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. ( S8 M) A9 y& h P- T0 _6 m& a1 I 7 p2 j* c: e- HM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. 3 O, M4 W7 a* y" l" b8 I. r1 d3 H/ b, e
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？ l# r6 ]& u& g+ m+ F
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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. # D3 v" c. D, C3 P. D# O- b! M) t4 ^' |5 l; l! Q+ k& e
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？. \- O! h* p4 J) [
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. " x X# _( P4 W7 |2 k5 w' X+ F* x
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？* h% S+ {" }0 U1 d ~& Y: o
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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. : {5 B* J: c" s U/ b % m9 f/ d- b0 [ K0 U" w# ?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？ ]1 ^6 \6 K( g7 d- I2 K3 L* G% A* d4 a; o) t+ {
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.( E( ]: w: h5 P
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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 s: q) c4 E" n6 P& e7 o5 l4 A: h. T
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"!! D9 I% l% H9 ?1 Y6 N
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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！ , [& R( j# s. K ; k# K+ l: N5 p1 L8 c. J3 l4 MM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.' z- f O" d$ K0 Y2 O/ |2 f
2 l. ~- U% N2 d# h! hM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. 3 g7 \4 C# b1 d5 q# l7 g, c9 ]# B4 }' O8 ~( h& Q# }# n. U, ~
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。& k) U' H# |3 ]9 Z5 h; `* ^7 T
, ?1 V$ ~& Y+ `$ [; iM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. ! Y$ Z I- n# U& f# z; Q) b, k' b8 E, c9 M$ `( u* g. O
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 2 E9 n+ \$ d7 r0 {( t, o- [0 K6 v
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. - d$ h, w# O1 ~' F4 a2 c1 s! Q3 g% D2 \* _
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？8 {# ?. f$ A! J' o% k1 ~2 p/ l/ ]: x: o
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!9 ^: Y$ o$ p6 F. A, r8 B
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ / ~; ~0 D B4 N' b ) V$ s; C& Z8 HM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. 1 q6 Z, c* k. Y9 K# y2 f; y, ~ L6 U& N" f* Y# o# `- y$ F8 l- rL：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？: P4 [7 ?+ v- b* b: w7 p
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!1 H. I/ O5 p: Y
1 G- I1 E; x+ B# L. n5 m5 bL：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！ ) \/ A. w' {$ X$ \) n# T e( a5 w5 ^; c/ u, C; k: ]! w
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 2 w% \8 M! M! N6 B* s4 e. z6 i 2 @$ I3 Z3 `" K0 m8 u. RL：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。 t) {1 O7 {$ r2 P ]' e 4 Z% y4 A2 v2 h# k& a$ XM：Me too. Now, drive carefully! , g8 Q9 q7 h+ S6 F4 F6 T, x: Y# _ 1 k9 T) `% ^9 M4 {$ P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。7 k- c+ n% n% L* J# Q s5 }; y5 S$ |
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