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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?" V* W- g2 o+ X4 g+ L; ~7 b. G

4 G! e3 L0 f5 ~4 |% s! E/ XM: 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.8 ]$ J, Y, V4 {5 b1 c( k( c5 I" V

4 i; W% [* ^* C" GL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。& c1 _% I5 q! X* V7 [- K6 c. C/ q# m8 J
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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.
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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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* u+ q, E# Q; g! I" j5 \! [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。
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& Z0 R% S# G3 p: S8 p, ^M: Um, I certainly did.
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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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( I2 S2 F- k/ _" L4 j6 A1 v2 HM: 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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% H9 q/ N- {- z( O- U- }6 \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?: E: N: t1 g1 l% g: |
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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, t) ]6 B6 G+ s7 t7 sL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!- j1 L5 `3 y; b
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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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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...
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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。4 i9 f! z- g" F- ^. W0 K/ F

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L: 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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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!+ P" F2 N7 o: _/ k/ y& d  F

+ \' S' d/ @2 |+ Y! Q& G: B% q0 ZL: 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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9 n1 h: d4 r4 {2 pM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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1 P+ Q' @" B, e/ Q/ F' m' w' w; q9 GL: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。
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: J  J2 z# O. `8 f/ U3 Y% ~+ o2 vM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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0 G) f9 q% d4 D& AL: 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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3 B' K9 k! l$ h0 l: n6 |L: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。6 C2 `) q' h, j) ~- |. P; V2 Y! G

- c# z; q# I" y- G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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