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.) K, O- J: o# d4 ]
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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." e0 [" O- a) F
( @7 m3 S/ Y; B2 V7 u* |2 QL：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？ . x8 }" f( N b9 W7 `+ P ; ?9 h$ s' M5 ?# R% v$ O: Z7 S+ D9 gM：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.: C& t; q2 P5 A1 F9 ?( ^, j
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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？ + r7 E7 O. i$ f0 k9 t7 }+ D8 i% ~# m# [6 c" i, h
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.8 j* i( T5 C. o) u! {: H
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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？ ! s6 a) k! S0 ` 0 P: C" U2 o& l; vM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.& k8 t9 l3 D4 i: X- \( g8 D
- n/ u, B- H, J% qL：你说警察可能过来只是警告我一下，不一定会给我罚单呀？但愿如此，我好象是没有开太快。Michael, 你刚才说"cops", 那警车里到底有几个警察呀？. }( J% o- d+ R* Q! j( e: o& V1 Q- Y
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M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. # K) a, Q+ A. n" _( B) G/ M2 A( c
L：噢，cop 这个名词用复数的时候，cops, 可以总的指警察，而不是指某个警察。 我就把车停这儿吧。 Michael, 我能称呼警察"cop"吗？7 a' y0 d9 C/ J# I& {
; q2 E: S9 @6 [; p( V" zM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! " I. V. [" b; r0 @) ^) u, a* A/ U6 P2 @6 P$ x& q( {
L：天哪！原来"cop"是很随便的称呼，你干吗不早告诉我呀！我可不要惹警察生气！9 c8 ^6 S& x3 V s# c% ?) g/ h
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. * V) ]( ~$ N" F- s4 q0 \/ l / U* I' d6 u# d9 T8 r$ e! `M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. ; d' x( Q2 h& t " @/ ^9 |; p$ Z$ t* gL：谢天谢地，他没有给我罚单。他要罚我好多钱的话，那我就糟糕了。 ' m( w; S1 h7 h# h6 O L! S, r5 b+ ], l
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.8 c$ c7 e8 c1 X, H
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 6 C! s/ T0 w* Z ( S7 j) @' z% |- u- HM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.- M2 p: H( P) Z! a6 \) C
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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？ $ G- s; B0 S. I5 C , u# g; n: o8 _# G$ [# m1 `M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! - H) Q( m/ c+ v; z6 Z, ^% i , F) s6 r- \7 k9 kL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 6 H/ Y, d" l0 G 6 [8 f/ ^! q& A8 uM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble./ z4 l) ?8 I1 W) L G
2 _3 l/ b7 f6 E+ vL：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？ 4 c6 e) R4 q8 X3 d6 F+ j$ x5 x" o0 [4 {8 Z
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! ; c' y7 S- `" a9 a9 M5 p) B+ d$ w0 p: B. z% X+ c
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！ 6 k9 t H8 }9 R# a% ^2 Z; C5 V' t6 G& W* e3 Z: T- t
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 9 N3 M+ h8 `$ I$ ]* Z$ a1 ?' p6 Q0 f7 P4 M( L# P9 f. F0 R
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。 % X5 Q1 ]! [0 _1 m* U , {" ?7 ?1 Q7 b# IM：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 5 v+ M' N0 l% {' I. e3 @: l4 C1 q2 A; t! m
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。* ~3 M2 V) [3 x: R0 P! q9 N, y
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