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. 2 O/ F) t& f3 i* X' \. N; F . d% P `' v: S# IM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.( S4 A4 a' |! v7 q; U
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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？: }1 D# O. l; I$ C9 c/ C- S+ }( v
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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. # l7 b( n2 p7 C G# y: s % L% ~- s6 W' ?/ oL：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？ , l% a* U, l; x7 I5 |1 ^6 `" T0 ~4 `! B: k: x1 w/ y" W
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. " Q6 `$ c% g t5 g ' h# ^7 T- f1 l3 UL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？: j0 d6 H `0 a- n1 y
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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. ; b5 w3 ?# Q* V- I, F% L n: [& a; p% `! OL：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？( R3 w0 r* a5 v5 ?% i* M- c/ w
: V* q U; t$ RM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 0 _9 z, w/ B. G3 ?$ v; Y- y j9 N ) C% K, c0 I" ?3 i( M1 g2 i PL：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？ ; u: \- ~/ m5 H( a( E7 {# E ' Y6 |" ^: d* e; G& 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"! 8 a& P& k2 t! t- u- H; {+ s _" p7 \% l' O4 J2 |
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！ * {* j% Q. J+ |; l- G4 y , y( p3 `9 A$ I1 d0 w* h; WM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.: b$ x0 r0 l. B# h! g
' J* S4 k( X6 d e7 F; b2 KM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 7 P+ G7 [0 G7 ? Q5 g. U, w! D8 U/ }' m - R+ I4 P1 S. d/ B0 _4 j2 |! GL：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。 % ^9 E4 \' g$ ^; j) K; U - U0 L. h% S# I( q0 P2 VM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. W6 G, ~0 G' i2 A) M $ E9 `/ v- q- y; |6 a8 sL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？7 I i- H, f* w8 G7 ~2 J! f9 X
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. . O% n" p' h9 Y ; k, W& m! y# ^/ gL：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？, _' Y: S3 M/ D, N! F
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!* j Y+ c, W8 B* X k5 @& O
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ * T4 D) A2 V4 a% @( v0 c/ V& V Y/ ?; n$ t, _: \0 X
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.3 x# k( B' O2 r3 u3 c8 F$ 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？5 i2 I7 p$ c4 Y2 q$ {5 s
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 6 v) t; \' g4 P/ ]! \1 M. u 9 D/ W! K* m5 @+ Q7 x7 P& T/ jL：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！ * f+ L. g( ~ z# ~2 Y ) p4 V; V$ r" tM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!( n) }1 {2 _. p+ `6 u. @ q
5 r) v5 \. k9 e e* f1 NL：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。3 C* _3 F& \$ b" i( |. G T
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!. J' h( ] {/ U- p% p c) V
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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。+ J% Y" O4 Y2 `' I
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