Michael 和李华这两个大学生，一个讲英文，一个讲中文，旁边的人听起来很奇怪，可是他们俩已经习惯了。今天他们来到中央公园，李华会学到两个常用语：pig out 和 bigmouth。 ) e* [$ c5 g* L $ @) P1 ~7 D4 r a4 I) m5 B. l; OL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？. w2 z" r. i7 s4 I1 z0 p
5 h1 y) |5 |. p" o9 PM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. ) z& }- @3 O; J) ? - G) ]. G$ w' Q$ D' y; j! \; GL: 我知道，跟家人在一起总是高兴的事。谢谢你邀请我，但是我早就答应了另一个朋友，所以没法去你家，明年我一定去你家。 7 I1 v7 x( F0 N, F4 r5 K; l! v1 O, ~ C* R3 s1 K
M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. P& }/ X1 W, u1 s ! C4 C a8 F- {/ eL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。 ; M9 m; r5 ?# H9 V- ~ z L" l; `2 b K( q2 y" p; g
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.0 }7 q3 k1 u( p, M9 ~1 |
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M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving. ( F& u1 O, @0 B& v5 @- Y 8 b" G, p. Z$ `* M d" J+ mL: 我猜也是， pig out肯定是因为猪吃好多东西而形成的常用语。 Michael，我看你呀，不仅是感恩节，你平时就吃好多。上星期，你每天晚上都吃得象头猪一样。1 p# P- i( E# o. x* ~
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M: Um, I certainly did. 3 |- I0 A$ @! I, n0 W1 o4 N8 l# V# V
L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？' j# o+ ` P9 C+ f% e
; m+ n7 [6 X: ~/ n' | m$ e& fM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. - k" h }9 ?: H7 ^4 J p& B2 ~$ ~2 [
L: 那是过去时态，要是说你到了圣诞节假日又要大吃大喝了，那该怎么说？+ A, [% @ h0 [0 O
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; [7 U) @3 b; ^4 ^! f0 v6 CL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！, b; C$ Y9 u1 } L5 a: ?
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ x$ R- b& L5 Z" U; @ 7 w5 K6 ?- y0 O& J, N/ mM: Yes, it's free. My friend Josh said he would be coming to ice-skate with his girlfriend Emily today. Oh, By the way, Li Hua, did you tell Simon that Josh and Emily are getting married soon? I just need...2 r/ z$ `- s- v8 n$ m. A2 @) [
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L: 是，那天我不小心告诉了Simon。我知道Josh和Emily现在还不想公开他们准备结婚的计划，不过我真不是故意的。 # p' t1 X$ f1 K4 }, i3 l$ F 0 ]# b& O3 d0 l$ R/ G- r9 K FM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!1 [" |/ |' L7 E7 p6 k
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L: 你生气了？肯定是骂我。说我是bigmouth，大嘴巴！你是说我吃很多东西吗？% Q( W1 V ], a- u
8 V/ |" Y9 d( r$ s" V9 [/ iM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!: h% a. C, A9 J! h) v
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L: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。8 t- q2 T% h/ x
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M: That makes you a bigmouth. 2 n, u, x2 G" j / J5 s6 T! v4 o% NL: 我们女孩子都喜欢谈论别人。不过，Michael，我从来没在书上看到过这个词，是不是一般在口语里用？" U; C4 C# G; I
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.9 e8 E* @2 T# A
6 @3 _5 _( M: m1 lM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.3 Y6 }3 u! d$ ]( q) c
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L: 哟，你倒是想得开，人人有缺点，你爱象猪那样吃，我爱谈论别人。这样就好象什么事也没了！ * G3 Q$ x# Y) x2 f% L9 K( z4 t0 ~* F$ _( f: h6 h& ~6 T# P
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth. 7 g) r& O! [& @* [% K/ Z1 O" ~- u7 L- x6 i- G5 @9 }
L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。& T9 m" e) R) ~+ S. z8 K
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今天Michael和李华在纽约中央公园，一面看许多人滑冰，一面聊天。李华从Michael 那儿学到了两个常用语，一个是pig out，就是吃很多东西的意思；另一个是bigmouth，就是多嘴的人。" v$ Y/ Y! c; Z5 F* a/ Q& i2 s7 u
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