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. : Z/ R) e6 P0 \ ) G0 V; |# ^# A4 b6 E! ]5 GM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.. S# A, a. b7 l2 X }" i
2 f* Z6 y4 c- aL：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？ 3 ~/ @7 N0 G. @ " v- D5 m: L- ~, G) P9 U. AM：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. 6 w+ X1 Y" C' m( }( T 5 K, f; n7 D% M7 HL：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？+ X: F% X* F! ^. m% d$ v* K
Q/ s" {, |3 e! f# C. _; @M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. ' W3 C! }- f9 @7 R8 @" w" F. L$ C: J5 e) U
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？& ]# M) O. i5 y( B
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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.. u. |: W/ M6 I0 E( 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？, h2 `" Y+ K& ]) J
0 U- u7 u( Y* P5 y2 ]- @M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.! [/ ~+ T# s0 v7 Y; I
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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？- ^/ k, [; Z9 P, b. B) T# P
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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"! # e# o! k& q! K/ U # ~7 d6 v" q5 O+ [% W5 nL：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！ * I" h k- M: E* v. ^+ H% u- j+ h
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. : h2 s, `9 o% W1 t, F$ P5 G7 B' I2 l) V0 P* a1 Q# _1 o2 }9 Q
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.. p' {& W/ ~# O$ t! ?1 s
- \( u& s1 R$ x' F- n# A4 uL：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。 " G. ]' V; C2 Y3 h$ {2 |# p* X2 C/ I: v: m" \
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& W* _; K- C1 X. u
& L2 U4 w7 j8 R, [8 Z+ G5 JL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？6 c0 a4 u5 p" y: W6 @) M
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 5 j: D3 d0 F1 u! }( H, D- q5 H* [. t! m* X
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？ - N* _7 a! L) v. r" W& l* W; b, M$ M5 A' A7 K3 @6 _3 f% m) q* q" J
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!/ s% q( T2 W1 Q6 Y0 P* H* y
* i1 s F) n0 b" @* t* ?6 ZL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ) w/ q- s! H1 a" r! o. D5 N, \; ~" T
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. 3 }. C) X; H* H' K- Y8 F) m# m9 |7 | s, A! a& r5 p6 X& F
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？ " C2 V/ ]% _& q( J+ q9 u" a* X2 }% e5 _4 j/ p; V
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!# J2 ^/ n: M; l' p
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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！% |! X F* _8 u" O$ i( n8 Y8 Q
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!7 K# _" u) r% w6 |/ h
* y( i. ?9 B5 {+ v9 x, r3 l! N" f- aL：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。 ; T6 f$ K: b8 n6 V# }8 V+ Y$ a/ m/ \" y5 V; Y( \; s( |" X/ Y- P
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! ) {( E. b! ]) u P2 |# E% G; ]4 b2 o
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。 $ a& H* E! e9 P: p2 l9 z& l0 k# B, J! O4 r" H0 `. L+ {6 k O
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