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.+ s& e. F; G6 D7 \
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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. , Z$ J' @+ x# ~5 S2 Y+ }8 [ j4 ]1 L4 Q, m
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？* J+ P4 ]3 Q' t( D8 M
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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.: O& x; K$ V/ `# e d9 G+ T
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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？. ^/ o# Q! {. w
7 z3 u! P# |2 W4 j* L/ g! K3 \M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. ; r& `4 q, g) @: i) S6 z+ V& h1 N; k1 x; O8 q! F
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ : N7 d3 Q. H! X& b- Q% v" x$ E' t! K' Z/ ~ `( ^
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.! W+ A: Q7 u7 O0 r# | ?
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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？ ! i6 `) j7 D7 ]9 _' e) N) L! _7 y, t K' C' d3 f5 X
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 1 ? m1 |' N6 ^, ~& ?4 i p8 Q: _- n- W! z$ y9 l& F% ~+ U6 A
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？% a5 Q2 [+ F9 Q( f! ~3 m0 p$ i
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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"!# F; R3 h M# [. l! ~$ i( ^! d
9 d3 c/ R7 q! p1 p, e+ DL：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！ o/ N/ ?( L* Z, u
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.3 Z2 R- _& r" F* o' |
& D0 v+ D0 m" c! ^M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket." Q! T8 S3 |. d$ ^$ h# `7 B
6 a+ }$ T' X: E& \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。 ! A, _/ y6 E- e$ y' w1 U& Z( ^9 P) @5 s
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.( L$ N1 I& \, I. n0 e# m
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？. y+ ~' G8 M% |7 Q8 Z; ~
4 {" L" p; j9 N" m9 l v: |M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 5 O, k+ q" r- R* Z0 d6 @% W! k: B! ?) f1 B/ I4 N5 h
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？3 k! V- A0 m- H
8 d3 c7 O6 ^& G; m' D7 _M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!% Z6 X2 S; z G# w: b2 \
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ / ~- h( I+ o6 N9 B3 H/ K$ v4 M2 x8 t5 r+ B, B
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.7 ?/ P5 X& _* L( M
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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？7 [2 x( n# ?" V! z% `- j" z
1 L0 A! L# O6 z6 C- qM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 5 `, T4 D: C6 Z/ s0 L; V 4 _2 G) ?" S+ y8 p) rL：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 p- e% t) u& }: K ' C/ F. N7 `2 V! Z VM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! / D# u' |6 B, u# n ! B6 B0 G$ m& B& X, ^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。: ~ L7 m! k4 o4 J. x- I, K1 C# X( h$ H
! V- R% q8 Q: i/ I/ h( eM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!! [8 m! u5 g& z3 ^# i: v
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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。 ( r* _1 ~ F, g4 [' L" i: c. ?9 L ~
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