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. 4 m, i8 n; Q3 W1 t: p2 i: M6 j5 X& U8 f
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. - N, W# Y/ e. ?4 \) z; C" ] t7 @6 c, V8 F% ~ t
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？ R/ [: r$ i# `$ ^$ [8 K: t' w8 l4 T
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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. 1 ]/ e+ C; e7 f. B 1 U) i5 B7 _. T# X- a3 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？ 6 ?( x1 ]6 y' D) L1 j1 [ + Y, q2 E" b# ZM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. * e6 ?% ^+ R9 M% \7 n7 K u1 B% G3 |/ V8 g6 m+ T: u% k
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？2 f# ^4 s; H. t1 G
5 D+ x) l c+ a4 |4 m5 c, {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.) J- R! w' n5 G
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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？/ n* A5 ~, ]5 a
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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.1 d: _( }0 z/ X" {) |+ `/ X" [
J, d/ M2 e7 M5 t( ?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"! 9 p& [& B: E5 w- \) H1 T ; o; n8 J. ?' G/ K' `5 ~/ N8 A* dL：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！ + I& C: d4 Z9 N: y2 H 4 y2 D! S+ E+ d3 B- l( ?M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 0 I: M- r1 l& L m+ l: M" E5 K8 D7 V! H* e! l0 \
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. / |2 i& A2 ~) M* u, C$ |* w, k9 y; x 1 A8 V, T1 H3 u7 r9 y7 c5 a9 DL：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。 5 y6 {6 J7 W# B3 m3 k" s3 U4 d& m- u
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 0 W1 J" ]% `0 s4 K 1 t/ j z$ s2 R" y" `& EL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ + Y0 S3 Z% w1 O6 _0 j( Q8 X7 ^3 q4 Y 4 d9 j U7 A3 r8 z1 }M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.$ B4 G5 `* j" n S
4 J, D4 T$ G2 J: mL：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？ ( g3 F9 s" H. \& E& d2 f , J% E3 G6 J& ?; b. B! `( a4 l: {M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!. V) N& U c; a
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ! p' r1 A8 }9 d- n# [; V8 I 5 n8 K; q) U- n0 t7 gM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.- ?; _' T/ e( g. K# d
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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？1 w, ~: q( T+ n( F+ _ V& T
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!* a8 C3 f( @' T: `
% d- F" h/ }# U; mL：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！ * m/ m: L( n0 v( N # K/ c) U, y. D; j. X2 {& u8 uM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!( y9 p% k! h6 X
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