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. & B& }" f# ^0 j, [ 9 x1 \% I ?$ m) M* k5 B+ dM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.9 t7 U# a% V4 q" p, x9 S
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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？ 5 d3 H* v6 C/ I, y9 d # D# l# I& Y. [ sM：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. ! g3 D+ O+ M) A& f4 o( \$ J3 g8 e7 b* m- A( ^
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？ 0 O" m Q+ B: r, C" M. r5 p8 b# w& I+ ?! x! s
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 4 _, d2 v3 u# l" W+ G ' h: I. t5 T( [/ N& wL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？6 z1 @# v2 a3 h% n5 F! d, O
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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.8 S1 P. ~# m; F' @. o
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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？) K* y: d2 x- s* x
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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 \; r0 g4 p; S1 v7 t% ~: W
: D6 ~3 N, `. u" b* T8 N/ ?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？ " f9 @" M" S) |! k; S4 |# M% z# ]/ E) u
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"!& \0 ^* I: s6 T4 G6 |; ^0 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！2 N1 Z8 `% O& ?3 `. D, X
* T n [0 n0 ?M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. l/ G5 N6 {0 f: \8 r) f
( k0 d; ^- c% Q8 J; qM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.3 q/ [) x) d+ q
" D h+ e1 b# ~$ k8 ^; f# b$ ]7 |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。- k( V: c4 J2 S% _. o% @
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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.9 y2 D! F; {; w \
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ , s# J, \, o$ D) | h# Y4 D/ v3 O0 V0 C5 Y8 c$ i& p) B% ^# B$ l
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. + p C2 ^' r% t" n- l& x: A4 X 1 q( m7 R- }7 BL：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？& O1 b! Y" P, x3 U7 \
7 Q# l% e: q _+ q! w. F2 H6 @M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! + {( Z% M% T* ]% m! j u 5 l/ V( o W; N7 y% V" hL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？4 T% h$ {- s1 j
: V6 ^4 e9 N2 U- {! a( R* F( LM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. $ m3 B) s) ~- e. N) V( o+ V4 V8 B/ S : m3 B# E0 C, v8 f3 D, i+ lL：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？ ( W. Q8 p: L+ n _ + J: z: k% d% RM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 2 B1 |' s3 b2 y. w3 p0 r3 ]6 l: L6 |# Y6 u
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 W2 f# v. A% N \% h8 g
( N. i. P* h3 Z9 i8 B+ R/ B2 O7 A) LM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!, d& p0 M; I6 b: H" L) L
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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。 f5 L0 R3 L% K/ X* B
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! & _) s9 X1 h0 M2 @) p $ y: [0 X! ] r7 |) {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。 ) y" _( ^9 `8 m5 g $ n" n/ d6 d* K) N4 VAudio As Following:+ G* Q0 U, O7 D& g) \, v
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