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. 8 e: ]* n" W8 ~4 B" \2 }5 ]* I! m$ c; S2 V- G9 k T2 b
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.% W# N, v* {* P+ d" ~' H% G3 {+ B
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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？ 8 ^: d: f" R' x( F% r- B9 z. C8 H) c5 y3 h+ @$ {% \8 j- c% ~
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. # W! Q0 i* [9 P0 K6 P 8 h, X! Z: M+ S! O# r$ u( v) NL：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？+ r6 ^5 c* u2 }
6 J2 I3 }" d0 |, C6 HM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.: s' b4 q M" N
! E& k1 E$ g4 ]/ aL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？" C/ d; G9 W# b9 q% v
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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. + ]" j8 c, K2 }+ r1 |! ? a; R0 B4 ^, b
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？2 v8 B1 k+ |/ o7 s( G
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M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. " X9 g+ s. |; Q % _9 h! ?9 x! L" _. RL：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？ : p) ?+ n5 ?+ t8 w9 o p) _% s; R1 r7 t8 y VM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!. Y" x+ T' x* Y
! v5 J$ r: G5 O2 i2 [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 L. L8 |; j4 W6 T2 v1 \
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. w2 ]5 K, n+ w1 L0 {, {- p3 r2 B- C : D2 D- t2 V* P% n$ M5 U8 X1 P+ U) kM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket./ r% ~9 W: `& P8 Q) ^4 {
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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。3 N5 y7 M) t' ~; i9 u
4 u! L+ @) G* K0 BM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 9 d6 i$ b% |6 _' G* ^4 E# M3 G6 V4 Y* Q; O; V% A
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ " _; R1 W9 n1 F5 q+ e - e$ ^- P4 y3 d7 x. V8 q) pM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.3 a6 J7 m0 a# R/ m" o% n* V% M7 A( p
a: G0 N) C& C' kL：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？4 Q! _3 I3 b2 a+ I
5 i% c8 ^ t" x( M6 H! JM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!$ K* K. M) j! P2 e: e
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？! c9 k# r& X, \: Y/ f
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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？3 v4 ]6 M8 ^) Q) @: U
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!- v4 |6 r) E. d. a! @/ @
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!6 X: Q& z: e( o: v' f% }0 s
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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。 3 S2 }2 D* {9 E7 z/ M9 e; _7 q' \" t
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!6 @( M4 m; c$ A9 k3 r4 R
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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。- r/ g/ d) H& O; e# _3 i C
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