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流行美语教程 Lesson 14 - pig out & bigmouth

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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。6 `* Q3 q* V' R* T3 Y( x
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?+ c) ~/ Y# P  U5 b& X' C
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.* Y+ ]0 T0 `% t1 T( V  p% x

" \3 d/ V2 {+ i# x& }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。
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7 H+ k, o, r* I: J4 ?$ b2 F* e/ L! IM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.' L* Q0 s* z* ^$ V( d
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L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。9 ?  U3 W& ]" A; W! W

6 k; ^4 m2 F7 nM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.0 w/ j$ W9 s. m/ [0 s2 c) O4 r

# F1 U4 t8 Q6 z9 s' g0 U) L7 AL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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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.4 M! }  L6 @* Z- ~8 k9 o1 `

! B5 a5 p5 J, C! K* [1 ^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。
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M: Um, I certainly did.
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L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方?, H1 b/ O5 `% S( X: G1 m$ h
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M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.
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4 s3 J$ N# l0 Y; ^& c" nL: 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?0 Y" M7 S! b* J. D/ [; `

& _3 C/ |. `& t: zM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.% l5 q' K4 x6 B) k3 u; z

4 q3 l( _0 E5 I" F: yL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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& F0 ^6 _* @0 U$ t2 y% ?Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?
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M: 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...7 w$ M- N( w* E6 K

" c4 r  X( ?. ?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。5 s4 e1 K9 Y& E; Z
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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, M7 b/ s. h6 R+ G9 P6 Y% }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?
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, J# G2 U- F# A! CM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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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。
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.; {/ }- h9 n- A! Z: o, Z

. g# {& {: w* m1 I1 G& rL: 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?: ?- k# S: L+ T/ N" S) C0 X- d

! P5 X. {* |( I9 r: EM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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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。0 m. [4 ~  R: F: u& @0 O
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M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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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!
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' M7 {) I& S) r" h- C$ F& ]M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.3 x6 b3 T( _% m
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L: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。3 w6 W) |% c  o! V# E

; e2 y6 T' r1 i: i9 t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。0 h2 S9 b# C$ _% U/ X

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