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.$ _- P) m$ E2 y3 n, E( V
# q) n6 |& D8 H% sM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.8 `( X9 k# t3 G7 ^$ g9 k
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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？1 I! S3 L6 L: k# i5 O
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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. 8 h+ J! Q# m2 B" M E( z( l0 r% E" M* l
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？' B3 M' B% R( y/ l
6 |) S( G C$ w' WM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.4 b" \8 p9 p. g
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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？1 Y4 r( v4 [7 i: h+ f5 Y3 ?. t# O& E
3 }; c% |; ^3 `; q$ SM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. - a; Z/ ^' r7 W; z9 b5 a- }+ R 9 V5 q1 K2 c1 ^5 N, fL：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？( j. V _: m- H2 z) P- J$ w
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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. 3 l" A$ e: Y; V" S; ?& [- s1 [7 a6 Z% R3 m5 s* u0 [7 x$ y; q
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？ 2 i& B+ _4 Q: t- J1 k6 p! x5 w" w5 q% c' p
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"!) l. R0 {% ~9 u5 q1 h+ K8 z
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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！ ! V& C9 R9 m6 Y 2 c$ k0 P5 A; M2 ~M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 7 \0 S6 U) ]- C1 V; P( T+ B5 B4 K! I
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.3 J" O3 t6 M. r3 h, H
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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。$ D- F1 O; c5 B0 Z+ S
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M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.. m# j$ b8 n( \, R' f1 S+ E" [
6 y# \8 w) _ [$ H% P& e$ D TL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 1 v+ s1 j0 U6 A4 E% e+ h1 J. T A1 n/ y5 ]! j2 [( r
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 1 j3 x( m/ X! r( |( v1 g3 N! l4 A7 ^ e
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？ r5 m8 \4 E% V" ~& U& Y! ~5 k
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!* p' c% _) H6 V/ {
! z5 e' J- }1 R- gL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？; e0 s: q% c: b0 H& v
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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.! G8 K, \1 b3 `" S+ X
- C% ~( @9 C- U% u# I0 ]# |, w5 _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？9 ~2 ~4 s% \5 O, n; O
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! ( N7 N3 {# F u, o" s1 A1 o* \$ ?4 H8 D$ m: S6 u) c
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！ K( R9 y: ^" ^" E
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! + r% |& p2 T8 ?) b; r! y0 }/ l# s6 ~1 i3 |' H
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。 . E8 g9 U* u' f t8 M/ n, T : K, t/ I, I$ \/ iM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!6 {6 V& O% { x
; V7 J1 d$ i: v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。; ^/ p# _0 M* V+ N& l0 u' J
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