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. + a) l* Y9 Y, c) k + J5 v( ~: N: I' J& wM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.3 k$ d3 {9 c0 t- h2 ?) T
% H! P3 _1 C- I& Y8 LL：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？ T' i3 d: r; H' M3 v
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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.) R- g+ n9 x/ R" i0 H
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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？ 1 m2 G M; ]: T1 E. \; o $ q0 `6 s2 ]1 @7 _. e5 P; _" d4 t" \M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.) l+ G( K5 ~: `0 i; y; }4 S
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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？: p" o2 R5 x8 l4 q6 h9 p
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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. |: z( J1 b( z+ V 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？ ( o+ [& l; k6 h0 t: |# j % W! h5 \' K3 X' y5 GM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. # w: i$ B; K& [# E4 G 6 ?/ r, [2 d* O+ y! _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 s* y/ c' i1 C6 a( R8 l
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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"! & h/ V1 C m" K$ B! k: f8 U - H* f8 j, D& ^' A$ a nL：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！ / |" P% C7 w- n" y1 X3 K3 O& }% v: t: @- n- o0 R5 Z2 I- |
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 0 t" ~$ _# L5 u& T) l t; b7 W! D- G5 p
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. ' K+ R8 @ w3 C, O" }$ C1 _4 s$ g* h5 y5 l
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。 # ?% K' L6 T/ S5 `4 c* V# x1 x2 `& r: x$ w' b6 _. c
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 9 y6 w' g* j4 |8 ~+ @" R/ K& n: @, A; c) g- h
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？5 x S- @2 t" ]8 O
( Z# p1 Z8 Z* o- q! Z# oM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. , l3 V- g* ]1 C6 ?& M) s9 ]) Y5 b d5 G: I6 K
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？: q. a! u9 a; x
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!5 z# T: N0 ~) B; e
! B" u+ V. o: ^' J* p" b# TL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ & |' B7 y- @( x7 s 1 d1 k1 J+ b" K# tM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. " h* i6 b/ W/ M2 T j, J0 | ( @+ I4 Z& c1 |* I& |; mL：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？ 5 U$ v- N. F( m. n2 |& T3 [( o: J ^6 U
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 9 G: A1 h/ ]. b) ]8 [6 s( ] , T" O- k3 G. \1 U0 ~8 ]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！3 b+ f7 G- e5 c6 g, _( U
( O4 g+ k: p2 B7 \: B# cM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!# l- c4 e7 z# a% y9 Z: k0 z
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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。 % W5 S% A1 l Y- b% c! k1 e( @! F9 B: ^* v
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! . ]" Y% Z" g' G9 O, M) j 6 W6 \% l2 @4 O( q, z5 B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。; B& f% _" _( l, y, a2 R
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