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.8 J9 }& K3 A' g! z
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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. 7 L- P, z/ X1 i# l ! J4 j& e! Z8 W- }3 L* A1 E$ GL：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？ C0 N5 x' [* F& X8 m, a$ |) {
8 D# y+ E& Q7 y# a% ?! ~ ~, jM：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. ( ?- r/ q' w7 ?! `. b# K. v+ b. N3 N) h& v
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？- n# z5 {' @' W1 T8 `. x/ L7 K* Q
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 1 l. T" B4 X& ~# Y9 B+ ~. r* h' G5 s( U/ {8 @
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？! j I* ^) P5 }: I8 Z/ w
+ B! {. h; }! h3 HM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.+ O9 B6 I+ \. `( O% g' d( m
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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？3 Q8 v; u, l8 q
" q( g9 Y! f1 \0 q5 @: C5 [5 fM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular." e/ w) g6 {% s; i# F( d2 v4 y5 x
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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？ 1 L( m4 w3 n) u! _: z1 c / U1 N7 g* T6 U& }) S6 ?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"! & m5 z* a/ ]6 |! ~) x1 N d6 t0 k" h% [" S2 }/ t4 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！8 x2 c0 f& c9 Y, {
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.6 H# B! ~ N; Y
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. % z( G! Q& a( @& H ( H- I5 T9 i2 W/ IL：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。 ! f+ s& n7 n( f8 k / E0 _$ R$ g: EM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.8 n2 |& l- p n m' p
* _7 I% @1 q' S; w ?L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 9 |, r% [; Z2 X" b& X P 6 t* V) Y0 o- e; T7 zM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. ' Y0 `, |5 z5 {/ X4 F, U9 x1 O! i9 o2 A, E1 n. U2 N B
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？ 4 k* f5 L2 Y' l: ` * n g" h! i9 o- c/ O- uM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!+ t$ Y" |+ I! s/ I, p! z; L% ^
, c3 a# u0 F/ w6 `, v4 j2 \L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ `3 C: `$ z! M( }; p
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M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.7 w* X# b, i" O2 z# n- H
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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？! X/ i- T9 @+ e+ `6 y/ i
) f+ v' R7 R* u4 N' r* ^4 MM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! : ~ N* A' O" d% R5 R4 T# M& s9 n 0 G3 Y9 `. d' `% s/ @. XL：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！4 O1 _ B2 }2 c
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! # O2 a2 J, E0 d A" U4 G W- P7 y2 x7 W O6 g9 \& B- {: O- a: e# f
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。 + N$ S4 F/ K$ n9 ^ I8 Z# f! z! z ' S& V4 G% r; H J6 K l: Y9 {7 CM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!# l/ {) F5 g( @" p5 B0 ]( ^) U
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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。( y4 W6 H' |. Y/ k4 b
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