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. 8 _& ]) @3 t5 s4 i1 P0 C; |% \# w7 ?: {. n' y, y
M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.! b$ Z' ^# s( k, J+ n
" `4 s7 s. j" V& S/ j% G fL：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？ & V+ C( i2 ~3 R! T9 N 6 w0 _+ o. _% m6 t; R3 \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.. t% f; v- j( Q: a, K# [
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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？. `1 s/ E& c- Z3 l
4 o4 i, j; w. g: G; MM：That's right. "Cop" means police officer. r. j0 p1 ^* n* u1 I1 X8 S: W2 |
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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？ - o: P2 c& p! [ W1 T6 c4 l& O* Y/ b- d7 L0 `" e7 C ~
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.3 J- s5 F3 N* ]# f1 x
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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？ : \/ G& h% w& R: M% q ( f) D# Y. @( D( B* `1 L4 dM：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.7 C( q3 B9 Z/ {: Z
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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？ ' J2 H- X" F3 |9 G & ~. ?" s0 T7 T: m' Q) R; GM：No! The word "cop" is too informal. You should show respect when talking to the cops. Call him "officer", don't call him "cop"! 2 n, u8 a9 N* @" D; W' _; y/ k" Z0 `8 s( i/ w4 w7 Q# J" }" R* \
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！# ^ @" V8 D, w" f0 \
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M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious. 7 y8 l, A+ ^- u2 y 5 L0 }. D/ C: ~9 _2 Z1 S) a8 WM：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket. $ L+ _- x- p( ?/ K$ e 7 _8 j) k3 s' U7 q/ t0 V$ N# u3 VL：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。1 e) `( [# W: \# D% j- y+ i
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L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？ " f! I5 d) _0 q! B / q2 f$ U' \0 i E; h+ f3 g2 UM：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited. ) g& P1 c/ _" f% o2 O# \ . y4 T$ T( h& K. qL：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？/ T6 y3 J% [+ V4 w# S+ }
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M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out! $ y! `3 G% O" P8 S& O; Z& Z % T, Y1 ]0 [. d0 Y8 k0 uL：你才该感到紧张？为什么？6 \ I- _+ b. G# I
7 g' t$ U* X. h$ rM：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble. 3 U! k2 c- b4 {+ V; ~ 1 B; M0 ^' z: c" |) ]! i- j( lL：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？3 F- ?8 E: p8 W
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M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!' u0 c3 I+ }1 J0 l5 ^. @4 `
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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！) y0 p0 H" A$ q7 f- F$ ^0 k
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M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!8 Z# x4 `! ]5 E
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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。2 E( s+ ~7 w6 p L H" l3 k8 S8 J
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M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!$ p2 @# ]8 f- x3 m7 ^6 E* X
4 }7 ^: \3 |0 l4 [5 P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。' g6 r+ W# @) L' G9 r8 X
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