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.

M：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？
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  |& d& m* t! G# ^6 C' O! X* ]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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  T/ M6 {( N5 b. X+ 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？
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0 K/ Q! ~: Q$ ]% q. }5 |M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.

L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？

0 A" N9 k& w- |% c- j- RM：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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8 Z" z- Y0 e- w" _. qL：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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M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.
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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？

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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$ B5 C( x& r( [/ o( p# lL：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 d- n- R+ ~! }M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.
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- j* b% z) v$ ~$ I1 _% lL：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。
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- U/ \6 B# I9 G/ kM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.

8 S; H# q* _0 l4 L4 ^7 zL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？
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' x9 X7 }( v! o+ U3 XM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.
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5 H* c! D6 }9 T$ F$ @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？
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5 u' N! y1 N6 T: UM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!

6 f2 Y+ q7 Z) H1 kL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？

M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.
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2 I: X+ R) v8 G7 |5 kL：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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( d- B2 u/ c7 _& ?$ PM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!

+ B& _+ `3 `; j+ 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！

! g% c) _, @( W, P# `M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!

. G) f/ C) }4 A( q6 sL：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。
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0 ]) o  I0 e$ ]7 Z* ^M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!

. y/ Z2 Q$ @' e! H% H% z6 ^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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