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.- n* i; e( E6 N% ~! E# y) r
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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.. B. q+ c' a/ D Y' W( ]; ~ q3 G7 u
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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？, \" Q& ?/ I. Z- H
2 ^2 R" c, J* q( d# G! CM：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.& z$ O5 d% u1 Z) h7 M4 E: q
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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？6 }; u& W" T5 [- q& p
+ _6 x. N$ e0 m* D8 G% OM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 4 A$ J2 h. t) n% n, R1 M2 x; Y, \8 R' k1 m# x6 g( x
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ 9 h+ o0 P1 ?* f' k7 H. w# q- V& q. n& z
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.) b( N6 R9 l( U# i
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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？ , ?! H% G6 s1 i- z1 }3 i2 O% ^: Y+ N( \$ `$ h' u
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. + m/ X+ a% K. J D0 x: W! I& E' P- D% I4 Y
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？6 A( q7 ]8 c9 v2 b. p) Y u
2 r0 D3 a0 M, p 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"! : i! y- E# S: o" P7 \ - o9 Z6 T) U. \$ S6 dL：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！( g, c6 ^( N: }" E% q' c3 ~
4 k! q7 K5 @7 f) ?! a% EM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.6 h( G; u0 v. `2 q# F0 \( }5 {
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 2 v' \; P( c# n0 z : t6 }6 q" w; u# yL：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。 $ {' K6 r; x0 [+ R% B. v( O # N8 f8 j" }* g6 Y9 VM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. n8 Z$ x1 t4 f, A) x2 H6 U! ^- {+ ]# o
/ M' y+ l2 d' `$ G9 k& u: r( ^" sL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？' c. O: m' ]) q7 q# d" ~: r3 m
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.5 w+ r1 t1 r9 r0 l2 u7 Z9 |5 U
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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？ ) V$ E& v: v& r9 g1 X . g- _" h, x3 m6 K3 ?- F0 ^M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 0 c- B$ g3 L f4 {% [( `& D7 X4 _
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？5 I `8 q# t, ?; P" N) H W, D
2 V5 Y- G- n, q% f# g8 D* [. aM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.. R4 q ?( [, R2 e0 ^
0 G8 R$ H. {$ d; x# A' P2 NM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!9 x \: @ b$ m H# J1 u
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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！7 e7 S7 R7 A; |* ]% e; c) M
( u- c" L7 s/ t. YM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!( X' ` r1 d1 p$ ? _; k
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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。( ?8 F( Z2 b8 P1 L$ [5 ], J
. `7 d% O7 {9 IM：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 7 s' u5 i; D6 V: m$ [. Y6 g& f1 ^9 s# C
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。 9 _! A# l# c* J9 n5 h 0 [' r4 P* [/ ~$ Y; b0 qAudio As Following:( K* M. S9 D2 B5 y
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