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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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" g3 Z2 l, u7 \L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?( k; |3 s+ A2 H! Z3 q5 G! J

  R! B) Z$ L# e& z+ FM: 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。
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.; J, @2 s* P5 E9 j+ T$ t3 e# c( q/ x
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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。; P1 u1 Q5 a+ a
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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.! F" i1 k: b" ]! T6 L$ {& I) H- O
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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+ M0 k5 l8 @4 Z. cM: 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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# F& m9 _& k6 E) k: XL: 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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M: Um, I certainly did.* _; T( }( r/ q9 M6 o8 s
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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?
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1 I9 x" r3 w( A! n7 }+ Z2 X' G2 AM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.1 B, L2 z' b4 D

$ J4 q( @$ c* y* F. @$ ML: 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.
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# M& ~& m$ q9 P( {: u$ I$ r( @Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?+ g8 ?1 H& X6 Z5 q

. }% r! {( r1 I8 wM: 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...
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7 p9 H  k1 M. B' I8 _5 c* z/ 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。; ?. W; z4 E  f
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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* }" p/ ~2 E, O2 ?. E. CL: 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?9 ?( S/ M0 s% C" U; v( J* M
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!$ i% k& b+ r' o% n, D$ \/ D

9 O' h4 h  O" W: z$ UL: 噢,你不是说我嘴巴大,而是说我多嘴,爱嚼舌头,谈论别人。% f& K" c& B- ^
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.* l3 C$ n- S6 N& @: r

/ u# w7 q- v* w% R2 M( R6 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?) P$ i3 p  {! i. t0 f% k
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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; G' T2 }# c$ k- k; \0 ?/ l0 w$ jL: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。9 B/ M) x. D. m& E( }

2 o' i' J8 j/ {' rM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.4 f6 _% N# [9 B$ `

8 f) \" L" Z" I1 x1 mL: 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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/ g; T3 c! v+ d- fM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.$ W9 m. j+ l$ N8 Q
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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。+ c2 n% z( y: Y

+ j0 L1 g# c6 L, |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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