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.- i/ i; C' ~' L" y4 u$ @+ v# b7 K
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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. \- G. ]$ a# }
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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 p4 C- p2 K2 H 5 R6 H7 G9 ~5 ?/ l1 o+ ]: dM：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. & u9 t, r5 j0 M; E0 K5 ?; n6 {% G6 K# L2 u" L
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？5 m5 a9 ~% \# q7 W. ?6 D+ F) X8 V
- t' m3 z$ J7 q2 h) o8 w4 eM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. ! b) X# O) d7 Y+ P1 N( q1 W5 U' p2 E' t+ e
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？6 q7 ]8 N8 p1 `* E
- U1 H4 i @3 OM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. 8 A7 M* `1 c _% b a; q* J* x$ M- _* H- A
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？ % a$ l' k% D+ M. S/ E \* q+ c, s% `
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.8 n4 o* m, |, S, ?( Q3 O
, {- @2 `" E( ML：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？ L+ [. m* N: V2 w+ D7 c: [
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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"! & a3 h) ~1 Y& N8 d) i* n+ x2 J: e Q0 q( f) q7 A$ E
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！: L/ g/ J$ ?) N$ N! `
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.9 D u! h; y0 n$ o* P4 p
2 K# f: }$ @$ N, @" fM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 5 u% B) J# V: ?6 v" S6 L 5 |' M) h: I7 H1 _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。 8 D, P" G( ~+ |( K& U5 P4 t- A3 Q0 _, F/ T1 z( r) ?1 _( _
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. ; q( s6 l3 _% X8 @* x5 ?9 v9 n: }8 Z& [$ F+ h! l- z- E
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？' y. Q6 Y8 B! s) I
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. & ^. |; B" g7 {, L: ?8 B% @8 Y$ d8 @; y. t& T
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？ : J( _* i \6 W/ Z % N/ o6 K" q) uM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 0 Q+ r5 C( l7 U% R2 p4 ^ B, v1 O" ^. f# R, G5 @
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？. J! t5 I) E( r7 ?& [: R
2 f4 w8 \* ]# _% q& P6 u8 q. YM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. ' _( Q- s* f2 @' K) t2 M/ ^- X 8 c6 j0 `2 Z+ ]" x( `$ b8 i" o: 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？ ; @, L% \! p+ V# b7 Y% u$ q) Z4 O d0 H* W
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!, m1 M# E8 ~) A* f
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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！ ) `& Q B& I5 \( o8 k8 n. P9 l. y7 I+ [; ^ E
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! - q; e- D/ q6 K % h9 C! K4 E4 A& u9 W9 ?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。% `# g2 L. P' H) Z
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! # z+ j! _4 p/ z7 Z0 I! u5 y5 U+ F5 r4 b3 W" `- B) O3 }9 h
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。" @/ ^# c: u: P- m" s
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