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.6 K8 q5 y: E( v$ U
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M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.6 u5 j- I& G; B/ m
8 j( L2 i6 j0 v& 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？- ~& b4 o6 x+ ^
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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. 8 U0 k4 v) @ \* v' h8 C1 X: Z9 I/ k8 S8 K, b" v; Y2 p+ r6 T
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？ 8 z4 y6 h( o- B , e& M7 \* `' H$ w7 ~M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. / x5 t% o( @, f7 ?. | Y; E . L/ ?8 L. h' j4 ]" D& ML：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ 5 H. ~* `8 _" `' E! ^: H6 ~5 Q8 L/ _- z9 ]# g" O4 b/ e) ^. r7 }
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. ' y5 g% L- H- ? % U+ G) U1 U6 J1 D! g! tL：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？) @) {3 }# i1 O) o5 k% f
* z5 a3 X# r& |" P+ ]M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.( l% W: W* L2 A7 Y- w
$ i9 ~( g1 [; r7 d- h. R! V' sL：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 @1 k; d. g& ~ : ^/ s( \" R- g; dM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! 6 Y% \7 h* e* Q3 O" h; F' V0 o, A3 K: d& Z1 n j R5 S
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！5 J6 V- K0 ~ |
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 3 f3 z' k1 \2 Q+ |' @' x7 F" Y. i 3 }- v$ f0 T/ T! H- D7 D [( aM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. % t; z! Z2 x/ z5 S# b/ F% g/ o/ r' C: t$ [& w
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。 % r4 g" `! x3 q+ {1 T" e' N+ J5 l: F' y( \+ ^+ B
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.- n/ J! ~8 A4 }5 W0 B9 Y; Z
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 7 h# _ |% f" ` & Y& @1 I" V% d# A* u: lM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. * Z# {' J% R7 G" k3 ] * M) {8 Y1 h! w) S& XL：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？7 _! {$ f" j! v- ~
& ?# [: O+ S) g& {M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!/ L2 H' b, t3 Q; n! G
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ' V3 u5 @! s3 |7 T+ E . X3 ^* Y. D* i' G) uM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.4 l! L' P* o% {3 a- U8 s) L9 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 [- c" k0 @1 U1 m- ]* g# ~2 X" M5 j) Z0 W/ S5 D4 [. X: q
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!: N( Z% o* ]: |6 k9 v- ?9 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！3 K t5 T/ S1 U, S$ r0 N
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!7 d. g0 w+ b% ^1 O8 ?- u
; o! L E5 ? A) sL：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。 l" X q/ i e7 ?8 H+ b3 o' `. [' l& l* u5 l9 |) l! O
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 5 ^9 q: L4 R3 ?" o' J h& R6 K8 ? 3 s2 Z0 a( U n0 e; Y' ]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。 . q, \) k( k& s' k 7 O/ q, ^/ I, ]/ V K7 kAudio As Following: ; P0 G* Y5 ^5 W4 W& G& z
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