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.! |5 x9 _: K5 M6 ?
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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. 7 i# |4 k1 t2 ^. I$ z. P' q5 p/ L' @' `- N; y$ I0 S0 {
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？ , c! E& r3 z, ^( m- l: ] \# E5 c; \% X# U( F" k
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.4 Y7 A' F, y& n$ m6 w2 z; F% q0 e
5 x, u! R* w2 `% k; s3 I# r; u0 K5 ?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. S. J4 A+ \0 B T6 w
* ^- }9 [% R2 i# iM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!7 Y4 g9 a8 ^7 W( r' V
2 t+ j% f# l0 W! K. H% v" }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 X9 `+ }8 Q5 v# E( S2 R5 W$ n# e" p
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.0 l' X$ S* }& T5 m! }$ j
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. $ L9 N& |. b& Q5 F/ [2 w# r& }# ?8 ]% _' U0 z. {( F- @
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。 * S G, I# z0 w0 p$ B& @- h & e% A4 c6 R8 ^/ d: i) pM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.0 U/ A) I9 `3 P9 p! f3 J
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ - |& f0 y2 j1 R" g# ^( O! {" `# g% h; ^8 C5 ?
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited." p& h1 U* L i1 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？8 Z$ o8 H7 e& Q
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!( z2 `. h) ?+ W" v1 A/ A# X7 p
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？9 {& t5 f' h. e3 f8 s8 J% J' W
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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.% g5 Y7 h4 ]9 s; x$ r
' N( C: A' H, {' C- nL：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？ 3 `& v+ ?; H; ?# |& o) M ' v$ y' R: b; C- [& y4 f/ M& n+ v) \M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!. ]9 E; Y+ z* S2 I: u+ c- Z
2 F: W0 j) l3 g$ T! }, UL：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！% x1 i1 {* x4 R* f0 { B N' m5 _6 }1 z
- W5 @6 y" Y0 `3 Q: M& OM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 8 G# n5 n. J; m* `0 Y* g- |- s' g& r 6 I- Z) `' \* R6 O% K, h, `4 { ?: DL：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。# `, |& G' n9 R8 y4 W" w
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!( f% Z; {+ ]' F: f0 |1 K. f4 K( c( D
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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。 4 W) l7 J5 J0 V( T$ F" d2 k5 M N7 I4 X7 T1 P# ^
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