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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.
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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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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?; |' x& _& O& v* `7 j3 d
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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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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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M:That's right. "Cop" means police officer." d; Q* s2 h" a1 _/ i' j

7 [3 @# ]" c. a% s9 {+ J% ^! s: zL:警察要来跟我说话!我会不会倒霉呀?我该怎么办呢?+ L* `' `! u/ j# X2 [0 v$ y

- X, \  y  F, [1 uM:Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.& p- x/ n0 ?- ?7 I+ Q( \

/ I0 F; G7 f' kL: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?1 t% m( Y. ^* y5 p7 w5 v+ R& a

0 u9 T9 H: E2 s7 h; QM:When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.6 Q5 H6 r) u7 X: S& b
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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?6 [2 e& j0 w  o& O. O; 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"!
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8 l8 v9 B! d/ CL: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!7 |" z& n" D4 p0 k
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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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$ r! [) ~& `; e, Q& ZL: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# z: s  v/ E4 H2 V$ b

" @. O+ _# a* p" O% vM:I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.+ ~' U2 r  T& h% M4 Y2 G1 y+ T
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L:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?1 ^; P+ Z1 \1 H5 v

  _* G7 c0 f1 f$ p  Y! JM:No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.& F1 r1 u$ ]2 }3 D7 J* P  @

- u/ ~  D# n6 bL: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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M:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!
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) p0 h" H/ q( V/ PL:你才该感到紧张?为什么?) Z) U( `) c* ]+ m& c+ P' l

8 M3 ?9 ~  D3 L1 p) y4 ~; v6 UM: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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$ Q9 A1 I0 Y# @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?& T# S- C% c- ]+ X7 N
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M:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!
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% S5 _# O4 h/ I' N; ZL: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!
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( Y( W9 |8 u+ U# ML: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!1 _) M5 w6 E* i

% r* i* |+ D! I# i* Y. d" P7 |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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