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.& w1 P. H0 X4 r& z% q
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M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.6 u) O! H- m0 S9 |5 F/ o- w9 L3 ]
+ z2 D7 `' j K& v0 JL：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？ 7 j. E. R: D* [0 k0 H' y* I 2 I; y+ J. t E" kM：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. ' g2 W; r; [# }( N6 ] 3 X' t& O$ g/ ?7 u4 t2 k( FL：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？. L$ p3 j% \; H! v+ R. F% a
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.7 ~* w$ b$ s& W: J" b! z- U3 L
* \7 s+ l3 A* uL：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ 2 T2 V* D9 [7 n/ e y ; ?8 v8 _# v7 T, d1 Q/ n/ JM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.) e! ^3 r# \0 \
! N5 H( f# D* p) y' W CL：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？( {8 H! _% Q& L {- `/ w
" @5 s! Q% ^, t9 u) LM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular./ _$ h8 P: e; b+ Y$ W2 j
' z5 ]0 B, J7 c0 W. d7 E( J# R" C# vL：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？ % e2 h* A4 V2 t# ~7 E% W. D3 x$ ^! g; N+ S. B
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"!- G& C0 |3 K: ^4 R
( b. B, ]% F) s6 p4 ^, A+ N9 Q9 RL：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！/ L% o; w$ x4 ]# A
. @8 u) z. c& i- o- cM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.2 c7 ?: Y# R( H# C: ~- ]) R
8 |% }6 w6 |0 q: g- S/ ]. YM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. ; s" d7 N5 C0 @0 T+ }2 p V4 j0 }. k/ W4 m& t7 ` N
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。" e8 b! ^: O: k- U: H, l7 _8 |. C* f
: i/ H" h. p% ~9 T4 e/ q* V- [M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. ; C$ p0 m- o3 I+ N9 z1 F & H+ z3 I6 o9 {L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？5 p! ]0 L& ^% L0 E' t; J
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. , j J `( E* _/ R! x2 v( M$ e! }6 h& b) ^
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？) K& E+ ]7 d+ o% Y3 J8 `
9 I5 O* m7 `0 s5 qM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!+ f, ?+ `' I. Q) j: s9 a3 A
: J |. \/ d/ L% ?: }, p3 kL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ + X% D8 h, C6 E" W+ ?( ]7 D8 k/ e4 W
M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. 6 n/ m* }2 C6 T9 Q3 E* r0 x; I. O, W* }+ I8 q. I
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？ `. a& a, p0 o! y8 k 4 s6 d5 D8 w& _/ q: M$ [/ F/ RM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!/ ~4 t0 m* f5 g0 b
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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！ 7 a- u) N" n; d! l# _. _/ q \% m8 Z: ?4 k3 | K
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! ; D% Q" x" N" x( g- V$ _" u7 Q! z( x" w! r+ N/ Z4 [6 @6 D( F( e
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。 2 C1 T$ N' |5 u0 h) ^+ t) R7 c4 @" T8 z8 ^2 w+ ]5 T; Y
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!* ]: v( i( c& J+ K) O
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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。3 U# g, S. H3 S. A' {7 }/ u# R
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