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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。( l# [+ B' m/ {

: F6 d0 e( c' `% O) pL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?
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0 J& b! p( S  Z7 MM: 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.
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8 J& B# l, g  W# y  M' N5 jL: 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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% s9 P) e" q6 P5 `, g1 QM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig., ?- M7 h8 ^: ]

0 @$ |9 x0 l4 Y" f& gL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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3 B! k  p" m, e* \4 S$ |' EM: 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。3 f3 H0 q6 ^& J' v
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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?  q& p# k! O$ ^, g, V* _0 Z& y
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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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4 o0 K; u7 W9 z! M. V" ?; l+ GL: 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?2 s3 L" o" _' j0 V+ k
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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!
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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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% o( F- ~% \8 Q9 [* E/ ]0 UM: 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...% X5 k9 w  B8 j' u2 G; b- ]

: X& B1 c0 y# ?8 }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。3 `- t7 v& A, [- I3 j
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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3 u( G9 w# ^- \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!
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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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: L3 s) U6 C) oM: 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?8 o/ F4 R$ `& a6 _7 p( F

. J) T- l( v7 M' @8 mM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.5 t$ I; D, B! x* E0 n6 }
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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。
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* M0 r* \; q1 q. DM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.3 l" `9 g$ o& D6 a9 }! F
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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!' f4 Q- v" v, ~; j( n
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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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4 m6 x1 T1 Y1 r% ?! Y, WL: 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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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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