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.5 P# ?; \4 d- ?. O! k' o
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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.5 {/ U2 R- J4 S7 e- _
9 o: L3 M) H8 a% Q( HL：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？# b9 n1 e2 M# I& i; {$ y7 w4 B
3 F! `4 j* f5 Z8 r0 rM：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., \% s5 `" q w; y, T* ]
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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？ 6 F5 `7 E, `% b# Z5 c9 W( _$ H& W k6 |; W) B8 |: }; S
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. ) w; M( [! y1 I, C1 }# c* F' i) d. g' e3 l3 B
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？! k# g/ y" s. r$ n
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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. 0 }3 p* k0 T! B8 a& | 6 N- w, Y& |' g( l. ?; wL：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？ . |0 R$ I8 u. R% W. j3 b3 t5 ~7 ~* Z* T5 N8 l0 Z
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. ! ~* ?1 O2 |$ R3 C& N% u" t9 w Y/ D* f
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？- e( T1 B5 w2 A) i" h" `
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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"!) n* f) D1 m$ V. M% |" p* [3 l* T
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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！ ( E: [1 G( \: T6 p 5 d2 Q! h4 X) c. `M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.* C" z6 G7 W5 e: E, x( X
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. # I0 A1 ]: Z `% R4 Z# l6 d) f8 j4 h2 `
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。 8 U) x8 `* {$ {2 M: i2 `( p$ ]& s" Y6 k
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.7 c/ W/ O* L# J' }
( `' z+ h5 c4 A+ N nL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？2 Y4 M) G' i. B9 P: T* x: ~4 A
( M% m& [5 s# A0 E8 X; h7 DM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 9 [ H3 V4 K* b! `3 G/ O$ i! y2 Z% T1 Q! i1 U5 S& O- M. i6 H
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？ ) x3 I- U3 O% N( y* x7 f% }; F! C/ n' X( K/ J' O
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 7 W. T) L+ Q# Z" J7 N, F) l6 A% ~3 Q) ?8 a0 z' a
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ . Y8 |! S* s8 ~+ U& ]2 N/ q5 q6 p, N5 U! M
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. 2 d9 V, l" b4 y1 q5 ?) K5 Q ! Z& g7 y6 H& [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？8 W* P5 ^" ~6 E. }& ]7 q
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!/ |) E* R+ W% R
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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！5 I1 P G4 ]6 P
$ f. j6 A/ w @0 c. _5 g7 e" C8 m4 QM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 7 T W& S+ U- v9 g9 W/ ^3 K6 b! r4 @/ {' i3 a/ Z
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。 & S6 `# w$ O$ n& o9 C; E1 W! v( z* D. u3 L
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 1 l) F/ U. Z) B# C & O b S' G, L% C! 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。 ! o! f5 Y/ n. H6 f/ Z+ v 3 n- P8 n( ]9 iAudio As Following: 7 L2 G1 b: [: D V
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