流行美语教程 Lesson 14 - pig out & bigmouth

Xbfeng

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: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？

M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
1 Y: G4 u  n0 w% R+ E5 t
/ X$ `0 p( E4 j9 s$ w( oL: 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。

# e- g+ x8 d- Q$ s# S. d7 YM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
7 X" j/ l2 @, P/ K
L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。

5 Y' B" y( l, Y9 V. \4 o" C6 kM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.
' h; \2 g* p' V
) G( m+ B, q+ Y( XL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？
, v1 S' g: v) b) j% v4 {* m
! J4 D/ m3 @( ]3 e/ {) WM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.
" P; G5 z, R4 b7 h) ?9 G2 Y9 M  I$ `
) k- e- [. Q& j6 RL: 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。
" @7 M7 J, ]" n9 j+ ^
M: Um, I certainly did.
. K7 N+ b, t# o5 @, y( Z/ D. p
L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？

M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.

# [- J( W, t7 o' C# s, @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？

M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.

L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
) L' ]8 X7 g2 S4 t+ X- f. I0 Y7 E
Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

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...

' B0 m' r9 C1 ?2 i2 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。

2 T. f$ j5 N0 _. A8 {0 s2 HM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!

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？

M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!

3 p; p/ ^! `: b/ n* o6 BL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。
+ p1 x3 w% O8 a( B4 @. I. a
M: That makes you a bigmouth.
" u' {. r8 \" P* k* d+ Y
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？

M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
% r' R- {! ^' @  i6 x3 G, B# D
8 f( H; O4 K# Q& ^5 {: ML: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。

8 e  c  _% U, D6 W, u; nM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
$ _7 R" [+ Q5 R5 j
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！

M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

# p* l& f3 ~8 v/ g  \L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。
% R/ E5 T/ U; ?$ K
4 N8 n+ w- b  Z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。
; g* M: ]- J* U: `1 p( r
4 E. N& F8 S% a3 L; @3 U+ h! @& j7 @Audio as following: