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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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( r5 S/ Y5 v: ~! ?0 J; G* J' hL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?; l" I( d+ Q1 ]( }; e% a
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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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4 V, d, }5 W- Q* k* pL: 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。/ k6 r3 p7 J1 T
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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。  B, X( u6 ^5 z( K% p
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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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M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving./ a) ]" j/ S/ D5 L9 {. }
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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。+ u' N3 n( a" B7 U& [4 N5 D
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M: Um, I certainly did.
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4 Q- G, v: N  j: i" L6 wL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方?# A- h% g  r, V% [* D
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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.
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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?7 o$ D; g& T0 C
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!$ L' `' p' T8 G. j) F
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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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& f0 P) o& z0 C6 E% R0 ML: 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。6 P# q$ O8 Q% G4 ?7 X- L

/ Z- f( @5 b; x6 y; GM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!3 h* L$ s2 w- k5 f! K

0 Y* F& J. C# yL: 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!
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& k1 q6 F* o* [L: 噢,你不是说我嘴巴大,而是说我多嘴,爱嚼舌头,谈论别人。  e7 |8 T- X8 `0 J
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.) r2 B3 p: l4 Y" ^& M5 D; S- P
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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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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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4 U2 s+ f) |8 {; |0 z0 x1 AL: 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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; E, w9 B3 C# F% K2 {6 DM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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& `& @$ s7 F- T/ O: b! uL: 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.6 U0 L! A8 v1 p' g- G
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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。! T# X8 r3 I0 Y* H% G

9 i& x- {% h. ^2 V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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