流行美语教程 Lesson 14 - pig out & bigmouth

Xbfeng

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。

L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？

, s; H" g) u2 ]) g0 rM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.

L: 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。
# h1 ?( ~3 N* N; ?9 Q
: A/ n1 h# Q1 L, Q+ O( ]( [* q* bM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.

  `9 q9 }' x1 T, {: B  p! h1 j' hL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。
* w, r! O# h6 d: z
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.
; X# R$ C7 c7 Q, ]: u
L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？
% L$ S5 ^2 ~3 ]1 v
M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

7 y: N' v- Q' Z  W% }7 ^L: 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。

. `0 \  [& w- M: uM: Um, I certainly did.

L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？

( ^' J, I. y* M  f$ a+ aM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.
' f7 x! |0 S' ?& t
$ n  ~. h& r9 s7 \- j, f0 HL: 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？
( ^1 x% L! o" D. h, z/ h
" O3 D- o. Y- s1 K' |2 q; ZM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
4 m0 b% N. p3 ~1 d. F# S/ d$ I& N
; R0 U! P$ ~) ^, UL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
8 y# T( z8 N. }8 y! i
) o8 q: `) U- C- d( N7 zMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

) b( T* L4 x; p0 a! dM: 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...

4 R3 T! z7 {$ h3 |- kL: 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。

M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
, f; @3 {& y2 j3 ]- r' `
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？

M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!

L: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。

M: That makes you a bigmouth.
0 h) a9 ?0 R% i! U# ?
% F+ b9 M2 T( U" j# q7 sL: 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？
! g6 P: n$ R/ ]0 n9 h$ E8 D- ?* j# k
M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
* l# h4 n! E7 S+ U1 W
8 t1 T! G/ p- ~L: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。
7 [7 B! Y1 f9 c. J9 S  w; g
M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
) H7 I2 U, U0 q# V9 e0 }# q
" J/ S  O9 X7 I& }6 U* _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！

% P' @, {8 w; r9 ?" T9 F' b0 j! @M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。
0 b$ f: N) a, C4 G
% ~. L* p% s9 d! h+ R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。

Audio as following: