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; j! A" k. k6 z3 x4 {3 T& S! H7 Q; U2 Z% |6 ~5 s C
L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？9 A: c0 i- R( W' n# o& P: @
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. ' D4 p% J8 d: Q . }: s% h- @8 D3 B% FL: 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。 5 M- F/ I, P' j7 ]: C3 F6 D! L* B) x, T j' U) H& M
M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.+ c/ k# v1 ~3 f* P: \4 Q1 r7 M0 I, o
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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。0 Y& j5 h% G3 @4 ^1 H! e ?: n
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M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig. $ y+ a( _1 h; L: s) w- C; x( Q1 L7 f0 S& w. q& J- b
L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？* F( A% d& m" u5 j& @. q
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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.2 i; d4 N& j0 ]1 }' z8 e7 C
/ _! G; b/ o$ cL: 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。 # @8 Z( b, o: ^) L* b; C x9 M6 R% J, P0 h9 W
M: Um, I certainly did. # O o8 U M8 h& o* v8 T ( U! G4 A5 C, U2 m- o' g) E9 HL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？ + t {# `& Z( e: w! L( B4 `/ k6 ]* y i8 o* U s
M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.% g- [* @; ]1 G: \2 y
9 i* q2 ?4 Z. F( aL: 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？( c; |- v9 W4 k& D/ u0 W
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays./ d$ Z3 q+ ?. |5 s1 `
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L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！2 m8 Q. N" \+ x5 D0 a" V
8 B9 c. A' `0 v2 v4 lMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ ; B( q& Z' T4 A6 _; m 2 v r& a9 E' u: g6 a0 _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...- E( I& G5 d; e5 [
# u. |9 F$ S2 d7 i! wL: 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。 ( a. T. T8 C& f8 K+ h, H# E6 T$ o3 h: Q( a: }5 A. T w: t
M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth! X$ H( d4 x" @9 l 7 W# A& m% n4 S! l; r2 O& lL: 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？ 6 S% @1 g( B2 V, r# k ' w* X% u+ @; i4 g/ a0 Y8 \M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business! " w6 B. t. | W5 ?* V* p4 E( p8 W& A1 \* D' H* ? c
L: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。 2 ]9 ]! V* z) X2 V ! v; z9 S/ B. i8 v# _. O l8 uM: That makes you a bigmouth. 0 [* w6 e8 z" E+ h - B: e# b: x4 S2 XL: 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？5 H: n& s0 L- U! W1 \4 i
/ F% q9 u8 X7 G. EM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. . J5 G* g" `2 W- |! K 4 z1 T9 i* s% L8 X! P9 C& [! GL: 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 e0 r0 P! p; p8 o0 E
+ |& u# l6 `# M" ~) LM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.# \5 L# z+ F% K
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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！ 8 r* n6 e* u5 P3 F2 O' A3 `2 V# n' G& e' h
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.2 c2 m5 \0 X5 ]5 H& I
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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。 & _6 z* h3 V" n3 R: `* u- o6 v6 t# w/ F. x% B
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。& q" Y( I1 G4 h% l
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