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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- k# g! E2 @, l/ GL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?
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+ e7 F1 M9 c; W" lM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.# s) w6 X, @$ e$ N
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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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L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。+ ^0 O7 R! c: j4 ~) v
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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.  s: b' @, J5 u( M) I! S9 h  Q0 T

( S5 [  W; C. d- L! F# lL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?- A5 D  Q" ?4 Q

! w! l* Z+ H" t; c# s9 @M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.. G: Y! M- H( D+ T/ f
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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。
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M: Um, I certainly did.& w8 V* }  h7 S* d7 T
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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?
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8 y; u4 o/ u* L, i" ZM: 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.7 c2 k! P8 m1 [  ]/ k

% x9 D' K: P$ d1 o( BL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!8 Q  M0 U( {3 j" S4 B$ {/ p
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?' q  p9 l7 j. v8 q" i

! r# j  J* h7 m" O; a; FM: 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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# C9 v: J3 [+ K! T4 S( tL: 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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) X% L# k) i) q! g1 sM: 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?
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! Z7 H8 g" ?. L. V1 O) G! ~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。2 @: M2 ]0 D* i$ H5 z" e- B$ n

0 i- w7 Q0 h5 S) J! b  VM: That makes you a bigmouth.
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5 b& l8 ]1 \1 BL: 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?2 h0 [6 ~- \+ O3 e6 h9 H

* o4 _+ |: r$ t8 W' TM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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8 \) Y' l9 |' b$ r$ ?0 Z9 JL: 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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4 A5 F; t. {7 OM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.0 h- j; d+ n+ }; L+ L
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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!  Z0 U: a' e& w8 K( T( \1 T" D! z

. \: K1 E$ Z/ [9 e# _8 m8 f0 F1 mM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.
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, x* l  h4 w, V5 |L: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。8 r& k: A' l2 r! P
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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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