流行美语口语 Lesson 25 - cop & to freak out

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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.

M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.

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？

$ p! J" T8 y/ K; h# Z( MM：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.

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？

M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.
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$ P' r' c; g; _- ~L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？
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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？
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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.
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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？
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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"!

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！
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.

+ ]* i: p. I& w  D' X; S' F1 SL：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。
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& s0 D/ M3 F/ B" C- \* Q2 b$ i0 fM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.

$ _6 h: G) ^  g  ^3 }' U3 e! v( s& o! PL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.
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& X* z. c$ P7 H+ I1 I* c" G: ML：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？
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6 ?9 u  C) b2 S- R5 VM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!

# v9 L0 v0 {# yL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？
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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.
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  Q# }# v% w  ]- G0 H" ?* a0 |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？
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. N: ^$ E* M$ P' JM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!
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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！

4 f) }6 a/ y( k* q. aM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!

  g5 M0 e6 J: {) [7 \8 @3 wL：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。
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!

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。
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