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.
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M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.

/ z* e1 e2 g* Z# `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？

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.

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？

! o( n" X8 E! Q& F9 XM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.
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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？

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.
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, s" F! g7 _$ W* pL：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？

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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( G) J# k" L. W- pL：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？

3 f( k+ @+ t' T. yM：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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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！
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5 c: n& F  B: qM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.
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) |5 y% M% Y6 g1 C# tM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.
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0 M* S. E( y7 E9 c+ Y. M' }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。

% U  m7 k7 N/ {" S; QM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？
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7 W1 F: ~7 S2 S; l- u$ R/ mM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.
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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？

7 k$ N6 ^( i" ]5 M  GM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？
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* {; n& H( X; o2 [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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, n* X; ~. |" oL：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？

( l& L0 [, G1 q# e' P1 UM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!

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！

2 v# t3 O: ]* S9 ?2 m; [3 Z( KM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!

; u2 T+ x3 X4 i: v, ]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。

M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!

9 |. I5 ?  L- F. U- ?& K1 O6 J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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