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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。6 [4 m2 r" J1 D

0 V+ @5 j+ B( k  e% O# RL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?
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3 ]/ Q2 `' x! J" G9 xM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.4 @) \( I3 q9 Q3 R- t

8 g5 M  k; |! O. x; ^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。; J% l- F+ S! U/ N/ ?6 u
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M: 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。
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' L  T, O) p! d! X8 gM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.& p+ ~8 Y. ]% K6 S" X
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?' L: H3 K3 Q/ s& K+ H3 C
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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.
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L: 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。! B" u. I% c* p2 ^* g

( T/ \9 R. W. t/ b; E) Z6 rM: Um, I certainly did.) J/ K/ X% n( ]3 B' B; v
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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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M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.2 \6 m. g) E6 h" J* B
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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.' n2 W) I( u, J$ ?, _5 }

6 M' i. _' s0 _( Z7 o- e8 h" {L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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" p, \  }' o& S* {' P3 ]. v. G: C; uMichael, 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...0 x* Z5 `* H5 r1 D& @6 I
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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。" c4 i6 b1 Y5 x( s6 m) F
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!' o+ `' _. x, u9 v1 f

2 V+ A1 Q: W! nL: 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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: J* a  y9 h, F! R: G9 C: N6 |M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!$ h" y5 ^  {3 T
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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。3 S3 A% m4 I& C# Y# Q9 j
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.7 J# X. h" h8 H; g

7 ?& A, y4 F2 l# P2 E( X$ RL: 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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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.. w+ I. w: G. i" F0 B
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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。3 R4 M7 k) Z6 _
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M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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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./ r. H% d& ~7 C% N  j

" w( w: f$ |' L. l: |" |5 W1 N" GL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。% f; g* o4 P' k8 t; ?8 z

6 I' `$ T# ?. O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。% @1 `% A+ ?9 w9 h7 h/ m  w

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