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# }/ z" {! ]1 C& F0 U- r
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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.& Z b& p& Q3 k5 Q
$ Z8 g3 Q* s _: AL：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？6 E- L( q' a3 { ^+ f' S
9 a7 X t% u9 v, c, nM：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.) A, z: {4 R, L6 X, w9 G
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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？ % ~( @4 t* Z. L2 j Y, g$ Y/ n* Q0 T sM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.0 y: j2 F! O0 R0 A7 m3 J" }
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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？/ P9 I7 [9 v8 @0 d1 U$ Y
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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. 0 V9 E5 d! [4 d9 p- z0 f6 V & t* u3 F4 `' ^9 r6 z$ vL：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？ 5 B; \* J& H( ] g5 c6 U! l/ [) Z# U, |8 ^) F" [0 K
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 7 A7 n s. m! Z- M R% d$ X5 O7 T b7 R" o; |. ~. h
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？ 5 ?- I1 a6 z: f3 r* t: u+ e/ P0 E1 L. 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"!& j- l: \, F2 f; _3 H
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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！* X/ s" A q, u) c7 e) R' ?: d& Y
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 5 ]( H! w* D* U( ?, ?: |3 c$ S j+ H0 P" f
M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. & D) h$ v! V- E- [/ L3 {1 ]/ b, Y : e* y( P5 A- L) B+ f& B# I8 AL：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。3 W. }& I5 N9 ?$ A3 U, {9 p
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M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.8 A, n% X- M- j# U3 G
9 q2 ^. `8 ]4 V# n, T. |* QL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ + @. ^7 V- K ~! o9 i% e* b% T2 G7 a
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. & e# ?( b% E) [7 t2 f5 O+ B ?- \' [9 X3 _: H
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？ & u. m2 e2 _1 v( e $ N1 `9 P. j% V$ ]* UM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!5 a0 T ^9 F2 _4 ~% a% q
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？% L) T1 a5 J9 M' S& n7 S& X
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M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.0 b) C6 E- U N2 a8 C0 t- \- u
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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？0 I4 }; O+ W4 g
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!+ G9 C6 M2 F: F' k* b5 A
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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！! `3 w# f' r( ?; G& W
( }2 Y& `+ V# L" ZM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 0 `( d. N1 e- q: A ' o' S7 i! i8 u2 L' D: xL：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。/ B7 g3 l P. _; b
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!' w: R7 k: e2 `! T
$ m t& e3 g( U2 x0 c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。& J I9 o2 B, ^) c" k8 G
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