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。" C- y1 d: b. ^7 n8 ~5 k6 m
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？( K. G" x' I5 f
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.8 R3 e6 ~) a0 X6 n' K7 S6 O6 x- v; {
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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。 % P& _: }- T+ Q7 g. t# D8 M C) ?' f- }4 r6 b6 {
M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. # _6 c: n! I: u1 ~ c 7 K" T- a" k; q( ^: g6 {! `L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。7 o. }, ^; s% C, 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.4 q6 n; g' }" G P8 e
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L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ + I3 w0 V* H/ H 6 a" Y( ?# W' l, c! VM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.( [7 |+ D5 y9 k2 G
2 @ x- @ K" Q# W1 YL: 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。$ O. B: z) Q: E3 ^ _! T
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M: Um, I certainly did.+ e' s+ t* [/ S) l9 E
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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？ % s. _" W2 k3 n) H- G5 N6 I% K- N% F* W$ W1 Y
M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.1 l0 ?7 h# K5 B) _- A- F5 j2 _0 x
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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？ 8 h6 {" T" J6 B5 V7 f : b& n1 H0 x; `8 N: f/ `/ jM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. 9 U# E" {/ n% _/ g/ Y- k* v4 F s, L) `# R6 F
L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！ ' P: y2 K" t9 M4 x3 H! D % r2 q7 c3 b$ i* ]& K4 @Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？% I1 e( w+ B. Y v
) _0 }8 j# n) q# r% t2 \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...% ?, ^7 J; H& s6 g, w0 @
8 |2 {8 ?( S. d" h# v; U4 PL: 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 }8 S0 O9 U# {& b9 E0 [: y5 o 7 h( G8 A2 i( V4 L! T r# v* UM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!5 V/ V# Y" z# I# z
4 T& _" b; v* I0 t8 Z! P( u3 a 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？ . v2 Z) Z' \/ ]* Q4 s! v2 @; `0 r6 d: z( ]7 W W, T) ^# Q+ B+ r
M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business! , e* {* J3 {/ ?$ H' T* J0 _ 0 a+ O0 y: i5 P: T5 aL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。 u5 J i/ p* C9 B6 P* R( \' L0 J+ _8 r/ Y
M: That makes you a bigmouth., D- u2 |& U b
: N" _% ?/ l, x: Z* J) w# }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( s5 c6 y {+ a' F9 q
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.0 y) J% R* a; l! Z* i, o
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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。8 n! W& _' H# G; c9 H6 q) ~
5 M5 _% B" ?4 K- Y4 I' I: l2 X4 PM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults. * I5 `% K4 l: X) i0 b7 D. w: r: f8 p) l) c* t% c% {2 t4 h0 a
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！2 ?6 w( `( D5 w( \3 c; ^3 F
% ], \8 \" C0 x8 P9 {+ e* RM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.5 t. Z7 U$ P, ?$ w# Z# z
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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。+ s' t# c. S5 }( O& v3 ?
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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。 + @/ e( u1 f1 `! C$ f ^2 g. c' e
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