% B- R# i+ G8 j# J! I2 p3 S, NM：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.8 Y, Q! K) ^5 B& B0 c# v5 O
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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？ : U" o4 ?0 }/ i7 W8 v- \4 R , x' I: N+ F3 h: \7 C9 \& f+ hM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer., B* }) C; t* m5 G, r8 v
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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？* U% f% s3 d$ ~# w1 [. o
& ~( g: H! {6 Y9 s7 e4 |5 e) @: }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. 5 H1 e$ Q7 u& n! ?, W5 }. c' V' V6 ?4 S) T
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？ * e. r/ m3 `" b ?' S4 H: ?3 k 1 v/ G. w: A! c% R6 E4 h: m) PM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 6 d; |! y4 N3 l4 w8 g) T; H" ^+ V; q
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？ # g( @7 V8 q; s. B0 B M2 G# E% t* C% k) b( B& o+ A7 [' ~0 T# 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"! * L# t/ @# |6 v* G( Z3 i; l V# y 4 f" f7 @- v* W6 \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！ 1 ?2 ~; D1 G: x* v4 q( P' ?! T" T B/ n2 j
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 1 \1 _! Q& H9 W- T % V% [" S, o9 N3 A; ]: B' W1 aM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 9 p" B6 }: C. u8 O/ _9 [; F6 C0 T/ _# _9 j+ ]- l* z
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。 " d7 w8 G6 p+ N $ x) D5 N5 l2 t7 S; _8 _" T/ Z {M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.( E& G; K/ l7 N/ d/ q' T7 s9 {
) R Z) u6 a+ x/ F) d, U8 eL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？; |4 w- X8 n; m6 R' O" n
( S. |% ~" g8 J& ]# V' VM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.! a& M- L: ?9 f
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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？( f2 W5 H: m1 ]- C
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 3 h2 r# T; E! b. X4 n* f7 l 0 s0 g2 @! c4 _6 E4 I3 yM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.# t# S2 [5 L) ^, `
% U; ]. O4 W( F; a+ `$ iL：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？ + A# M; k9 l4 d d9 O0 R j# Y3 | ) X6 ^$ y" M$ Y! J/ cM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!: h( r1 z' J6 I3 o8 D1 k
" o ^/ a7 P+ F% @+ U4 e# FM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 1 x r q, K% B$ h, \) z3 p$ f9 h % Z1 O6 s/ c; d7 v9 E' N) r# @ K1 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。0 d8 m# n) G7 X
5 I$ v5 Y& w& B, h lM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!9 ~% P5 {2 h& h; m. ?6 V
6 E$ E' I* H/ b/ F" g. y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。5 g& _) X2 O( q
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