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. - Z; C* E$ _7 u' [# `( ?- } t9 U7 B( K( ^. [5 o7 V
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 7 ]6 ~2 q9 @9 L. Y5 n) e' O& K$ J7 z
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？' y2 Y8 f& Z3 P$ G& \
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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." L/ x5 Z' P2 W7 _5 U0 L
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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？" ^2 k. p! d0 ?- M+ M
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.. Y) v! R3 f( W/ V4 J
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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？ ! A6 u& F* g6 y/ z, | $ C3 \: F+ H( k1 F% ^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. / X2 U5 t5 A) ^0 f9 y' P- R# i- N9 o9 V& f- n. S
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？" Q k9 g+ I9 p) m2 }, C! n4 p
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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. ; s3 Y' y9 ^- M$ v' V9 _: f( A/ l. E. G2 I w7 l0 ~ y5 l$ I/ {$ c
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？9 f0 [. ^( ?" C5 F1 Z
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M：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! ( z' x- D( S$ Z1 c5 p# t; u - A7 [4 T) ?$ h7 v/ rL：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 R3 n( j. y1 T9 k7 G % X% V" X* J* f b1 r5 j1 FM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.( B* Z. `' G& q E
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.8 m$ |9 p2 M" b4 M9 S$ f! J! q6 O
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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。7 p4 {; ]! H3 [
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？5 I3 m7 |8 C s: Y/ 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. 2 {0 l$ l( }0 m" ~0 m) p% c+ E+ Y& s" K$ E- Z& b
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？. s- w- S. W+ G7 S- E
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!0 Z' I8 N/ N2 _ ?
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5 E4 Y4 o( y" q) `M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. & g# E4 W T- Y" N: E5 ~2 L5 l* u/ {" g
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？$ R6 s8 R! w, i, o' l
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!" U' U( g, `/ B! P
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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！+ N$ m* q }8 u+ Y' @ y+ H
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! : c( h3 r0 F i, M + f- @/ T. ~ F3 fL：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。 / M5 }6 w. C' I% l+ w' s0 J) l% g % r" e$ ] X5 M9 s. j' m' Q' cM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!( @( D1 Y ]$ g: L2 F
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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。3 R+ @- X1 }' |/ E% v
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