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.+ w# b% a8 W5 N) g N6 l- m9 f3 v
" ^& d+ M0 y# c4 ]9 cM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. ! m* h/ V2 C9 e7 M5 i& h2 @4 b- f; v, d/ M- P
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？ ; M% ?* m$ f) R9 Y9 @/ {6 P& m / T, t! O# z& p" hM：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.. S! A9 K# Y$ Q L, @" d/ K6 _
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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？5 [- t8 r n3 e9 m
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. + o/ Q: x. s+ `* @ 5 V" Q' J# @6 X2 p% GL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？6 v- x" F8 b" U( }' _5 _* e& W
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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.9 Z, G7 R8 B. S# v4 Y: t8 }
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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？ 2 t7 V+ u/ }0 M0 Z' ~9 N, ` % {0 ~% ]+ c fM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.) |6 S+ C( s% k6 W& x9 v& A: 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？4 Z+ Z6 v; l! v; p% c: ~% W
6 O/ j6 z- | T2 l& g+ lM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!, C* g7 I- v; x( ^
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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！ 7 u/ L( S; J4 s, M5 e; h* N3 F1 Q& ] B( k- Y" R1 Q
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.$ f9 [0 U9 Z( w% g% j& K* c) A
1 l6 Z4 y' e9 f/ pM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 1 Y, @, u2 D" u' [ . Q; V8 C% x; c A* oL：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。 6 d( g/ z9 d% l4 W2 K( z 4 w* p; q1 ^; p* \/ m* XM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.+ [' I) h/ t: k( l, c5 s
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ / W/ k4 T2 V$ ?0 | # }0 Y. I5 f/ a' J6 V8 a8 NM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. - ^. Y* {7 G9 } Y& v * U/ l6 j) H3 d# Z2 ?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？% i8 J6 D' v+ g' t( B
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ! D0 b, h! y) ~5 q" y m. E5 u" z" O" s
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ - p. Y; c U% J- Y% d/ |: n: {: M; C
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. , B% K# k2 [. X5 \/ y5 I 1 z N7 F) X1 v- N. k8 |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？0 v- d+ n# b3 z% O
5 H0 L( `8 v& {4 O, T& [" EM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! ! e" C2 s" e; S, t # y) w; B6 L+ O6 @6 T, IL：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 u! {% m( w( [ ) e) k1 c& ?* j6 { xM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!% G0 u8 X/ g7 t& |
! }( Z5 `$ D8 JL：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。 # _! {, g3 ?0 C* \8 h. J8 d4 Y p6 ~
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! * E) A- d l4 K6 s: w) I6 E# g- j1 ?" L6 w# `# e) f. L) l9 k1 u, 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。* z: m D4 {4 E$ g8 \5 p8 q
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