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.1 i" p N- U. h$ f$ t9 m1 P% U
' ~9 m1 x4 n3 \: cM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.6 E3 u8 u) R, m B: \5 d2 }
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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？; e- W; c. L+ H+ E# P1 H
1 ^3 \( | y3 @3 j( w0 _9 nM：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./ z; e. G5 E7 M
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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？) M* j! _% b% j" |
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. k9 S1 Q: h- H
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L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ + A8 Z7 k( r% }- z 6 `9 r0 z$ F$ t8 ~7 G' xM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. {. r/ {# y6 }6 Y- x4 R) d- o( F+ l& F# p4 a6 [
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 n' [* N. x, G8 a7 {7 O/ e
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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. W% ? |3 Q' j2 T; a/ ?6 t9 P
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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？ " P6 t: I; e6 i) t2 D 6 R* e# Q* E' l. v9 lM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!) y7 V0 n9 V* k9 f+ M$ b2 r% K
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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！' E* ?8 w6 v; G
3 `) a& H: {5 t4 T3 t9 {M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.- i, z' F' n0 ?: c* M6 ?! @" n
5 A) o: W. i% u7 q+ L, jM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.9 ^9 k: r/ o" R
1 Q3 R* s2 t2 c% @1 F+ zM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 8 ~" N$ T/ G! G: `! V+ R X8 R* t( O, w, ?# B$ w& l
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？5 A6 O- p) r' `: {; o' {9 u
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited., ]- i( l1 k4 D- u. C
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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？$ D* j' g5 a7 ?* ^# T# r
( Y8 q& P! \ F/ AM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!4 | M. g, Z! v. p- q
! K1 }2 N. v! B( w j0 ^( yL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ; c- Y3 |6 n! O1 [ ' Z3 q9 Q+ Q4 A4 FM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.( y& v) Y! P" s, `- g
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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？# d; a$ s# t) \1 J/ N$ i. l
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 1 d/ D# Y1 L/ ?- n: {1 `% U a. h/ g' G: `. X+ v
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！. `. u5 y, L& m/ G; a2 }
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!5 r* i% Z' i9 x+ P& _1 f, _
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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。 % o$ a2 D+ @& p5 a9 r$ O 9 [3 L: c/ K( KM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!" W0 @& S% W- M% u9 t4 r
2 u& U: } P; _% E( g, ~0 R9 L4 t; i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。# k+ ]3 E3 M; B
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