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.; O( M+ G) w; u4 s# B
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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.( Q8 u* U& Y8 D- \
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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？, z w" x, p5 ]' k
1 e- K) J' `, B- Q. k# oM：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. % i9 w8 K0 ^" L* o( S% c9 H 3 N; H6 X% O) @0 f+ JL：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？. p5 s7 I/ c0 Q1 c: U
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.9 D2 T9 ^/ [. q4 L3 i' g; b
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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？ ( n" Z, U: Y# U! M 2 c' F3 a$ g. d. t }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. 1 E3 w# ]! s0 p( ~6 y ' a* a T9 ~+ p% g* [* ]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？ ( x& k; Q/ i4 ^! n U% \ j( X. n9 P; @( q
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. / ]& i `) d% D+ R, ?8 N' v3 ~3 f5 A+ i! _- _
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？ ! p' r o( e. F, D! U 9 b2 `( s0 \. hM：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$ |# J! y' s2 A
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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！ ' `; m! l" f0 B# c4 W5 j 5 W* }* [0 O# T% i$ U) G! eM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 9 R# u; T5 N) V, B& B7 X1 B, m0 a! _
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. * E3 e+ w8 K0 v" c H2 l0 V1 \* N / T) Q( q% f4 g. B' vL：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。# C* B: z$ g9 Q% M, z3 D* y( C
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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. : @/ _; \% Y7 J# M: z- \* [" ?1 I* c% c5 `& l7 l) C
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？4 F$ r& t; v% m. a
0 P# N, q9 b. ]- AM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. , F2 ]" a! _. A 8 A/ {; b" u; b3 m' oL：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？7 Z! H6 q' q0 o
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!# i, _; G, _( j! s# Q8 U4 |3 `
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？2 x! D% X9 M5 U
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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.8 A+ S7 f) }* X9 P d) H2 h" 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？ * ]( h* r/ p. U. I; ~1 B4 _- b: x5 w" o2 w# T. n% h) j
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!, Q* ^# f1 [4 {8 m3 I+ C
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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！ * w! Z4 \- g& v & n' s: E+ ~0 [3 M6 B9 E$ `( RM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! % G' v2 H5 M+ W8 I1 S$ H R3 e" b) C. } [3 |1 v" v
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。. s/ v0 G- q; O/ ~, Q! M# B
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!! a0 T" Q. a7 c! C% J
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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。$ k3 t4 |, k3 q& g7 m W
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