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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.0 y; ^5 }. i+ Z1 v

8 k: f' f8 ]$ e4 p/ cM: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?1 m" H% w" D* s
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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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$ h7 B( ?6 s( S4 @3 Z/ o- a# pL: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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  u8 i  f9 f+ N! Z3 JM:That's right. "Cop" means police officer.8 O# n& ?) b7 I9 j

# E; `( i$ @1 e3 a* F) pL:警察要来跟我说话!我会不会倒霉呀?我该怎么办呢?
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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.
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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?
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( T( y, R3 J$ Y- o1 l% U1 TM:When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.0 r$ w+ Z0 u" ?9 q0 z

, Q9 L: `! J# y. g" c' {# KL: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?
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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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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!  j  i( T5 n, E  L  H+ O" a: }$ F

$ O; Z0 y- a9 _/ gM:Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.; S. ~% {+ ^+ D6 G; E
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M:See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.
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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。' V3 q. P7 N& n* I% _3 X" ~# T  a( t
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M:I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.
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' {1 _7 o' b2 a6 J! ]3 @0 xL:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?, _# `) z2 z( ^% ^3 N5 y. F
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M:No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.
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% w! v) J- @8 TL: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?& u2 R/ Y' @& X# Y2 ]- i
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M:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!
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L:你才该感到紧张?为什么?
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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.. H( ~$ P% a. R: t0 ]  Q
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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?
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M:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!
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4 R# _6 p0 d: [2 IL: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!1 V7 i3 R, L6 T3 }3 M  R3 H

: @4 n, C' m* P8 E5 s# vM:Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!- |3 a( d' }- c4 x
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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。# e: k5 H1 l. @. M6 Y
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M:Me too. Now, drive carefully!& H, o) y/ b2 A( @4 o4 O6 S
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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。
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