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( {6 ~9 Z0 x7 y$ i9 I
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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. 8 g L' C" J& Z$ r' ~. _, w4 L
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？ 7 Z5 b6 X1 c; y/ | V7 E9 ^ j2 E/ m0 W# y2 s e3 @
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.+ `* G2 [, Q% }, L: f* c
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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？/ d- N% R4 f7 l4 B; E5 @8 U% M+ y
8 `* _; I9 I8 S: m! s- fM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.( c* ~$ ~9 F# n. K
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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？ * c' C8 a/ D/ ~3 D5 R) \; E2 L- T) O- t3 s) }# n4 }) H& ~
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.+ b, B+ `: f' f, d
+ h8 t* d! k+ o2 _! J0 N4 P3 _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？ / n4 g6 H! F0 A* s" q! J3 Q8 w+ d% S/ [) d
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 7 H9 x/ B& N' R- d) \( O( R) b; o0 N4 q/ v
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 u: q. [( L6 E2 F
: g% f. A" b/ v3 `# XM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"!3 }* K8 P0 ^) F$ m
, v; e) U1 s+ h2 M& n* t! fL：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！/ K7 U& d" E# W* I+ A) s
& q) j6 ~% {$ I, v8 g- S; _M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.) v, h8 Z* f; Q) s! D5 r F7 n
`5 e8 n" x) c2 D1 FM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. $ j6 q+ X1 b4 \ " v y, {" g9 f5 RL：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。; }$ V% n# Q6 c9 c5 J
) F# y3 J, E: G4 [M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 5 }( x& ^# v& l( ~4 |) h: S! K b. M/ M" a; s4 L( z7 f1 U7 C
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ ! f6 V# F# h: \4 r. S) @9 h3 ~" Y& @+ R* Y& y$ u
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. ! _' p) S7 d/ k ( F/ b2 y0 `7 R; d) WL：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？1 t# ~8 z& n& |
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!2 \! f# w" j% {6 r
: A- m. u) e/ l. @1 C. p qL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？3 A& P/ ]9 O ?
5 Z+ k. h. y! X% E- MM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.% F$ |6 f5 O7 O
( o4 ~4 H/ G& F/ ]8 C) WL：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？( `5 p! g8 P6 E7 @9 {- w0 F
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!( e, g( a& B7 f; d( `
N0 f5 `/ I9 O. S# aL：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！ 5 B. W8 d5 s% \ N/ f0 @3 f. Z* O& z2 U
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!' C- u8 F6 y: n( e2 e0 J
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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。 & m# A- ]1 u4 t$ A/ Y$ U- b0 {* R* l% ]
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!9 t* S' ]) A' w% M) M' ~& h( E
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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。 / L4 e6 q7 w t# a9 L$ P6 k, X/ S8 F1 i. A- V5 Y9 u
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