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. + V9 c; e# C. J 7 _$ O8 z: W/ ]. hM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone./ O0 |" W8 Q" ]! u+ e5 b# Y
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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？ " B- \, ~1 }0 X: f6 Q) j: m5 ^4 j3 A! }' @( y
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.% J# m9 R: P& F7 L( c4 S
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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？ ; o6 r" g% e3 h: I+ a" y u/ S$ m) Z% T; V6 [6 u) |/ N
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.* t8 c2 F3 Z, t' N; F
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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？( e. D0 a8 x" ]+ ^* [9 _
7 m& N0 l! p/ U, p0 @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.# ^1 S4 }* ]7 k: t7 |6 G: \
; d- ^4 z9 P4 F$ K* _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 H8 X$ D, c0 a
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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. 2 d H) E5 l# Q" y5 [$ x. t) y. Z5 Q) s; c4 j1 w% Z& u- U4 j
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？ 4 i' O4 E, s3 s % F/ W1 K4 o6 u& h) {, O9 |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"!# O6 p1 v* e9 A: N R9 i
0 j5 T2 o) ?* u: e/ S" _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！, Y Z' ]1 `* F( \; y) u, `
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. & |$ P6 Y5 X( Q% R. V3 I0 R: ?* I 0 _! S3 u# S) O T* }( [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。& B% T" _! ?% q. A! W
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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.2 j+ ?" h! r# D m# s
7 ~, X9 h' D+ w, kL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？8 Z7 }( T i& K
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. ~8 [$ r9 ~0 I$ ^$ o
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! k- j+ w \+ W8 {8 _
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ & M. d: V# ?% f& M$ r ( t* ?+ i& v8 ^$ }0 E3 L9 f% CM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. , Y+ T; u/ M* `) W, V& e7 {' X; ]# P g1 k' T( I* j6 j0 ^/ b
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？ 6 C1 ` y4 S6 L/ U) ~. L5 O/ ^' F
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 0 T$ y7 |6 T) g& v& G! j5 _" e$ j' ?+ ?: m) O
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！! C2 O$ u: n1 a- }& {( t$ j7 T. x
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! / h# b/ _, q5 _" i+ L; g+ W2 o* v5 h4 X, b
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。# c H7 Q' ^1 J' r! Y) n
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