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。 * o8 q. v# W8 }9 S- O) O5 I+ F6 R8 q4 V
L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ . |. y3 E5 P+ t, I% w3 d3 K " T* V# ?3 v- p8 k) D7 a( L# dM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. * \* f% Q# e6 o. A5 q: O! ?3 k/ D' R) U( Z- u) D8 M6 N8 _, U
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。 % c* N4 v: i1 P+ ` : G, u9 V2 L' O$ J SM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.3 @) u: v+ p2 J1 t5 }
/ Z, \+ E9 u; [5 A3 x% i8 g8 TL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。 + Z% e) S. J+ m3 S$ O, E- s7 M5 ]9 T F$ W7 ^# c& B( W# C% {M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.0 \# G) X$ F l2 {2 A9 q
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L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ ! y# Y) `$ d1 e6 x( C" U $ R" ^- w. ?, ^! n. T; [( z; _M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.* z7 p9 |- i& `2 p5 T( M
$ _* i; ~8 q# J! ? ~+ q; R2 cM: Um, I certainly did.% T* S, l" u* A* J* p0 B
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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？ ! }, u$ K1 R5 r, a |0 p 8 f5 h4 I$ } B8 P r) g# s( M' {M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. " [% Q) Y5 n) V& g& }: Y8 T h" T! \ h9 Y. D, |
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？ - n. [: t; Y9 x6 e3 R" T" k( \2 ^, ]/ ]
M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.2 l. T1 s) |! k, P7 l3 e5 Y( n! j
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L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！ - F. T. E, u) O% s2 B. i' ^& ~ 7 o9 S1 y( K. }$ j2 KMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？9 L% ], a: V1 _1 ^$ k
6 G+ D% ?9 f/ U/ y5 \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... 2 N7 @- t( V8 b% g ' l) @+ ^/ B+ b, t9 i" B, n- EL: 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。1 I6 O" x9 G0 D* ^- N$ A
& x% k7 {8 I0 D. q5 q- LM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth! 5 J/ j0 a, E: p* S" Y7 w4 G 7 {9 T4 {; H# I- o* C; `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？& r" P1 X) r) m, o) h' d
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!1 b& z! F9 z0 Z, A
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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。0 W0 _( h% b& g) z) q
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.: S! J [+ b% V; o
2 e8 n& i0 m* Z' s8 n+ h; tL: 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？ 4 d+ O$ A# R( t* s6 S 6 o; N5 a9 s0 y; XM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.+ w6 z& J% D- C# k, m' k6 U) q/ K
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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。 1 d9 u& x4 l6 p' Q, C8 i: m: }5 L. ]5 A1 d: k- O
M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.+ V# D2 P' L& Y! O9 H6 {
* Q7 x0 v; e; s( NL: 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 x! C6 Q1 A& Y7 f- F, q% O6 J( H$ ]3 ?% d7 n5 z
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.9 H2 P8 ~4 \1 [* R. Z" | \
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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。" u: c% s4 r4 R7 N
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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。- \ y0 _# g7 S [ S
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