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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.- }& R* w7 [4 V1 |
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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.3 J( r- ?4 n5 s* V; G* E
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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?
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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.
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3 v) |* Y$ X$ v: B; q9 `4 z+ mL: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?+ K0 s8 Z, m% w  {7 r& e* ?

, u# u1 W8 e4 J( p5 ^M:That's right. "Cop" means police officer.; ]  O& H/ e% G

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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.
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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?5 b! l4 j9 d- X) O- B1 h/ H' m
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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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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?9 W9 n) M. w6 i( {

+ Q( p, ~: d0 R/ GM:No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!' k3 P; w# y& d' s
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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!
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M:Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.
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M:See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.
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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。$ Q5 g1 ^$ ~/ q& i( ]
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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 A( k/ z8 ]- q9 r& F  k; r- M( ?

# I0 y# G: o' J* ~: tL:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?- Z) [. d; ?8 `  Y2 o% _$ ?. Z

1 W2 f) j) Q/ v) `( {! aM:No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.
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; [# [9 d1 M6 G  B# SL: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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6 L$ \+ }% E: z6 [0 e! lM:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!. ]7 E- a' ], i- u0 r- K& Q
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L:你才该感到紧张?为什么?  l9 p4 `- s4 F; J+ r; K
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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.& v  z. z: H, @# P- R! c
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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?
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3 G& n: P0 F* v+ f% g; J  S/ gM:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!
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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!
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0 ^5 Q5 Y" }$ \: x. N7 _6 @% AM:Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!" w, W  ^% c4 _: P
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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。, B$ N3 r1 W- V$ Y% K; _
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M:Me too. Now, drive carefully!5 u+ o# p  K8 z, I
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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。
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