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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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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?# P- X* j/ h( R1 _* \7 G" r- V2 M1 S

( C$ e# q/ Y( U1 K/ G5 E8 b# cM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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2 d8 d2 {) b* @! w" ]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。+ q3 r4 \  }% ]( R4 N- F8 m

9 n! {* y, B2 G6 h1 P8 a& @M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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6 ~' ^+ J1 Z0 U, ~+ H  q2 P! @L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。. ]+ ^. ]4 O$ I0 X) |
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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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! O! M+ S( ?9 d6 S) ~: z4 tL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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+ W" |  [4 g/ O* m3 M( QM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.) Q) d2 s) A5 z

; H% Q1 h3 [; L5 ^2 L; rL: 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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3 z4 E* w$ o, O; u9 G- o: o/ wM: Um, I certainly did.6 u& t3 W! g6 g- X) a3 \* F7 ?8 l) e9 E. Q7 J

! I! F2 j' q" N* O. S7 N$ }8 iL: 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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$ \/ I6 G8 G1 l& `, i# |2 i) HM: 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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/ c" e# W0 l  mM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.( y$ a5 G4 X, A: i

0 N# m7 F/ j, G. ^; wL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!( J2 A7 R7 }) S, h; B( q9 b
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?! A) L% p5 \) m& q. \
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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...; J$ C% V; t& j% ]0 x" s" j
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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。  m+ w! [9 H% m* t2 x4 u$ W5 N6 \

  D6 U5 T0 j7 GM: 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?# \1 _4 J3 `( ]! N0 `0 C- A4 \

7 A2 n% U7 C* L5 nM: 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。7 x5 m4 Z  E5 x7 Y0 H) {. [
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.- N: m' e/ ~! ~# q3 }" ~

: d* s, T7 Z: N# YL: 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.1 O+ v- o5 e$ ^+ U; V9 b! v  X
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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。& ~) _, ^9 h# m7 _8 S/ c# s# f( K

2 W% c2 Q# y5 VM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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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!5 {3 h$ `/ |) a  y1 F* V: g5 W
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.9 Y9 R& M7 P8 f, Z1 Y# A

7 E  U/ ~; E- H% V7 c; xL: 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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# j6 y9 Z* M1 R0 G0 l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。2 P  d3 K# ?0 n

' ]7 ^* |2 n3 {6 |' Y/ ?0 V" _$ }Audio as following:
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