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. b/ h& j M3 x4 {) |1 J; r 7 ^ w' ^$ g, U& C: I0 g3 l4 @M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone. ) B R1 L& u# I' J; d( J0 g* ?1 z3 }: D- G# ?: g/ _
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？ q. h: G8 W+ r$ r x* Y$ L W 1 n. L' n8 Q' EM：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.7 m8 M4 _1 H6 J" b: G
3 y1 b F) Y+ x$ u6 gL：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？ & z, t2 W! Z7 K9 }" G) u* z0 b) B1 _% a
M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.* H* q' c4 L/ M
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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.* R$ Y/ `4 k8 V6 h `3 l9 o3 I. X" R7 z
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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？2 G( ~; M4 V+ @
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M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 1 |7 m6 `% b* k' }, _$ Y5 v4 z; a* Y/ _, c) e3 g6 A- L
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？ 9 x2 k- N7 P6 R; Q' z 7 w$ s' {, K6 {$ E7 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"!1 |2 y1 }, \2 z- w4 P1 s: 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！0 U- D" B2 C4 f* j
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.+ G& n' V) A* W2 g$ Q) Z
0 j) O1 L6 K; z, L" RM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. # r& {3 X6 N" B+ J. V + ^4 P4 C+ B. W0 YL：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。, R; ~/ Z& ]" s% e* w
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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. " {' I3 d0 X4 C* t: F* \ + f. [- f) m# _' iL：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？0 n. P/ s8 T- t% s
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. % ?0 A& c9 O3 D m# k5 O) O& ~9 u9 E9 t [
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 C- c) ]: ~" r; M" `6 k 8 Q! }* Q8 E) Q( I9 f, [) b' jM：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!9 X9 d1 Q( l0 ~( l
* f" A1 j. \1 r& k' K7 g+ DL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？7 d, c% C B& e- F7 G/ J
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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. # M+ w/ _; Y* B2 I- P' N5 k. I& p7 V! y) N
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？9 Q" x {6 T! U2 L, S& v: l
d0 y* I( S1 a& F# i- AM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!( {! E( J4 }1 ?; i6 Q5 _' z7 l
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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！( ~5 g5 w+ _% {7 z$ I2 V
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!9 T8 [- V; E( h: l
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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。: G" b. [) C4 `$ H. G$ Y( w
3 ~/ `1 U2 L/ Y. R7 @( }# [" XM：Me too. Now, drive carefully!& ^; ~1 ?% [* l! P( J) J) K. y
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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。; L/ ?1 O# g5 I+ F
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