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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?
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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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。  Y- [$ i3 S$ O; f5 w

! w! o2 R' o9 J* bM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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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。3 |% z; [  v  [; l* K5 F
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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.3 @$ }% D* K4 P- y' M$ i9 r* e

' u. M* I* [8 K* d4 s) j& GL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?& N4 {* l7 q% ]& x

0 w. \# a. {3 |; F5 \- }M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.8 v+ N0 O# m" `! y! l. m( R: |) ]8 `

6 s3 U* m+ V9 O! R% K+ m$ W, fL: 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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0 E; d0 k! ?3 j! n4 c/ ~$ }! p, }M: Um, I certainly did.
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3 F! q1 F( |" I3 wL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方?1 {0 Q: G- c0 B% d

+ A% a" D! P( o3 D" SM: 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/ F  c( {, h0 L' d) X% FL: 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?8 K% Q4 \# E* M/ p) k0 ?, Y/ `8 A9 @

0 @+ e8 `2 G# q+ b( b/ SM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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/ `, R  T0 G3 h' x% v9 g+ [2 k" YL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?
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5 W# [8 L( z. {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...( j' P  A+ j0 B% `' O9 @. K8 d7 h
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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。8 ?8 u! k/ C  e6 R

# I) S+ s' \5 q0 T# PM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!! Y# A: Y& \: W" g- H7 B# s

9 b  p6 ]. V$ Z) }8 I5 u! D8 WL: 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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5 I( t2 [- |  T1 S. ^  kM: 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。
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M: 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?
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: f7 ^8 O% }# B8 zM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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8 Z0 E  Q' A$ \3 ~( {' oL: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。# }; ?: {2 o! \( @! I

8 I: A6 r9 P  }, K( @* @8 `4 Q1 D) wM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.' j& y) @9 T! d! b
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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!
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.
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/ z: ~/ h. t7 k+ |8 V" jL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。
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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。& V& P* q; ^7 d& W4 f7 o" L
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