: e
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!. [# V! [! i6 \
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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。3 P& P2 T. n- r# E g
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