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. & f- s- l, \$ F$ \, ~1 q) j1 ^5 p' i0 O
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.7 P! R# K. A* s1 [& f4 ^( W
5 V- i2 H7 k8 ^9 f8 i- YL：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 u# u# J8 G$ v1 X# t5 m5 B/ V$ _0 h" f" C
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.3 b& D# S# p6 d3 D
7 G4 f" T9 y4 U+ W( ML：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 u" R4 ]" E v$ k
. A" @' D6 @2 Y$ tM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer., E. N5 t; m4 ]9 E* J4 L
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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？ 2 l" t: b" W# o, c# P- J' A2 E8 e3 @9 {
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. 2 j6 j- c. r3 D+ f$ v2 F9 _ [. k2 X6 g& F+ d6 IL：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？' B g7 S1 }# P3 N8 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.4 ]; r, o3 |0 P
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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 ]) T/ @) D5 p1 l
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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"!3 h4 U. q, N/ l
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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！ ) c* C# w( e- m. S ; [9 o% z6 {6 j) Y8 Q* jM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. a4 X$ j6 C) ^* C4 S+ B
2 o1 o! X- X, }$ hM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 6 v+ H, _7 T, M! Q. [1 c ) x( s/ I8 s! m; U3 R4 zL：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。 ) U2 S% x. e; X9 M+ }$ t6 d" k2 z% Z( O , ]8 X, L3 Q' X/ h; i/ F. OM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.$ I1 K! ~" l% n6 W. ^3 o; y
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 6 ~3 K4 }, e% Y& M Q 1 L# R' N: }6 Q/ UM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.2 j: k0 X. Q$ W: E7 m
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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 r' N1 {- W3 i3 v
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!/ m4 W7 w- @. V+ {/ u
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？- F8 ~) L7 I4 R
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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.7 o6 i' E! b! h% p
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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？ ( D* r+ F3 f7 T# m) t' M' J; r' n0 B. \- [+ A" b ]7 y7 s6 E
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!7 U/ p0 N- R0 L7 c/ h4 G
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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！ , q# Q+ h0 G/ t U% W" v 2 b8 S. L! {- \ Q3 e ~ RM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!: {5 d4 U4 d3 D' ^7 p$ S- B( F
& t k+ C) R3 j$ iL：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。3 q. g5 q# V q* D1 Y
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