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？
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.

' c: H! ^9 p) s5 Q9 hL: 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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& ]# g' A% m5 H% z, i* c  YM: 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。

M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.

L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？
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  u1 e5 N/ c% \, i5 e2 w# SM: 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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7 E1 L, e0 a* n& R( n8 ~; ~. O% _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) a* M7 S, q' NM: Um, I certainly did.

' l( ?* l6 l0 @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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' r& \+ ^1 V9 |5 ^7 i' `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？
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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0 g; e! Q  p! N. T- j3 D( `5 b, \L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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2 L( Z3 h, R# e2 p  q; ]Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？
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- @2 ]  q/ G5 q$ T, jM: 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...

& Z/ A+ l6 g% A; q9 Z  HL: 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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+ I2 v. e5 \8 x' }. iM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!

) s& O' U1 W+ D6 N' A- y5 u: ZL: 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？

: S, Z# [* S7 I2 S7 B5 cM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!

* V! m# @+ Q2 m( O0 q" vL: 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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$ l1 A& K8 ^! l5 u( E  iM: That makes you a bigmouth.
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  T! d, k# B$ FL: 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？

M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.

9 ]3 o3 i7 s' |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。

  C! ]+ G* z, w' WM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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3 S. B9 ]5 X8 }% q3 ]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！

M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

% D# p3 r0 S" T' h# qL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

# b# }, c4 r8 Q( i, z6 R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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