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 \' C r4 q, _* e
5 m6 w6 O' E- I) ~ |, ?M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.; R. t" T8 F8 B- z
" i7 ], F" x1 O$ N7 y6 z: D* _, ?+ PL：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？ 6 F: p( a& B0 b8 \: f+ n' G: A2 J ' n( {( o& Z7 v3 ^! d4 d6 s& {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.+ W" h) E' }9 j, E
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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？% V' {" `. W0 s) f, d. z. f" s
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.( O' I5 U7 N: D
/ O. k1 E, G5 |L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ 5 s+ ~, ^+ P8 l) W6 u9 { G2 d2 B1 L9 `% t. P' P# v( b
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.8 o1 E/ E. g, n. L, v0 j
: f+ u8 z. W6 B7 ?2 l& ZL：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？7 x- g* {0 k- a
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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. ; i4 i2 ^; J/ \# R! x" q. h6 H - X" z7 E6 w. AL：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？ ^1 p! l5 M6 |) S, }) E9 m6 C7 Z
0 p5 b2 M% `0 N2 H; k2 mM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!! l$ N# u9 I' z' r, p
# h3 A, U; y; s% d7 S& JL：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！; P: I. l; _) M0 R
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.; F/ l+ H* t4 i1 ]9 ^5 w
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. : J o6 b {' h8 Y 9 N0 g+ w3 j! v6 dL：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。 7 D+ `5 P0 w5 B8 b' G' V" B7 f" x9 m. x* v3 s" q! b& j# R2 l* {
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 1 K ~$ k2 l' n4 P% j, T/ p. `" k- K1 B$ z9 Y3 j4 L2 t
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？3 H' m/ w% A2 [5 w- ^! B
0 k% R/ ~+ Y" X5 O! H+ J" T( eM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.! x3 e5 W& s9 [: @. L' w
# W4 w& v4 t9 s) e, A: z; `8 H+ IL：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？ 4 v1 {' u. ]6 X% v3 o- M" Y8 E, f7 P/ O0 N$ v
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!/ a- c& y( L: U- Z+ h& h
, X0 Z! N* }; N0 m, ZL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？6 W0 q8 T" J# d
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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. # D8 n* V! I7 d* b 4 Q: i ?, ` Q( I- I1 kL：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？ ; x9 |/ B( V& A- O, j : U* A8 p! L) R. EM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!) S) E6 C+ s7 ?2 |, ~+ H
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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！6 ~7 t& a3 J1 _; `0 Z+ }, e: C
) m" l& b: g6 sM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 7 C+ Z1 Z" J% }) I, }7 ?3 _ 9 {% m9 `7 p- w A4 `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。 ( n1 a& I. `* k' b3 R$ P* ]% u9 q' h" |- A+ M' F# l4 Q6 h
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 3 A& N7 V0 P& w6 _' Y0 ^2 Z6 V6 T8 O4 O. V; x8 g# d2 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。 * i+ a0 R: }! U9 q% m9 O0 o9 G9 f" f$ i* H4 {( l
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