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 o0 }* `0 f5 {! u ; w B$ ^( P/ c \' V- a+ V6 kM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 5 w$ r# V& v6 J' V + F8 v7 J/ m* nL：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？0 u2 e& e4 i3 h( M+ I
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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. 0 j, m- N; X) q* `" g+ {. b" l9 Z: M& [
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 W& y' p1 u6 V; c3 Q4 Q2 F3 u2 T
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 9 @' y! w9 t" h( }* C8 Q. X " P1 J5 d; }; C `. ?' DL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ : [, ]$ C, ~; Q" S ; V v8 Y1 e1 h6 TM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. # \1 q2 x9 M2 c: J+ w; Z; T7 l* u3 k
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？4 z8 o+ R# r0 o. D1 J+ j/ a+ g
( n: N* J ~' WM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. # f; c' L) C" P* ]$ F 6 m) D! v5 o& a* d; t0 C+ H2 z. {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？ / m, w2 j" _( q# j- E 7 }3 I# \0 O1 `1 z4 s. | iM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! ; q- J% [$ O5 L / z( w% z9 ]/ [. v X+ 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！4 V6 p* e$ I) D: b6 ~1 N
4 f5 x: ]( L* M U8 J+ k$ MM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. ( e0 r% j) K- t% g9 T- z; p& l3 l# E5 g8 S6 Z6 Q, K. X
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 7 d5 V) D1 [ ^ + i) \% E0 ~* B, b8 ^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。 . ^0 y" q o0 f/ O A+ E; t* r- q& k9 k2 s) a
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.6 |: W) m! q! w7 L: W
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ & R; D' i3 F0 f7 g! x , F6 h- w, c2 |1 q! `M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 4 g7 {+ m8 G6 Z+ ~2 q2 O7 t; i9 ^. _* S5 R; `! g2 G% q
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？$ h" |; ~1 j" ?! a# r
5 I k ?+ w' t# OM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!8 D7 _' |! H7 p9 d6 m
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ 4 ]2 H% }8 J1 R! l2 R " A) F! v1 t. l+ p- A4 bM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. : V- i4 {- P5 d/ ]0 e, I5 a7 O" x* ^+ p, u5 l9 J
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？ 5 T4 V) `: N4 x4 w7 ^0 g& ^; l ; q% g( z4 `- e5 d q) w* aM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!& u+ T- B" ~7 q3 j+ O- a
3 \* l( j# l9 A$ j' s1 t! F1 x lL：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！# P6 u! g- Q1 E
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!3 n ?9 A/ \, v* N2 R' t* s9 B5 H
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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。 ' ?/ u% Z9 O9 k' n. {+ r$ \5 p3 ^6 k# t/ n: q" x5 g- J3 {+ `
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! " C5 |( }* h2 W! k) h- X! x s( W
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。 & z0 \2 l" [% L R1 R# i# d; D n6 Y( q: _+ [
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