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. 2 U& A/ J7 g4 I7 z6 x1 @9 u - i1 s) A' U: P, p* mM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.- X2 b( T- Z: b
) G0 s, ]% N+ \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？/ @2 H9 l7 b5 N: r3 @
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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.7 k+ S" A6 c% ~ L, N/ c; w" L
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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？7 U% j/ k X. \/ V
1 w7 e i3 ~6 N6 HM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 9 M! ^8 U; a" b* d9 y6 S d6 d$ N' J3 r; f7 K. t
L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ 2 r. o0 X. A* L0 E4 I$ b 4 T2 S4 H" B( C P! l5 `8 FM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway.4 y& ?" H1 z, N
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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？' T0 G5 t l$ M) Q
/ i- d) n1 t7 J2 c4 K. |- C3 k" H5 lM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular. & Y+ v8 S, ?% g* n* O" i# @0 M 0 w8 {0 T0 s: G, k8 [8 oL：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？+ D! k3 Y5 G6 B j% k& E# t
% M5 d0 a: x6 P# e( a4 F) @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"! d; s) z9 X- a8 U4 ]/ A2 l7 q
, h- H9 J8 ~3 E3 s/ J$ dL：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！ 3 i5 G L0 P: O$ m! H) D- X% z7 Y# a . E( w7 q1 u# {! BM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.% v1 l$ A# w6 w0 M5 P
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M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. `1 \1 v7 q2 }* u. 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。 * ?/ z* c7 o) v/ X7 Z0 N 3 m. x }/ |# m8 c* Q8 }5 P6 \M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.& Q1 U3 e7 u5 b4 n3 r" Y
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ 0 z- v6 |* s' n. r) W S2 r, I2 T! b. z; u6 l
M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. % }& G) K: E; @$ W( U5 `. o$ k' U5 U5 `
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？ ! k# r" v% z8 L) B! B4 Y. V, u. E5 O3 N5 [* P, r7 Q: G5 K
M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!$ U1 X% z1 N# h
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L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？ , e7 p, T0 j* v0 h- T $ }( g! m4 |, m8 t: R; {( \M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.1 k& T8 p& U6 G) u% ~$ n; 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？; _; L o: ~/ z O
& a) [' V9 p3 P) `8 ?6 cM：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! 5 m0 {; P4 }; U/ B% E! s7 T , Q' f' V& x7 Q& @& F/ b' u, Y4 ]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 {0 H% ?2 G# F: {
& V1 g! q* t3 n R3 QM：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that! 3 ]" f2 l( s( E! r! c( ^5 T& ^0 g7 c) ?" Z* r6 f% }" J
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。2 g7 `) C7 Y$ m( l4 j5 n
2 ^" ?9 o; o6 SM：Me too. Now, drive carefully! , H4 Y) E/ C/ k* n# x; t* o, I/ n4 H' K3 s1 j& U
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。 7 h/ w& P0 O, P9 n1 C) v4 p6 U9 b3 H* c% Z. c' D/ k3 @
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