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. 9 Q# j3 w% l& @: a4 Q. O, Y 6 @7 e9 U& E% DM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.' A0 r1 W8 l: y/ s
1 J: r% k9 |6 E! b+ U" OL：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？ O8 e$ g/ I( k
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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.+ |/ M8 s" ~( l+ z
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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？ " r- \8 ]3 e4 h b * z: x @: _& ?' v. YM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.& t9 |( d; A2 h, @+ F3 t
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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？ 8 u+ t5 B) ~+ X7 } f 0 r* ?. {( ?; h9 g7 w1 iM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.2 ]8 {! \* n& K; d- ?, w5 u
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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？ 6 h( J1 ]* D- O % G3 N2 v, U: ^) U" J# SM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. C5 m# ~. [- X( |7 [4 T3 P/ z5 ]/ \4 a7 \; Y
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？' }1 {! l! C2 y q
/ B5 c# P: E0 DM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!6 K2 u& W( Q5 ^/ P
3 L3 M; e" v" D% t' _$ C* r5 K8 D+ [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！" T z! J" B* ^( p& e% E
% m; }- Y; F% c3 U7 F% }( gM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.* g3 N& e8 {7 C9 J
/ Y& ?2 W& |# k! cM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.0 g" }( J/ Z7 q
: @# I! `( m0 W! ?3 u' J: mL：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。 ) B) D9 W$ \" t( C2 }1 i0 S% R0 c8 d% l3 ~: v% i% u
M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 4 F( K3 e1 N' m" k' u7 m0 k ! m, a* }) H7 }) ~/ `+ EL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？6 t( ~1 q8 s0 {2 p B1 i4 R
% |$ v8 w) M+ O7 e/ ?4 o9 ~1 EM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.% p6 b" Y* P4 a5 |9 L8 m1 V. J( C( F
- R( s2 ]4 R% }: tL：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？& O: ?% _" g0 f. U( v
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!0 G3 H* D) h5 K% @- T" c
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ; n# f9 B$ e Z( {7 m7 [ # o' e) L2 M' f, s/ zM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.8 w( o6 b" _5 b6 @( r: k
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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？6 e5 y: e6 y- ?$ g
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!7 k B2 {% `4 }1 @
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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！ 8 l' M# S. y9 z% b, {" o* _2 }2 _! H* s; F, [9 a6 E7 V
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! . o4 i; |1 V: w$ ^4 N$ \ ' i- ?1 K7 `( ]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。 . c! Y: j6 \+ M1 o. s6 w: |: e0 v* L1 v# T
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!+ k! B1 e7 f1 e5 k% Q$ H+ I
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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。2 U% E. ^5 s! s" F$ {+ H* ` m7 u
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