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. 1 X: k" O2 V7 g0 q w 1 K' e/ ^+ b6 Y/ m. ?2 }M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.- N" ^6 i+ u* T0 d0 G
$ Z0 ^$ O( b- G2 D+ uL：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？' c% D! X7 z0 S, g% M) c) c6 F; a
! {2 m! e+ o. k L( Q9 B% RM：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.2 @7 b& q Y. M6 Q- B7 w& R
- X+ q9 T2 F, Y1 ]( a) g; ]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？7 H2 S% W: P" R8 O; q7 I
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 4 s! L J% V6 Z4 F " C- q/ F+ H5 _L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？# z& ] H- \) a) l: r1 F
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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. * E3 j" s8 x- \2 W+ Q3 W2 N6 q2 q . Q3 F% L; x/ P" X) q1 aL：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？, ^' E! q7 m' l( c4 G
/ D$ h# u8 J5 `M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.9 ^& G0 X* k) G/ @
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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？7 U/ }- ~# R b" b5 J
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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"!# U" S) Z8 O9 ^9 Z. _
7 j8 d4 `# a6 Q2 AL：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！ 0 Y9 f& D' N: c- b% k* Z" b; l# J* h# A- b: g& ^, p' U- K5 x3 M
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious., _( A9 d; N/ p; x
2 f9 D2 ]% J1 r/ v- [4 w! OM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.8 Z0 \, m& u' q) _
; C: O! ^- V' z O. H9 sL：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。 , _* j: |# m6 J" v$ J$ h6 z3 y$ i* D& ^: q: }; ~" m# m
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.4 Y, x+ r) M7 I. ~
! N: P8 N, Y+ U1 i" |$ R2 c9 SL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ + g" ~. g# T; i: [: C! u . P! n& t5 G, {2 eM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 8 |/ x8 P3 T: |" P0 b: J ! H4 b/ }# n2 gL：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？ ) `" D1 D9 V( v' f2 F % X3 ^- [) W' \# t% OM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! / [% o, q# r4 h' M h * F3 ^1 G9 u3 l! n1 L( _L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？0 N" W0 {) H3 l0 K0 w
9 a ?1 Q: S7 S2 _M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.$ A) R' D) o( w5 h/ y
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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？' V3 }5 ?2 S L9 j# m
% |# s3 l X7 K- L" E; Q0 YM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!1 a5 f1 Z3 U# i
/ }# ?9 Y1 x) f+ z, tL：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！ 0 n$ z" S: q D; I5 i1 F0 B) _" R7 J5 J
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! - z5 O+ B+ [0 c8 J% F: W, T6 t0 K1 e, H0 W: s3 c+ u
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。 8 b# b* [1 ~3 ]: f0 w5 f7 N, W. Y$ {4 X: P c2 @; d9 J5 o
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 7 x( k8 r* ^$ c5 u+ t9 `) x4 T! c( Y9 q/ p
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。 ' @% e- Q$ _* K0 @$ u2 `& t7 Q% \' D* Y" z3 G4 m9 Q
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