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流行美语口语 Lesson 25 - cop & to freak out

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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.# E2 `' Y/ J- {4 W. |3 X

# V+ {, b# ?! ^M:Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.' ?( }0 d& U( c* r3 V0 q4 F
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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?
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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.
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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?
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M:That's right. "Cop" means police officer.
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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 b( H$ R% \+ p+ l
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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.
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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?; Q( G0 i, f. J0 I  Z

7 H$ H6 E- z5 [; TM:When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.; V# _1 p7 t' H! I3 e8 v# d9 r
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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?. I( M$ C+ `$ s% X
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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"!4 ~3 _1 G$ k2 C: \4 b

+ K% m3 F9 e0 Z7 P' G( l/ `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!
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M:Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.- i9 G4 m8 b( u6 x; b6 O; c% T+ M# ~
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M:See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket." R* f' F6 E6 m

" s5 Y3 w- l. L4 ^' O: J2 WL: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。
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0 V  W4 K& A/ I/ y9 ]& \3 ZM:I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.
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L:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?5 ^5 `6 x! Y' A: ]
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M:No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.
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( }5 Y3 P" Q/ W2 Y) R+ s) ~% O1 rL: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?$ a0 h0 N2 S- N. V, o; N& P8 n

4 M5 ~& \# L% b8 u  L" q- b* DM:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!. S5 w  ]7 N& T+ Q" J' l

7 h# }5 P7 |* ?L:你才该感到紧张?为什么?
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: U, i. [  y% g6 ~# m9 ]/ eM:Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.
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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?
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M:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!9 W. J' w" m; s: c' E. R

$ C& {9 M9 M  DL: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!
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M:Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!/ k7 }2 |- G+ M# Z/ z( t4 C

  j3 f9 H& u+ S9 M' \  W: `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。9 e! v$ T/ L; C' g1 r% J

9 d* y. R' v( x( f- E6 l; d/ qM:Me too. Now, drive carefully!" T  x; r( \, i6 m7 _9 v1 ]2 E

2 n: Z4 I; F& p! 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。, Q1 A0 q) h$ D4 S

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