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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。2 ]. p& Q! Q% v* j$ R# ^1 x
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?$ o; i( a  i) O; }: D% W. \1 Z2 n
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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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* I$ r' t) U1 E4 K6 ^7 C  i5 b, o+ HL: 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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( G* b9 M! Z6 d8 u2 JM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out." V$ Y& u! t' V' E6 U; q  p" x2 A
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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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M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig., G' e8 M' ^8 ?
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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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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 q) D" G, z1 ]! d& U) \! ?5 ^

6 R: C+ m3 q/ C  oL: 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 o3 M: `" a8 T3 L% t
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M: Um, I certainly did.
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0 y  N* g& V0 r- R' b7 g8 m8 y% VL: 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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+ {- i7 ]9 k8 Z5 G# \6 xM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.& ]8 B* L3 ?& C5 P$ q" `

7 h+ \% c# ^/ 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.8 q0 v5 H- C* I4 h; o
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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/ I9 e; o0 U# D2 S' [9 {" nMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?
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) h, p3 S2 A" hM: 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...& K  d: W7 w  t% a4 l
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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。5 Z7 d; G' ]0 t, g( c

% y) O" [+ q" E% V' ]M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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. U0 m+ |5 M; C( iL: 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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; K- i. Q. d: [8 R' RM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!) p2 |, |2 ^* x% V

# O7 l2 S7 [5 b& @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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: D) y5 A( E$ \2 m8 U5 V" P" hM: That makes you a bigmouth.1 m  Z) C1 y: r. k, R+ a; v- e
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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?/ w. f8 v2 E' b1 }$ u# D$ Q% f/ K
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M: 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。  C% l8 L" Y0 t( u

6 q" n* r9 Y$ q# j0 p! DM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.3 f& @3 J+ o( j: }; _1 C

" ?! d; `- O$ N9 T! }- w0 ?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!" X: U# G4 G& T7 U/ d% a7 C' S. ]* u
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth." \3 P; i; B: y3 x) f

. q0 G9 H- ^% pL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。4 B& W  Z3 M& E% `" X2 E6 ^+ {
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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。* g- S, z. c7 @

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