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.$ y9 K3 M0 X4 Z, z. A; T! E
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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. ( L) m/ S$ b# W5 l3 B. Y $ {1 s3 O* R1 z5 [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？6 \1 B5 Y" C0 x9 l' ~% @9 S
6 L4 z8 w* f8 J6 S* qM：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.! H4 O3 ? K2 t# \) ?
) c; ~$ a. R4 Q& ^0 L$ v" H8 sL：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？ : z1 p% D9 n% a5 I, L( r% l/ O: K3 H# J( t5 F8 c
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.6 S% k- A/ d6 o. N6 i9 r' P! _; S
$ F# y% s \8 s' g& IL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？* E$ V3 E( f+ l l/ p7 R8 V
2 @( h- G0 ^' S! `# f5 rM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. 7 O* M ]! J) D6 [/ Y5 I+ i7 l9 e* b- A7 [; ]/ C
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？' _/ f+ u! x8 r* G9 Z: d, W
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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.; M# N6 v3 T% r2 Q0 K
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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 q) W1 B1 ^) [6 l! ~& 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"! N( Z q0 g8 {1 B8 N/ P
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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！ # f, o# s8 g: P; e . ^7 D+ N! |- E* E# {M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.% |. M2 |. H9 C; Y: U( d" s( r
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. * R! U- s5 T- Z, l( P) x2 F7 f6 R! `5 x; r
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。 5 s& J; S' y9 B9 s: ]; Z9 k1 C % j; v3 N; f0 \M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.- e, N0 t2 R, g4 t
1 C0 k! \. d* E. p; JL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？, w) m2 H3 c4 }0 l( {
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. + K( w: ^8 l; r$ [" w - F) `, e; o# L& vL：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？, j) z* d) h( c- m
- i6 b7 J% G/ ZM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! , L: a2 E! C' n6 O2 H# j 5 c( A, \ P% z' |0 {' _L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ $ q3 \& N& w% r( J' {; x2 H 1 ~7 w i3 Y9 d8 x8 d. K Y0 uM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.( b) |7 B& T8 D2 s% d% M
' v4 l" b. W J, D4 E" eL：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？# s4 X2 z5 z8 X) u) q
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!& G! w/ s5 l) l0 A# S+ y3 |
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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！ 5 Z8 o m" X& q t' a, }. b& Z5 Y1 a' ]4 J$ j \" V" Z( ~
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!' U8 l0 W [( \; f# I
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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。+ u! ~% N m4 h0 T; f6 L
( c1 F! j) D8 ?+ a8 u: IM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!9 _2 j8 u; f. b6 P* @
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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。 ! Y# |" P- e7 p 7 B. F9 t( B+ v$ L' YAudio As Following:9 }. w# ~! g& D& O6 ?( A+ w
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