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. 6 j- |2 j4 _& V: d z / j% f( @5 Q! N+ _' m4 N. OM：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone., P- W+ r' x* g
5 |5 \" k2 k( I: v5 h( }$ o( cL：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？8 G( R; D) A+ Y( f5 [# ^" _/ m
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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. ! K5 k F: X# K9 u 0 A9 O v8 {$ C4 x* B7 ]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 J6 p. ]# e* w: X
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M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. 5 x' i l+ l7 K1 W # v2 n" o5 ~& [* r6 e: h, ?- [L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？ # q# s1 i2 R6 M2 _" U + D- S' O( a2 @+ g" N4 z- pM：Calm down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn them, not to give them a ticket. You weren't going very fast anyway., f* K. c( A! L
* ]& P+ m" {4 w. ~3 zM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular." S$ w o2 b+ e* s% y# X8 B- L0 o
( K, N$ i( E" D% G: ~. R* |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？8 U7 P+ R3 D' o
% k: d% m! _4 CM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! ! t$ R9 t6 M2 _3 _: R: {7 |. s 3 \( {1 T# l0 \; Q- A% TL：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！- C! o/ d3 E1 p, v S. f
; E* Y2 y/ |7 E d2 z& z/ MM：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.6 O1 [. P& C! ^; y2 F) ?+ @$ Y
; l0 e, u# w7 u, gM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket." }4 u- ~/ J* @6 j7 n
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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。% t a2 `" u& f* t; _7 Q
3 c7 Z" u! H+ q' h( j& {4 R6 b; oM：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you. 4 J, l' S2 ?, Y6 B% n9 J2 w' t7 d6 j z1 [
L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？6 j$ m4 U% t p" V
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M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.3 T C2 A4 \4 ?& b
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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？3 `! m$ G) J4 k) Y
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! 0 V1 W* w3 w- S" c& U : c6 ~$ i9 Y9 t/ OL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？0 M# T( r) \7 y1 |/ }( E$ S
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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.( B$ F6 r3 p8 @2 g6 C" t
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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？5 {, u& d- h) E! q# V5 P- b( U- q! K
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car! $ l. Q, D; y# [. M' q" m0 G* Y5 L$ x
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！ . T* ]9 \/ R3 y& t" g. k# \4 d$ L; M) B9 K
M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!& O6 ^$ j m2 L0 t3 \ ^
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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。 + b; d' |1 q8 {; p. w' O$ F / r$ S5 Y( Q, p2 \' u& }0 U' M4 v* H$ aM：Me too. Now, drive carefully! T& [! F9 D% a7 Z 0 M; T" p8 J9 |2 K" |$ e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。- T4 q& o0 W) o' U% H; i
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