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. / }- j7 x$ ^ m7 p/ ~# } q0 B$ q 0 `; b5 _* \ o1 P3 M7 YM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. ) Q7 L6 j) f# L 2 D! V9 F; q; M4 h3 i z z# A" TL：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 V7 D n# T3 v9 g
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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. & U& e) D' f N) ~/ m5 l5 f% f/ ?6 S5 l# j& a1 b4 t6 X
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？7 }! G3 r$ @$ A' m4 @
- Q& L' _7 g4 g5 P$ P$ K S2 [M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 9 K5 v* q: U9 s9 N. d Q2 L + g, J& ~2 E7 Y$ J6 lL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ $ g! Z' X) b* M" Z$ c 9 j% M" K. r# _0 c+ K( ]5 N, }. qM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.! r, G8 _* ]. ^
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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？9 _0 H9 T+ W7 o/ d9 c& F/ n1 A# O
* o1 o. [+ i- w3 o$ PM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 4 T2 e6 _8 j' k7 D/ ` + l7 |) \! ]% _$ C& 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？. N1 ~7 b+ M& q# O0 e4 Y
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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"! ; B. H, e# b% [" ~3 G! Q; i / M, Y8 j! { K) t) i" W% |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！$ x% [4 e( Y% P" y% P; u
6 E; L7 x9 L. eM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.* q4 F1 P- Q5 {3 s) m
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.& w! U$ M* v6 w. R4 B i
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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。 7 C5 h( l) I1 t# b6 E! Q3 u & [+ e9 \9 k. G$ ]6 E% ^ kM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. # m Y2 N1 w1 G, h- u 6 T8 y) E* i' x u( KL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 8 |" o" {, M1 i8 K9 L3 A) ^ 7 a+ G' [. _+ ^0 aM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 7 [, D) D5 B' D- c 2 M& _/ z% T6 @9 N' V0 C. VL：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？; _6 k) f+ H, n4 C6 d+ d# Z2 r
, u; R# `. |* z( d" P2 C( OM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ) Y$ P/ Y# M' k ; f6 i: w1 k; ?0 |1 v+ H: LL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？5 A9 c- a. n) n/ T* c
+ M+ d V7 V( j! t! XM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.; o& h( H4 n# n5 N( m) I
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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？ : O% t! H4 _, L+ U. v9 B8 F2 Z# Q' w: s8 F# \ ]0 ]
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!% y6 i& r7 w0 M* Q# M8 z) w4 A$ b
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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！ u3 D [0 C) x( `0 G; l2 C6 a+ r
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!" F6 e0 `8 X, }) Q5 g8 _4 f: P' x' c
% t, @: P Y+ ^% L9 Z% k# pL：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。7 y4 f3 U& R) e" n
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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。( Y9 [2 z7 r q# `4 X( c) h
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