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.4 m- l; f4 ~& l0 k% Q+ K' e8 L& k
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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 N8 m( ]. k' n4 x7 E
% K. V+ k- \/ r% {, bM：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. ' K4 e, @/ s% @+ k1 L* s& s- H- E5 B
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？ 8 W. k b/ S! u c7 T5 L 2 r' p7 b% q( y iM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer." m2 ^! i8 t' \! U' p2 w) v
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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？ , r) W' ?) |$ L5 G3 N3 L) a7 R# T( G! J# I
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., U7 U+ Z) K# v9 j0 |3 V& N
5 b# ^) N( ?& Y& a9 E/ mL：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？ 3 q' j# Y# H& K: n5 C0 X" E# {, H7 p8 Y! L f7 S4 d
M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. 6 _& P1 x4 W- B* p+ S# u& g" q, f7 l, M' G8 b
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？ / H1 j# G, T$ e) B8 A1 m/ B }+ U( Q
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"!! ?9 ]9 Y" |6 u" g+ h6 R) A( e
: S- R" `$ m- T1 aL：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 O4 [( i; _3 F1 `4 N8 s) p* h$ b+ H$ i
M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.* o& d% l, d4 ~; h! Z
' V! k% s+ y9 D/ y) RM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.! ]- l6 C0 q4 {! L
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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。 9 ]: T9 j! o" T; h6 O Q2 Z) B0 a, _6 F3 s+ W8 K* g* J7 f
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 u; }' i3 X$ p% J1 t9 ^( g. E, e2 K
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ $ n# j' v* T n; y: J+ S2 ? H) L+ R1 p N$ s j" C1 `" m
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.; Y$ ^+ V6 U2 L6 C
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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？ , R" u" }: U7 u7 w. A: d : x2 Q8 ?$ ?7 V' E6 I& @M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!) @: S, T- q( s+ {* p
$ C" L8 O8 ?2 a5 M8 T; DL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ ) Y% ?, C6 I, N- W" ^- ^8 D4 K / X8 E) ]( x% g8 K! _$ mM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.1 R+ _7 s$ W* G0 H
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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？ ) n+ M: L* s: z" L; |( k4 w: R2 b I5 Q
M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!! \' T7 X7 x; |1 D! [
: D: a6 U9 P1 Z* g/ @4 e- k' lL：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 w/ Z4 G# o9 d
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!; r) Z: n2 | D7 P: ]
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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。 ' u0 P( z0 L+ z: w) H' A/ x! a U" M# z2 E
M：Me too. Now, drive carefully! + \7 z' @4 c9 [2 O + T; \' Q2 Z* q r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。 1 d' o! ~* v- X$ A/ n) ?) _' ]" j! s8 @$ U
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