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.. R/ k$ u4 m0 m3 `
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M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. ( A8 E7 A+ k7 ]. ]6 \% K / \: r- |3 \/ M* y$ `7 cL：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？ 4 m+ {4 e3 w; Y/ B1 O' ?3 }9 p$ _ v8 U! r2 b. t+ z2 n2 p
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. 5 d/ I9 o* O; K6 v" Z+ j* U5 q* 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？, m; m8 y) K3 M
& p; a3 x `. gM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer., M' e) m( Q% ]( Z( A$ x' k
' p V m, h' z/ Q oL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？* `" T' h# R+ g; }5 t
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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. / a, i3 @: @0 o 4 j" i- j V6 ~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？ , P: D7 _' @& f" B, o; O * [! E9 W3 ?* QM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.; s# s& ^8 i3 D7 }
; c& B" b- v0 O+ t% \+ jL：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 h0 n5 X8 Y5 r) s/ y0 q1 @5 S) n' x& o# q1 O1 M2 j) K& \% E
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 y7 z% ?9 I1 T8 C) R. t: }
0 J& h5 w+ C* ]3 t+ [3 hL：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！' i3 ]0 O$ ^) q: s! i7 O' i6 r
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. # t. D5 e# v9 w7 g% z+ C, n) \ 8 w0 Y( f7 i2 L( j; Q6 P) L3 V: pM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket." W: K* K: _' \) `5 p
2 ^9 w" V2 @- ^& T" v+ t8 [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。2 x" J/ @. [. k
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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.) r/ y4 J4 K0 E' @- D
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？; i- k" K0 t& P" e% f7 H0 x* p
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.' ?( {! q" q3 n- C- ^$ w# S( K" ]
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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？1 s9 @( J) K8 k% a3 e( m
+ h: ] J" F. H& ^! k( BM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!8 e8 N1 ~. Z: j% {- e3 Y% B
8 |0 _9 ~7 m0 }% {$ Z3 BL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ) d6 m8 {% n( }9 i/ ?/ ?) S( Z0 y! U; @& b
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.7 @) r( V4 I4 A/ U, P2 q
4 P5 {" d, P' m0 C1 fL：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？- ^+ X+ ]3 Q4 x8 i; }) ?# _5 b
3 b- m$ M0 L, T3 ~$ `' y2 V: U: LM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!4 a" J$ y' R8 |4 f
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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！ h6 M4 f2 a* n7 ~# n3 { S, A, s
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! ) W. V- i; K% M5 s* N8 g& c6 `, b 9 J3 h- `3 s9 _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。& }+ i+ _9 o/ P. L; o, E
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 6 q/ Y, Q7 y4 a7 {) t5 o: C5 y6 N , b% Z- m, j1 H' e; K4 w1 d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。 % F& H9 t; P. z" s5 D) M$ M & A \6 p: k( E7 n( jAudio As Following: * f- s8 }- r1 a. B+ y7 z; x
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