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. 3 X- H- {( Y. \( { / ~( d# q* h+ T! v+ r: B& ]M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. , z4 w. d! _, z) {; Z! G$ }: B- G. m7 i8 k9 b
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？ " O5 ]# O7 G( d" h8 O9 |' i& \ * }2 N/ r" L) d, \6 LM：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. 9 }# |6 B# r) g7 \9 C * x+ k i& A+ T5 n# R kL：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# D" z' U( A
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 5 @$ L7 W* h9 \$ U+ E: Y9 @- b4 J7 ^/ R8 T* t: |
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ % U* R: j4 v" S9 x + y( G" [7 J/ ]# d. o# l5 I+ fM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.8 @; Q8 O3 a& O2 X* X
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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？ / L) K# R8 t, a& F" P # T% } s+ V# j6 _M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. : W7 T: C. \( Q5 I5 j$ }& I7 W0 w0 J- T3 `
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？ + p/ R' s5 @. t( m 7 T8 K% P, P8 \, x( UM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!) r0 Q. e5 N9 ]5 b* @) a
8 |+ }: j) p& u$ K c9 f7 zL：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！ 1 u! W. u7 f( Z9 F7 p% l3 V7 x, d0 N; b2 S4 r3 h$ J: T }
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. % t% v; g G$ W2 t2 M, b) H+ z L. n3 K; r0 Z
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.2 @( Y- F/ X8 j$ g, v
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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。2 b* H3 v& V8 ?: _8 C& `
% e. s, X- L' q( v. ^) d" HM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. " B# {* H! [3 s9 o7 { , A2 P1 g$ k3 H9 _5 q" DL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？, b% [+ Z, Y& d% r' X, t3 T) z1 V0 o
# S, V! t( K5 r# g) b& MM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.& Z: _- N( e6 k) m0 q Y) j/ S
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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？ % {/ _6 ~$ ^! Q9 O: A& J' x 6 |0 i+ d. Z, E/ }M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!% n0 p% Y; X6 w) Z, v
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M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble./ e6 k, M; o) x3 I: A. ~( r* T
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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？+ M. _4 [' g4 q" q* Y8 X
$ T6 z) S, w7 ]M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!& l# s! _+ ^. Z2 y$ X
* L- l# O* f9 T4 w: Q+ ^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！4 a+ R0 G& z) B) n! m
% {& k% d- D# \ qM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!9 k5 E2 ]$ P2 r8 P
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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。 , o0 g2 ^' K. T d9 f, W ' @ S- ^* i8 g. bM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!2 @! _, C4 I% \9 c
0 U. |8 h0 O+ r. i3 E- H4 }7 A$ f$ 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。" g+ ^- e3 l+ p, S- t
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