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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。; j* V" ~) A( t/ `+ o! J
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?9 t3 x: i/ O9 D7 P3 Z
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.2 z1 O$ |% Y9 a$ M9 |

7 z5 _( T6 O( U, U7 {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。% i# u$ s0 \$ m2 m1 F) C5 |) i! p
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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/ m1 m5 b. F% d2 ?L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。4 H0 J6 L  g* T$ g: {: p

5 _7 Y9 B/ m* \: d! p( GM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig." N/ ~7 b+ O/ @9 Q: t( e

& ]9 _/ N6 r' a* a) ~) bL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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  ?8 V2 Y( {$ n& r$ o+ QM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.: F8 s% X$ R' J* C

2 P+ A; Q+ z/ L" c$ \2 S1 C1 `6 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。
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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?, j+ J' X9 a3 k) x' Q- B
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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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! n) i2 i! _* x. y* x4 f; L# sL: 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?$ N( k! k3 u4 C1 b2 C2 @7 ^: Z

9 K3 I+ V. i  e/ l- }" b3 R5 nM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.; |6 \, f3 v, Z$ A! T

) B2 n: g, z- YL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!5 [5 r/ d/ `. D# Y6 `

& V0 t( x* a3 o4 E- eMichael, 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...
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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。! e3 g# r/ q' H" v$ Y( ~$ p2 x

% E# L( k$ B* N. h( _M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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4 J; `) p  Q) M( ?! v' b+ sL: 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?. W; Z1 V0 |5 V$ m

2 s4 ^" c/ ]8 }, C3 ~: hM: 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。  q+ Y/ L0 R% T/ z

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L: 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?
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& u+ g4 t4 I" mM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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  S! C3 ^# S5 p% ?5 XL: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。: E, f3 `. j' i2 \

( k4 P9 C1 f1 _' ~) gM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.7 c9 G8 S5 Y" r' Q2 y: ?
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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!9 E% E. r3 L. e* H

0 J& P! I9 V. c& {M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.4 F" a6 P( i9 c. S& s" U, X

( Y! H$ m# `& |: W  mL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。5 Z+ O3 F0 H+ g1 h$ }# P% \

; N' a0 F( H; _: \: @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。
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