" ^: h7 C1 ^% a3 ~$ \M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. ) m0 y: H: X) O9 Y, ^2 Z 5 E0 d! A- D8 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？ % {' q& |% a' x) G! y: |( d n9 s. y. p4 p8 P4 XM：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. ) t- P* [2 p- K) t2 ~+ k' e( A( m9 E # i5 x2 I" O( W" QL：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？0 K5 t7 R/ Y/ Y
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. " q0 u3 k" J y& V( E$ q2 P; U" A3 l6 S/ r8 M
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ ( U! j9 p9 E, p3 ^# w$ m0 z $ `( ^$ W4 {# y! p3 HM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway. ! L9 S5 ^8 V& s. p6 F' s" f/ C* l" t 6 R# ?9 n2 F3 o* j1 AL：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？ , F. L! D0 I" H+ |" y# [$ y$ U6 s " W! c. c( ^, `9 T) H/ A: o) L; GM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 9 @# N k u! L. i2 \3 E$ a/ j) T h' y: {
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？ * T' c' W6 n+ }' {$ P! m1 O: x9 h. ?
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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" z2 s6 k- R6 ~
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!8 B; V1 S5 ]) E* L1 k
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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！ 7 x: l6 I e, w# C) O5 j# n* v 7 q' Z/ ]3 h0 Q5 ~) H" l5 iM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!. {1 e2 X( c- P6 C/ A4 U9 i
8 _3 S& Y- W/ ~L：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。 ! m' ~* |: N b. I& X9 I' q6 {* [; v. x" ?: i& H# T4 ~( S' P
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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。 & X3 [) p3 R+ X: H+ H0 A. J! @4 i M. h4 |2 ?6 i9 ^
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