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. ) j7 T$ L, F) Q8 X # r4 I! I! l( S) EM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.7 g f- J6 u. m4 }+ y2 d9 U
7 k- D" N( P+ d/ _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？ ( X! }2 {5 B7 ^+ z' C7 T# b) [4 H2 O9 u G3 ^
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.% n7 I+ w% C3 X
- {0 t5 m3 U$ x u' i' {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？- k _! G+ e, h9 h+ z. `
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. % x8 X3 n: V/ |& k . m- R# q3 P% Z: u G) q" X8 x' SL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？- M C8 |: _$ m* z8 N( b
5 G' {, W. q& f6 c: S6 vM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. : t! g1 t0 b: _& E V. g1 {) `+ y , E9 r% w4 u; [) @8 D2 DL：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？ 2 ?# [+ B, {6 @6 q( @) {6 `. }* s: i7 Z; l. u* k8 ^6 ]
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. & W( T; h$ f5 E' N+ X& O* \1 J( H! S# u$ j
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; k0 l, @$ N% |1 x! ?1 ~
# a' k7 G" I1 X; A) e8 Q0 VM：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 ^' o7 F6 l0 ]9 Z2 r9 C
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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！" z$ d1 u I* r" z* k, H. W6 h) j
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.+ N- V5 Z( ^! t+ b h
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 5 \0 y8 q# L) c( ~' k- a) x) f0 P, e) E. M5 p, a4 [/ i
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。$ t e+ D6 R4 P
0 f" d0 A) T0 p4 g- y! P; p0 SM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 0 R- Q: z2 b$ d0 P: Q+ j5 Y 7 q* X9 k: i" _0 bL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？' l8 ` T8 d6 g7 Z7 P. @
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.: v; l$ S; L2 Y' J) F6 T
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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？ / X2 H9 q- ]1 i4 m) g+ Y5 t" b" o! I$ e v
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 4 W5 g6 S6 n7 f, K0 d8 u ; g9 A" w& P/ c7 p, V4 v* f5 XL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？$ S& Q2 ~, F) D# e( _. Q- o' f( H: Q
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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.& |' g, K- V3 `
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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？ % \- S3 @' {( ~$ a& s: t4 {; g: x+ L; h! u% q) b# h* N5 D' A
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!. N% ~; P+ x# V9 C2 E8 v
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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！ 4 ^/ A+ v/ O/ `2 A+ X" m ' m2 e2 O4 n; p3 RM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! - C) O7 f" N2 X7 \' D$ K1 t5 _% P1 A$ G4 k8 R+ ~
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。! e: Q! o* d( S* o+ |4 G+ q2 N# ~
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 7 X- o6 v" E4 T 7 Q! [3 z! ^% i/ w* ~( a# Z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。 2 L" t& {. P5 L% ^2 a3 L$ e2 ^/ o6 y+ t9 X
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