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. ( W2 s1 L% `0 `1 \" [; _9 Q! O7 L* y* }
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. / H! T) c/ M' I0 r5 _3 m: M. X8 M+ n# A; h8 X3 X, |
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？" v: V: Z2 u8 A) {
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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.5 ]7 m% ? W" R2 c d
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L：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？ + ]$ p7 N3 }% v6 F1 ~0 ?3 c, N6 e: q4 I
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 2 @: `( H2 R, j/ _. u# v8 A" ^$ W* S; U/ H0 X
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ / `7 o* D8 o, a, u 8 Z+ F& J& t& W6 U4 [$ U7 B- cM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.$ [, ?' u h6 S% h1 r) q
2 l2 D) A8 Y+ q% YL：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？ + h. h' P6 I& ^' J+ j' R" g5 m' N+ d2 q. P# @0 e5 b# d+ i" q
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. ) u) A$ Q6 U. U* J - {& X& N8 p1 V' [1 y- e* |4 TL：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？1 v) A7 B$ g: r
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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"! & N: K7 D, p3 @; Y( z3 f) q3 n) P5 r% U) g# b# U; u; @5 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！2 M3 v4 H3 y/ z
) V' _' u7 c" J. gM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 4 z3 g2 N/ Q- B/ S8 V3 M ! [8 Q( R0 {- v" f! F1 M/ JM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.# Z) Y' X; p( M" Z; k# j$ y
: {2 q8 q/ t* `& f1 O9 J% o4 IL：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% c8 E: W: i- @; P; U/ T
$ \% z: j) s; @2 S3 R0 M4 K( rM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 9 [- D% z. w0 a* f6 y' E$ c6 S$ k. W3 k; j+ z! k2 v
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ ( Z$ e& N! c! d9 n( B& Z ' ?0 c- ]+ \5 C" ^+ vM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. # w* m0 S/ y/ X! `2 t8 o A& V, A ' }% u/ g9 i5 c Z+ F- `( [) k' ?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？ O9 H5 }2 o0 }; h& U& _# c2 j, X
# f4 B G# v1 K: CM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ) m9 [' I T0 `3 a 3 n8 J8 a* W0 i- cL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？7 `' x+ w9 S. P8 `5 ]1 M( j4 F
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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./ X3 u$ n) L0 M2 }' ^; T' C
4 p; l; F( q# N' g, _, E! aL：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 A$ I" e; f4 A7 O; O& a6 `5 h
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!1 h( |6 q0 }- Z7 `2 M0 G
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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！3 Z d9 y3 P, l
% B. W/ m' X$ r! _" P9 eM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!2 F# \2 N' [# B6 I2 A2 h
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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。 7 y$ b6 }" v/ [ 3 Y8 I) f0 Q" t& y q1 `M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!6 \" J |) S( C; @ `' }
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