流行美语口语 Lesson 25 - cop & to freak out

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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.
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: f/ @: _% |$ X1 r+ D0 FM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.

. `) u" I2 a" m0 R, r* v3 kL：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？
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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.

$ f* I1 ]3 ?3 I- W- w9 `* XL：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？
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  F& H: y" {+ a; lM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.

L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？

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.
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5 a- x. ~5 i1 ]* O6 |0 lL：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？
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) Q6 J4 [; C# I) m6 vM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.

2 e& K- a' ?- W1 p# D- m: @. uL：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？
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9 A- T* V  @# v4 M/ b2 XM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!

0 ]9 b7 s3 C- R8 j1 e9 AL：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！
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, l/ h: y" h+ m- FM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.

# z; P" W, z& J1 k, Q/ NM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.
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! m6 {/ @+ U. J; _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。
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M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.

L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？

/ X3 q, t8 v9 F& |/ D" XM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.

# f: Q) i1 u! V( E0 UL：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？
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& N3 C/ p, q* A3 a" Y# a8 h: @" hM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？

M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.

, q9 E1 S! b& i6 `) eL：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？

" z! N5 C2 I5 F/ x+ G7 MM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!
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0 V' b8 Z1 I5 L/ p, XL：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: L# G3 i" D4 f7 CM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!
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6 u+ g* Z* i+ O6 l, p" ZL：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。

# e) h, z' S. @0 }M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!

8 n8 {: C  [% ?  l- H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。
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