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。

9 R* j3 p. k0 V5 _. P) B: j$ U8 \, ML: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？
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8 ~* {9 h  W! Y- ~2 z3 ]1 n7 s6 mM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.

) t" J& v3 X0 M- _* ZL: 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.

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.

9 h  k3 a0 B0 Y9 y7 X& u( Z+ A% LL: 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.

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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M: Um, I certainly did.

5 x" e3 r2 |6 J% D! xL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？

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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6 j" C* U6 n  \) M& q6 ]: T* @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？

M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.

" O- E$ M/ Q6 r, q+ n/ [L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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3 ~9 c) L! K% F5 xMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？
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( S& S, @7 _1 |& ?. Z( w. g9 l& ~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...

5 w4 i/ k  V- n1 GL: 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。
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/ i' b1 z. o- T- w7 V: X& n* ]M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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. [- K  y7 p6 `+ x$ 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？
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  a3 U' g) C1 s( `! u, W7 BM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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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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0 J, c- g# |4 Z) E6 G4 g' v4 lM: That makes you a bigmouth.

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？

% C7 l7 I. q& }1 U9 G( ^M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.

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。

% d! k" o/ ], aM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.

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！

1 o' R' a; s7 Z  s9 [8 g) |; p+ KM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

  I8 ~" x; G8 C! w9 BL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。
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" [* ~! \/ G! |2 M7 Y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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