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. 0 |/ n! |1 d! k% z( A8 C8 s0 d! V% B# l* {
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 7 X, C7 S+ T% j4 E: G2 K# J- z8 a+ S1 ]8 L: i# m9 K v0 r' y
L：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？: U0 ?2 c" ^2 Y) u6 u2 ^9 H
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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.: O+ B0 [- x4 m) A
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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？ 8 r" V3 Q( _2 y& z% s a+ Z7 o0 G# P& ^; `8 gM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. ' L' S/ x/ O, t9 }! w 1 [' R: m6 V) K- Q2 mL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？: i1 a% @. D* B7 \: K
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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.* S% b6 W; F; H, b ?# n# j
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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？5 x5 i# l2 _" V; c
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M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.4 c: z" | o# k3 Y& |3 a6 I: b `
5 o/ n1 o1 c, B P7 qL：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？ # h9 m {7 ~' w, ? 3 F5 P! B g$ z1 QM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! - g0 p7 e6 ] l9 n: t! q" P# o0 ]2 [ + g) U# A# R$ G" P$ z. sL：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！ + `3 @+ x, O3 i" y* u0 X& K; {3 ~$ k6 H0 U- }
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 7 I) ?& n8 @2 C4 q% m _. s& H$ i8 d9 Y2 R- ?3 t3 {
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.' P7 g m# d/ T- W; Q/ L/ L: ~
$ j1 N# F' m1 O* T! D+ aL：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。% j8 R4 o. x' b, c. P& w
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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. 5 M* B" w. s0 P/ k% v3 P2 r: t & e m8 H8 C- W' w. c9 aL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？, m4 d' l M, p# x+ h
" G, [$ ~" x6 Z: @M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. ) r+ N, ]; c/ [) Q 3 u2 T* n9 A) O3 \! @3 w7 Y2 [# W* BL：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？ * K y1 A' }% B5 r " Z: M% ]8 G( z! D, Y6 c/ w! F, HM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!6 u0 l& ^) F; G8 H# G0 |
$ L- P. p4 @5 u( V4 }% vM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.7 S; i: W% u- h. T3 m
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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？4 n1 i- K* w: ? Z' D6 a9 I
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!9 ~, Z" y% g! l
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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！" H4 o0 E, Z, _. p7 l7 G8 n
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!# D; g( e) ^; g7 n6 u
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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。 " Z n5 r- r6 @' Y+ D! q2 Z/ n4 X2 N. D
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! . X; d9 a4 H9 y: P7 g$ F: m! K1 o }' o7 U! b% G/ s- V! i6 D
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。7 H" f0 K% Y/ z# |
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