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.- s A8 v% w- j
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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. % E. s, e. g5 e, D8 U . ~6 \# x$ r! g: W8 LL：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？) A& g' o- O) H
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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., j$ W% M) s0 z8 I
6 [- A- v9 K! |+ 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？- V8 ^0 f/ x% V# a: \* _
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.$ I9 v( J% \8 j8 s( A7 l; A
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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？) u- A4 [8 L4 ~7 O {
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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. 0 V+ o' C6 T# `" z$ A- K+ I* d/ w! F) ^+ S3 s, ?( |( q
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？ 1 J+ @+ _7 X5 e1 W& Z2 j6 |3 I7 `0 {
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.* H- I7 k6 z( @7 [: j; T
- d# n% m" I2 Q: D$ q# eM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!& c5 e6 U0 E6 K4 @ d
1 }6 k3 R4 c1 u$ D. A- NL：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！8 B; @2 u! y9 H6 j/ _ y
! x1 o9 | R0 C7 S2 PM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.0 v, V/ ~' Y( L; c
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. + E# A6 \2 d; i O; K" E; b7 `4 i! L3 F/ T
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。, {* _: E6 ]' |- N' g
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M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.3 U9 Z4 ?4 T& H
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ : }, J! \0 j/ ~, c6 P/ ]% v6 _& i0 z$ L) j! {6 b
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.6 l3 L# g, r0 {! e0 u( E; g- w# B8 @4 ?
, F9 |1 c* a0 S% w. v; o" kL：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？! H) b- [ J {! M7 q6 f& V
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!6 S4 i4 h0 _ x. v
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ( K, W! l- K5 A G, f8 _+ w9 t ' X0 R, r3 \( n0 u3 ^: TM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.9 j- U1 k7 h( e
( I) O+ Z) B1 I! G+ l: G3 @! EL：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？. @0 V& W+ I9 u- V4 x
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!7 s" `0 U! P" T
* G/ C8 b- O; M" a. A3 U5 ]# n2 pL：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！ % s; R/ n& P: M e5 |2 C5 L+ ?/ q5 t4 `7 H
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! " ^4 i/ @$ U% m; j0 v0 ` * Y5 K! i) p' O+ L5 e5 gL：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。3 M" f; a V+ k# R8 _
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!% t& G2 x/ X0 O* L& l) t- [1 E/ ~
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