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.! Y" y# C2 J7 U: a) ]
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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.5 e* P: ~ G/ Z0 v; K4 {
+ s q2 P" v. zL：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？ - p# y, f: p3 c9 |) x1 p p7 x- p( R' _) H- p3 i: z) `5 @
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. * Q6 L" c0 i3 I9 g; b4 O ' s! q& x1 \1 I) n& ?# RL：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？5 H/ D, ?: l5 ~
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.! j5 `$ H, |5 W1 h
5 t3 |* W U" O) [, p5 rL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ , R* D: \& c# Y* S ; Z$ J7 I- Z0 Q" Y1 S. f1 L O1 yM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. & R5 z: \% n/ j4 \, c7 N# D ] D9 Z1 F, T% c& t' F6 n7 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？* k5 D8 E% o0 h0 \3 {5 g: z; R3 B
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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？ / A4 y: R- V% z3 G% D; m. ^; Q i9 f0 F* T5 ?
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"! ' {- c- K2 K y* V ; |' I9 Z. n9 [5 E4 P' t2 tL：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！+ R3 i! N7 J7 u0 ?. k
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. * n% G& T- J% r. c* G6 Z+ [+ k/ N& u& {) A3 S/ f( A
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.3 V% _6 [" a1 K9 ?1 s# U
) g6 W( ]. z$ x+ b) Z/ g. hL：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。 ; r" ^) @) J! B 1 p7 ^: r6 D1 R& D8 {/ mM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.5 ?) n( Z; c X, ~9 F% }! u4 W
5 U, \* w% A# j) k: x' z! TL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？* D! o) B) ^! k+ ^0 }2 g
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. " Y" }4 R; W! w7 d3 P0 d& w% l5 H8 d: @( g3 @# D
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？ & Z- E6 A7 ?. ~% M) P$ Q: ]3 @: R$ ]* w) w5 a' D
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!& _0 ~ ]$ ^/ |% J- F1 |2 d
1 r' v" Z9 U3 L' W5 Q, x% e1 a ZL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？0 C2 i( @3 Y! T8 e) _, u
# u0 ?6 c& n$ }. q/ RM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. % K, t; n: s, m) W " e; \5 r& E4 I/ O3 d3 ^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？ 4 D K+ L9 U% J1 M$ R 5 R3 ?! {5 ~9 t' v( z) RM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! : y( H/ d# [$ ` R, o' N q/ g/ ^. u9 I( O: Y5 y9 y- e
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！- I3 w. K% i0 Z% X# |
8 D# g; y# s+ S- z/ S. W7 sM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! + [4 ^+ {- J+ ~5 z/ \ . B* ~' J8 l$ r" l0 D; NL：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。 * E* a- |( U9 u5 M) n* {; [ : B/ f# u4 B5 k1 R* YM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!) d2 ]3 B* x4 u3 a: q7 L) @
2 e; o$ ~& l) m5 G! f7 I$ x! F- x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。1 I: c7 E$ B, Y
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