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. ( d% t) i* \+ i; ?8 Y" C& c. e+ r2 u# J1 X
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.# w5 L! C7 t) f4 x" y% t0 k
4 c5 f5 u, V3 hL：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？ 0 A1 E+ ^, X+ h4 d) g* M7 k/ M& \) ~9 J" p
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. 8 K0 f! E! r0 A, \2 D% r : l0 o# Z& e+ M5 l. _- Z0 FL：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 x* a7 [& o' P& Q* `. | 0 [8 o3 {( b$ J5 ZM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.. V1 s/ Q' h j6 m5 S% P) \, M
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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？1 ^- v. X" A- e; m$ d: Q) ~
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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., E! B% y, Z& H- t! z
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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？ 3 a& Z, r& r! N! \5 K/ h" \% s* a) m1 i% o/ X Q- w4 ]0 N
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.7 M2 [( O2 t- ^+ \
" t8 ^1 j l& ~: w 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？1 ^* C& G6 C h, a5 _! M) t
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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"!5 R9 G. { ]- |9 C
5 p& w/ U; s/ @- W9 Z4 |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！8 U" X# D: Z9 K% E' e
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.; `5 k+ ^! P! \5 S# [1 W
2 C$ H4 n# d% F; I7 } wM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. d' m- Z* N, M! F( H# a0 ]- h( q
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。) {9 \" Z: D( P0 I" `! X; l; H
8 D6 A8 C; h5 V: U8 V8 {! ?4 @M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. ! Q3 Z" n6 S2 F3 g' ^% Y: ]0 I& E6 o0 y( G0 z, K6 s% J3 F9 }/ Q
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？# L( H1 U/ ?0 S$ o3 W) B2 x# B( q
! E0 U3 i) l7 oM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. # H* X6 j' O$ Y# E( m 9 e' {8 \% Y6 F. J fL：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？ Y: e0 z) T' r
% ^( A& ^, m1 RM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!3 y& @8 j5 B1 C- V7 X5 c9 d
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ q, F* u7 X$ U! q0 @0 [" v" S W, E/ v7 Z7 D" U3 k( A3 C/ j
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.* m/ J$ j6 u( ^- l
E6 L: g6 ~. Z! s% D, Y4 vL：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？- p% P. M" W9 [0 t1 d: A
) p/ E: R0 z# S: r @M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 4 g* w8 A4 E- ~( q4 x: h. i : E3 z4 b; A8 u4 A7 C \. LL：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！ , ]5 p. X: X& ]& I0 w9 A% ~8 R% x3 [- j& H; j
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!* R- s d- _7 R
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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。 - c% N- U& m2 T0 @' b! C Q* V' v; b# E6 |7 }; S X. \M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! & A2 J6 q; Q7 m+ \, q" t& [ % ~8 L' h" G1 k* X- a6 z* q9 ]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。 5 m0 G" J) _3 y r' a3 `1 B& S; D1 ? 2 ^ u. ?) U H& dAudio As Following:* p7 A/ v# y8 g; V( h; y) e) a3 p
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