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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.
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# I: ]9 u1 X( p7 e% E& {1 YM:Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.
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. [" M% t6 y# e3 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?! O' t/ K% ^8 @: @* g+ M, U6 K

( `- f8 b2 a3 s) P! bM: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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$ g8 D3 a; [6 mL:警察要来跟我说话!我会不会倒霉呀?我该怎么办呢?/ M) f0 c2 ^1 |' W1 R" ~
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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?8 J2 \. n8 c$ `" Q/ J
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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.: n5 R  M6 c5 I1 F
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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?
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0 g/ \0 |: {2 Q" zM:No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!+ u0 G' S- i7 ~! q1 e0 c- ]
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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 ^* c) L. F9 t$ C% P7 _: [

" q' E7 V3 ?8 S' a  N8 x/ PM:Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.
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M:See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.0 f! e- u2 s* `0 R. f! @; N0 ^) d. o

2 Y# \6 [+ _, F& iL: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。! ?( B# ?$ z, j! R6 F- l
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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.
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4 v0 o/ H8 j+ F3 l/ Q2 _- H" WL:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?
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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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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?
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M:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!4 w1 R0 K( o( z4 Q6 A4 T* U4 ]6 x
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L:你才该感到紧张?为什么?. x% ]* K. j' Y4 Z9 ~- j: [! Z

! N# E- P5 a- H) C4 }6 |" lM: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?0 `; O: G) S- n8 Y* Q. q
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M:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!
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8 G% j3 s$ \! q+ hL: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!$ Y: ^; }+ f: V+ W  @  P8 J% t
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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。
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M:Me too. Now, drive carefully!5 }4 ^% u( u( d4 [, N

( U2 B( E  Z& `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。- _% [9 ?; }' Z: T* ]6 \" k

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