专业四级英语听力自学教程-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.
　　M：Your driving is getting better, Li Hua. Hey, you'd better slow down. This is a 35 mile per hour zone.
　　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？
  O8 S% q0 v# w+ R. E3 A. {　　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.
$ O' [" x4 ]/ @" t# G: ^　　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？
2 G( @( r* R" I# _5 ]　　M：That's right. "Cop" means police officer.
5 N9 r9 U* @& J. _: O; `% {) H4 U　　L：警察要来跟我说话！我会不会倒霉呀？我该怎么办呢？
　　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.
" B: `* W! e. B: A) x! B+ S. }$ P　　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？
　　M：When I say "the cops", I mean the police in general. I'm not talking about any cop in particular.
5 C: I7 J, B" ^2 i* s' z  s1 O　　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？
　　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"!
　　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！
- ~7 R  ?5 u& Y# {# i  Y　　M：Li Hua, don't worry. I'm sure this isn't very serious.
  y7 {3 D* o: S- {+ X8 M1 V　　M：See, Li Hua, I was right. The cop didn't give you a ticket.
　　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。
$ k% e( B+ I5 N5 A　　M：I told you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are nervous, he will be even more suspicious of you.
$ @1 z5 i- C! O8 t6 A　　L：你告诉我什么？叫我别下车？
& t$ @1 q) @7 q+ \; V* ]　　M：No, I told you not to "freak out". "Freak out" means to panic or to act crazy and excited.
　　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？
　　M：That's right. Actually, I was the one who should have been freaking out!
' W; e+ ^8 n. v　　L：你才该感到紧张？为什么？
　　M：Because this is my car, and you only have a learner's permit. I'd be responsible if you got in trouble.
　　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？
0 `6 }! c0 C# \- o/ B9 a6 d: [) O　　M：Hey! Li Hua, look out for that car!
' O2 t; \+ L) y# q" o　　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！
2 A6 c/ c! ?! \& l　　M：Oh, man! that was close! That guy is crazy! I wish the cops were here to see that!
　　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。
6 T  {3 p, P! M. c6 d+ I, Q5 X　　M：Me too. Now, drive carefully!
; f$ U8 r; l/ l1 _; @　　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。