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流行美语口语 Lesson 25 - cop & to freak out

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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.
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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.  n7 k1 C! M  B% ]: N7 s

# Z8 {/ x1 R# M9 ~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?
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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.
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3 ]/ z# h  a7 y0 w2 P  Z$ p. x- sL: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?
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M:That's right. "Cop" means police officer., {, i; a. N0 T" p+ t" H
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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?+ p; e5 `2 J) k; N9 p
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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.
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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?
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/ }8 D  R8 ?( P' k1 M" ~- gM:When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.
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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?
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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"!
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6 w" H% C! p4 x- xL: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!: B0 n0 T  s7 t

2 X" C( m- w% {, w( {# JM:Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.! T; n: l& F* M8 \! D* h0 e

) @+ ]8 j+ S: ^. ZM:See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.
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4 ^7 R( P) d# N" J6 K) i1 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。
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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.$ _4 |0 X4 I& }9 [
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L:你告诉我什么?叫我别下车?8 j( z7 \) e- F% K& l/ k

( Q" v+ c6 n$ O5 e. \: S/ fM:No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.
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! @2 Q1 t- g6 A- y+ Q$ zL: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?
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M:That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!
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L:你才该感到紧张?为什么?! @& F  ^# R; g/ F" r* m+ Q  ~; v
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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.; r+ s" R/ R, v: {0 W
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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?$ Y' h$ T' r- G/ o, [0 [% U" t
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M:Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!. s4 @( l) \+ o* c

7 j' H3 n0 q- v9 _3 H& [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!
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$ B2 r1 }- B9 v" V) @( bM:Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!( L/ F0 k4 P8 Z# i1 K5 t' O  }1 b
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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。- c( G+ k0 M! J: }% _2 ?$ [

) o2 ^% ]4 Q+ O( h+ V9 |M:Me too. Now, drive carefully!  W1 O3 o4 [2 |* a; X7 ?4 S4 D

2 R" f7 U& c. i" i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。" O; \! D7 |. N7 |  U" l7 s

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