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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.: }& @! U: j: ]; N) p
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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.
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! p* J. K0 D3 U9 o9 cL: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?) [  x; L. R! ]" m" T8 ~
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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 Q; n. W: H3 z3 h2 ~  i$ A; ~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?
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; ?6 x: ?& u1 F% E3 i- V2 eM:That's right. "Cop" means police officer.9 I' Y/ c: q( G. c
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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?
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! h/ |& z5 z' u  i9 j0 ^- nM: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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3 E; d& R# P0 M& OL: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?0 e' W6 s$ d. T! U, U! F4 r6 G

* |; O0 Q6 `. }1 F+ PM: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?
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8 @( N4 a, @7 p; _; {" e+ A/ uM:No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!
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2 Z6 b1 X* z& s' PL: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!& p5 n' k' d' E1 k) k* N+ }! [

! P/ u+ X8 I; K& DM:Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.
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) \  R3 X- W8 S7 p7 JM: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。
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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.& D! N! r2 W* P0 h
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L:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?
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M:No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.& G2 V+ g( N2 y
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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?
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- K/ O0 m/ f; x/ OM:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!7 A  `$ C. h+ E* F7 E* E
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L:你才该感到紧张?为什么?
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; G, z/ t# l- BM:Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.
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# g7 w5 D5 b% E; }9 J! C* \/ xL: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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: C8 Z* K- z- ~; V5 x) [. CM:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!; f* I# H& _  u% ]( o1 a
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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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M:Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!& L1 ?/ x0 f" _; `0 A

/ ^8 N) K9 |% E6 |; B& z7 l5 fL: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。
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M:Me too. Now, drive carefully!
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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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