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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。
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?" |8 I: y3 L% |" s
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.* f4 P0 x; Y4 D' L0 k

. p- O$ z" l, a( X6 l) J! iL: 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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6 q5 I2 r7 p, q2 f# G8 q# RM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.- }  d/ x0 s% m/ `
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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 ^* X6 V7 v6 T

# ~  A# m* o$ x" e. R" G3 WM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.
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- W( k4 C9 p  l9 m8 tL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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6 A  @' e. F$ r! E! p8 }M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.
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" U! H1 m! n1 C( UL: 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。9 m5 r- m8 K7 g% C; C/ {

! i" f, h- d. C! cM: Um, I certainly did.9 @6 i+ J0 z+ l  V( i! Q5 W8 Y

. o, }) E, S- G6 q# ~% FL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方?
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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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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?
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.% q- U* z8 M5 C4 q

2 J1 c9 b" J4 o3 F2 ~) jL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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% J4 |% Q4 @) {' ?. e( {1 T6 }& HMichael, 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...% D9 V# V+ ^( F* a

+ s  E" v& \  K. b8 Q8 uL: 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。+ ~0 p" v& C  t: p, I( s

( P* c+ w) g2 L6 fM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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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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M: 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。/ r8 ~; v2 O8 [6 _, Y

, R; s6 W8 A  y: dM: That makes you a bigmouth.
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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?$ O! `0 D+ W" c) J# |( a9 ~6 B

3 Z; k; L1 B; v( MM: 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。
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; L' _! ?% K, l0 F. ^& t5 NM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.9 [! @+ k  D: x8 x9 b

. X: n8 x) J/ n- P' U$ tL: 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!4 `% V8 W) R( P: e/ b8 T4 w
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth." X" j7 f3 ~  g( Z! N9 ~

4 T3 T7 g' G# s8 B4 {( IL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。* q) a0 a, i7 w0 f
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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。
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