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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?$ O' K7 i2 p( r# q, Y- O

6 W% x3 {$ A, x+ D/ s( i8 A3 GM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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* L0 f  H' J- m( f: b/ H; sL: 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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  R7 j! H% {0 K# ZM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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2 V$ F4 w3 i) M6 a! Q; [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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( J3 z6 k* f6 y0 dM: 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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/ E- S( Q' |3 \% V( ?( KL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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( m1 e' U4 y9 N7 ?: KM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving., \% L# g$ V9 _( N- a" i: C

* v2 r8 h: E9 Z8 K' K: k4 T) RL: 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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: l6 e8 l  E* p' _6 p* WM: Um, I certainly did.$ c* @: Q9 j/ g
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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?; r+ _$ B1 j, p) n& F& d9 F4 ~1 F4 |
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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.. A' Z4 v6 T4 X- u) B+ H4 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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& n. x4 I6 F% tM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.2 `) c6 N. W( T
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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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; f/ P2 T/ l4 p- C" `; }) t7 E. yMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?
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+ G! \' c( h4 `* I: QM: 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。# ?/ z6 q  s" i4 Y+ d/ s$ C' N

4 T2 O4 r# u% U  xM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!3 ]% A9 j% @0 Y, u8 h# H8 m

. |; z( M7 ~! N& |1 Q( v8 VL: 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, L: ?$ N5 l8 mM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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9 R/ r3 M9 ?* s% Z/ P2 ML: 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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% F: m, |1 T7 u/ ]+ c1 vM: 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?: B3 B6 F  c8 e  S3 y

/ k* y7 y, j6 [$ D, u4 R* FM: 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。+ }2 ^! p1 d6 b# g# D$ V
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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.( X: Z, j8 ?: y0 s# r4 D
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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!6 R0 e3 N7 M! E9 o+ W  i

& `1 {, e; n& f+ L: dM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.
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9 o. \: }. ~7 K$ t8 C! qL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。. l7 q9 U5 d! U4 h6 o. P

  }- a6 Z; f% c: n( N# y- X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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6 ~, k( z, |9 y: f! f5 RAudio as following:
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