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.7 n: \, ]4 J \9 l. L
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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. 6 ] o) i1 `4 w2 h( K , N) G' ~3 V+ c' j( YL：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？9 `" Y- U& d' G& `: h8 z$ X
. n" `7 {- _' E, a- J' DM：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. z% Z" S. `- ^: J0 U ! p% C5 X# ?+ H7 l0 i# k! u5 CL：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？ " n& H, e8 C7 Z% [* k0 \ $ ?0 J' x' T# I# k' o6 tM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.3 L. e/ g: l. ?4 z$ `
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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？$ D9 ~- Q5 p( r4 }2 T+ r D+ M
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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.: _7 c2 t( q1 [$ X
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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？ [; h, ?; o+ Q2 S8 e( A
9 X) O9 g3 A6 ?M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.9 B+ U! y! v7 c& l+ \3 |
6 K# C4 [ V* u4 I* u GL：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？ 9 w9 T, o/ g% {: D, r5 i; H: L4 R ) g9 q" t9 {+ PM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! & J \, |1 A6 d% @0 b! x6 J2 P+ }8 X# r5 v2 [
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！ : L4 w3 i$ s# z) g/ ?: J" G$ ] 1 E6 M: R8 N$ Q( A: t5 `M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. * n$ l# @8 {' p9 x' s% J2 h8 g% r, a! X/ p- i) l
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.5 f; P. D6 I5 Q
. y! \( Y' L+ |0 a, a- V0 tL：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。 + D9 Z' ?& D/ m1 T+ J 8 d u* o+ I1 `) c/ N4 K' NM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.5 w. E; h+ x, \/ w" ?- Z
/ m5 W$ e0 \2 dL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？+ o- t' ]' c3 s H
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 1 _! S6 n, W7 _1 c& w) d! r2 S6 z. i! i
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？; b2 ^% u$ Q ~7 |2 r/ p$ m& t
3 o2 W" `' R. s' iM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!2 a- R3 j( b2 k/ {# k5 J( _: j
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？% ]# S3 t6 k/ z9 l
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M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble." \2 ?, }# w7 A. a" s/ F7 g
+ H. k3 x C) w" ^& [& gL：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( p, e0 I5 k
; N- Q) z* y0 k" }* x& HM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! $ F4 D) Q/ `$ _( D ' f+ p4 N; x! J7 K/ oL：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！ X `' k4 `# w4 W5 ]3 `
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! / f: B# f) E% {9 D# Q , k* B3 H# I. m2 H$ dL：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。2 e# C) j) s0 F7 i+ w$ m4 s, Z
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