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.1 s9 {$ Q1 q8 y& O! 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. 4 {3 m6 o% S+ W3 E5 d% u6 h ' ]6 u1 r9 P/ H4 v: |2 JL：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？ ( ]& X+ R* N3 Z, G5 T0 z F- ^& [7 q/ e8 h# E6 e# ]) v+ Q2 H
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.( e2 Z/ `1 F. C
5 Q& F9 Y7 |9 @3 ^& ?9 ^1 uL：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？: r( p1 R! e. P
2 S, I7 h6 f3 p- u! R% mM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.1 b5 J. d6 N; Y: I. |- C* d% G
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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？ : h F! o" n ?9 q+ N; L' I3 _: [% Y9 b1 l& @5 |
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.- ? t2 T5 C7 x6 L; Q) V9 N
) M1 v/ q! Z) M8 A. ]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？/ q; j( n0 `2 [- S" j! w. B
+ u$ y8 j; W* i$ K$ XM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.1 O! B9 M. d/ `/ ~, M
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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？ 2 y6 d" Q2 M6 }# H0 b+ a+ D3 A) R. J2 O7 [6 K$ v% s1 ], ?
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"!: d( W8 e0 R& B1 S- J% \
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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！6 P: x: J1 t$ h3 N
4 B+ _8 _- E' x/ R1 ~& _; ^M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 3 X) I' r6 \* N$ f: X: C# g6 H0 k: l8 H9 }
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 1 B& V! O: W3 f 5 I& @6 V$ z* g0 WL：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。 2 Z; S2 ~4 \* c2 \3 B8 a. ~: a- ?) g5 N' A0 o( q0 c7 D" c* U- n
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. & J* ^8 l8 a1 n. P" @ * @$ |' F& v3 D9 q' B! _7 E2 QL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？) A- M% u o: t- s) i
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. 6 S" E, E9 Q" P/ |; O. v5 N, y$ P+ |2 ]9 |+ B8 z
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？& Q- c' t8 {$ z1 i C
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!) h, p6 a% @/ S
* I4 |1 Z( o6 y rL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？( p, `- x6 w. b, @) Z
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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. ' U& h/ \1 F. w- _2 F8 G 1 R; W2 c0 Z0 A, x/ gL：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？9 z' U0 y5 v* F2 A2 u# u9 X
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 6 Z) A" e3 l# q6 |% M / O5 p# G6 W, E0 b9 GL：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！ 6 @1 Y9 o! u; O2 l ?1 Q! S8 j+ ?- W: Q1 }; }0 }! \. J
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! , |; x; Y, h& H7 S; a" d4 o) R8 |- d f* |( P! }) Q% _
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。 + U% p5 T1 V( r8 r# z& P. _$ o' b# B/ R: X0 H, W
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!) ]2 }0 V# `/ |' ^& [! x
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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。 & |- {( `0 g8 f5 D, N a1 V0 }7 t( b* Y' N6 ^5 g
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