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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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! s& f1 [0 M( f4 D3 \L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?6 O& Y- ]: a* t, j

- M& F  a( K6 D; z/ h5 R& jM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.3 b; s; I8 M) }) k

2 r6 J" ]4 I* }% ?3 }; L* T. oL: 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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L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。  ]) X( g  \( D
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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.  v0 i) K% o9 E+ S% _
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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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1 t# ^9 m. `. U8 `& EM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.+ d* v, H. @  W$ q0 b
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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。( t& t$ ^, R9 h' n5 A# q4 r

5 C2 ^$ }& T' E( ?- I5 i; M1 uM: Um, I certainly did.* K2 j9 P. y  U

' d: ?. Z! J. H( m7 g0 Y. p4 aL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方?& Z$ q2 K6 D$ D# G; i, x
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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?
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. P3 _, m0 v7 ~1 `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!- R/ _/ M9 N. @+ v9 ]

% y5 Y, E1 z+ B2 P0 \+ ^* qMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?4 r8 }" D, b/ c6 _3 R0 G

3 L; r; J  @' j. Q9 wM: 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。
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* Q0 ?( v7 C6 r( eM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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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?8 x# ^& j! |6 ~4 R
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!5 d( S- q) Y* B3 W8 C

3 r. ^) |+ [8 fL: 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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M: That makes you a bigmouth.( M, c, U" P: v/ u) H( P

6 y+ U/ x5 O0 G! ]1 C* Q% O2 xL: 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?* z- H0 B) {" G  q* D
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.; \: x' e; ~* W! r" i' j4 K

2 x, m% s# B; K9 I6 H& a7 M6 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。4 t9 s& V- ]+ _4 Y
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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.8 y8 X# ?! o5 T8 n% P; b
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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!( k4 W3 _; a3 {  b

' j9 u5 z! `& B0 O1 Q7 p1 s5 [" @M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.% }5 G$ x2 z( B. w+ f% _

0 \! \" z$ O3 A- l9 TL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。( Z" h& F( _3 ]- W1 n3 p

: \8 v& O! k9 P! G" o; T  k$ Z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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