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. ( X& E/ I, E! Q* @; P! A$ {& g' }6 ?- W: n9 {: e
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 6 ~, l- }8 s* }) G3 J9 I+ ]2 s& m/ S 3 X7 i, ]' ~% I! I% b3 Z; 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？' D; L, [) t% }" A+ \* ]) K7 \- }- i
( i, a0 b3 s6 e& t4 `! q* ~; VM：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.3 n& t) U7 @6 H7 B
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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？) ]3 @) m" x e' p4 q
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.4 z8 I7 l/ _- i) z; ~/ Q0 W
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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* r% H* }- g6 M$ I# R' _: E. Z/ Y) S: {, |1 P9 O: J( Y
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.) Z) k: N- q. G I: `$ E7 X
% R- |4 C! o& V$ F( [8 s# ML：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？ 9 [4 ^+ A; W" ~" x4 ]6 F- r+ Y+ ?/ E$ A6 A
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 6 w; |9 d2 e7 G7 I8 _, N4 f3 [8 S7 D. `$ F; z! E' t
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？7 H0 }0 w) p& n: d9 E1 h' S
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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"!$ J3 `3 W3 l U/ n( H# e
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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！, W0 k+ K( `: W0 A$ M# A! j0 H
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.7 F1 J" a5 E% a1 F9 H$ |+ O
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.1 Y7 S! S- e+ L: `& ]
9 ~# R/ O7 n0 o, P R8 J0 [, Q4 yL：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。 ; T1 o% E* r3 v: Q z% g( B) }9 X+ j! g" s f1 A" m0 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.) N/ D' y: w5 t. W$ v. V
* d, R8 d) K$ O% OL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？% s, O$ D4 ^/ {6 n% Z# h8 Z
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.3 ], ]0 m% M, h1 f+ r
' G( c% x2 { W) X) }9 i! e* h& ~- FL：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？ " k& A0 y9 L* d+ |; e ( I- x* ?* v- w& w D7 M+ XM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 0 A8 G2 W F1 l; ~7 j; L% g4 y" z# r, A ]$ H0 I+ h
L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ " F+ g0 M v1 K0 z& S( t8 f* [5 L* ] R
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.4 B" ~4 [3 G8 `1 W: m' P. i6 T
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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？& Z' n4 m/ G& l# S& d8 j! k8 E% {
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! * Q3 v7 R* V" P# D: p6 P 5 X" w3 @; p6 r* }# @2 ?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！0 y6 J8 y4 n/ Q( ?, C: B
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! B6 E; |1 X$ m
S. G% W! m0 p; M4 KL：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。# y0 H" e( I, a* p- J; U
$ O' D) U) a1 L M8 Q7 kM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!: d" }+ b5 n+ K
S7 z/ R j2 Q* U* B7 B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。. Y: t( m/ G. v6 h a1 q2 B% M
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