* S. o9 W! A- i0 `/ ~% sM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. : S3 h5 r5 E$ J8 z/ H 8 F& ^+ F. j- H, bL：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？. ?* P! Y i: f Z' d9 k9 |
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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.+ Z7 O' O. ^$ P
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. ! V+ f+ z! y# W9 W1 ^: o6 N, [! o/ R8 F6 @
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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？; t4 A$ ^" o3 d3 H1 G
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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. 7 ?# M# a6 D; F ! H- f' I% v6 H* h' l- f. [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？' f* k( B# K! k2 G' z) U: H# k
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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"! " V9 v4 L" V( Z7 V# k+ B$ _+ T- S% K % r. ?( G3 F9 S+ CL：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！' U# d$ u: j! z; j# n9 q( N+ ]6 x0 _. o
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. E1 E" |5 H/ Y) V 4 X+ `0 E% l; h. P0 E$ _M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.* o) B+ b4 ~1 h8 s) }
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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。 T0 U V' a: m
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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. / T: B: G& E7 ~6 K6 m' d; u" {9 k" l) j 0 B+ A7 A% ~1 B+ p6 i$ y% ]L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ . D: F3 w! n* R1 ^* [ 3 Y0 t* S' X- t/ I0 WM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.5 l5 V8 X0 Z* q1 J# U& Q: s
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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？ $ J1 Z3 s: N1 H2 Z* | 1 |2 m0 u+ C6 F) C9 n6 LM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!3 w5 I7 u1 O* Y5 ?& y+ T
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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？ $ `" r4 \) X, S k- k/ N" U Q. E * v# Z& W3 C pM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 6 x, O9 |* D# m8 a/ Y9 V4 T, N. E& N& G4 p- f7 Z! I
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！: p$ v5 d# @( _, q
& n$ d! O3 U E; \$ EM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! % ~6 U" Q7 n9 c: ~1 D. S% V & V6 D+ Y6 B5 N& IL：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。! H0 I2 a% D3 ^( |( L) o; ~: e
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! " Y! q" y# T9 ]( {4 t8 r6 }9 `: S& d# F4 c9 q/ _
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。- B8 e; V8 q& ]2 z( A# [% z
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