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.. h G2 b6 Q% ^' e( [' W6 x0 V
I! _; a9 C Q, gM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.: \" x# @' P9 ~
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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？ 3 K; Y/ o& D# P7 O$ I0 \" ?( c( A, K# G9 a" o
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.+ u/ Y$ u. o9 e
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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？9 Z5 N! ?- r- N2 e8 F/ z9 a
" P8 q& k1 I2 j" cM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.( z* u7 f3 B/ ^: X
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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？3 _2 z7 e6 _0 j7 n9 w2 x6 B
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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.- J* ]9 z* @. Q4 \. B5 s
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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？( B. q: E, C, i6 L8 F9 j4 ~
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M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular./ I, W M8 k5 r k- N
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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 K6 Q6 H3 M* v+ z. ~( w5 x8 ? ! T2 h1 s+ N& g& F2 Z& w3 }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"!6 D/ w& ?+ z4 ]% @( t4 U: g, S
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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！ 2 \( Z/ z% P3 k6 T4 x( K/ p# V7 I9 Y " B/ _- u+ i2 z+ V' SM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. " K5 G+ H, g; \ - d t: i* d* ^1 K1 P E6 LM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.' A' J* Q( O$ V/ u7 {
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ ' D- S. h0 s% U$ @) @* ]+ Z * Z0 `! \3 X; T' F5 S2 |M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.( H+ J# ]) Y( e3 u% P
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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？ 9 a3 L9 P B: Q* r8 N+ T2 } / |1 P( k+ p4 p) mM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!2 _8 c" T# b" @8 l- U
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？) M4 ?/ G1 n3 Z
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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.( ` a8 l; R5 L, B7 S8 u
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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？1 C: T% k, e' j7 ]
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! * e6 {4 F. J- {- P% {4 Z3 S) g" x* h) D" u7 q
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！9 E& I8 t* l$ X+ k
/ Z2 L- L: S* ZM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!$ f9 Z* `+ I) [4 c; m
4 T3 y- x4 E3 w, ZL：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。 5 W3 _4 \# t3 N5 _) t& _: H# o, ?( U5 U t' c" E
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!8 R- ]& K8 d3 N& w
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