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 |( e9 C7 b" O + ?* I" l5 O) w' j/ ^3 Q iM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 3 g, b- q4 h e. ^2 K+ T, ~0 m$ ]9 t9 P( x) Q& N* B
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？ ) a. I% Q, d, b1 t+ ]" Q$ M4 @* b& [% x
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. S' o/ h9 d( s# i H" Q, v' r+ _" T; Q& H4 Q3 U+ Z& X% Z
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( o( i5 E5 ~+ x" v/ d5 G
$ E; e' X5 E9 z# B+ l0 W0 e v. uM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer., X6 S! b- }; I2 c- k+ g
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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？0 q* u' S: Y. u
6 }' @2 }# g% {% y& N; X: Z7 |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., p# }6 \' S) [( @4 W7 A) Y# {, h
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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？ Z' O G0 N; u ?) G0 C6 r/ w. W' K0 q& k& S
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.& }. F( U9 N& a
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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？4 r+ G, h- `# l* i3 e( W+ c) I
4 T9 u ~1 ?9 @ Z! g( _+ N, _7 j, EM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!& l2 |9 M: J$ r' ]- ~
; \$ q6 w' y1 i8 S$ c, uL：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！ 2 {6 W9 ]- i8 h" b 3 d* d; I( M9 O' T0 }8 B9 oM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. % A1 H2 L4 W, R ) z6 I) `* J9 b' M% b1 Z& q. jM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. * o/ l' k5 C( ^- C! k 8 I" D! r+ W+ S" ^1 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。 - }4 b T6 W' F4 I* M$ E3 S) r 5 ~/ R# ~/ \7 [% d( f( u* bM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you." @' A" i6 ]# x: e+ p3 y, ^
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？$ `) ?" ^1 H6 |
/ N+ U3 D$ P$ p2 ?, t: ? MM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.2 C8 O/ Q9 C' g
' D* a9 B& M) g5 ^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？ , ?% D/ q; z+ h 4 m' J: f/ n1 i3 GM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! ' b7 u+ G! |$ G+ a" p ' A% W1 K, w7 x0 K3 dL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ & X+ W; q2 K I# }% a% M 7 N- M( p: T, Z% ?& x( n( k4 @M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.% A* j: b4 K* Q% H% o
4 M9 A9 ]8 L* o' e5 r+ g' pL：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？ u, M7 \) `5 [: T
" z# t5 a7 f5 a# x3 JM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!; @8 b8 S5 l6 ]7 d2 I0 v
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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 X3 X% b4 ]! L5 H( V9 I
! e8 y$ y# O; q& S* RM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!1 q: r9 r W7 n- v0 D
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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。 $ l: t' j! Z5 c1 r( r @# ?$ {; X) C6 j/ W2 h6 `
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! 4 k* z+ z# L0 V' X! V: C5 H! P 2 t f3 Y& e7 b- ~5 O1 j0 o/ `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。, z5 n9 w$ ?+ g* c
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