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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$ j) C+ X. s. h) g) c% U% ML: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？
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$ v) b; s( k% kM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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7 ]+ H$ i6 E  j6 H9 _+ }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。

" j0 I6 s; O8 J. XM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.

L: 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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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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' `7 L( l; @; j5 o( ]& GL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？

M: 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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# y0 D9 ?( H0 h0 o8 ~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.

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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7 H- O$ a7 m6 R2 \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？

M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.

+ ~9 _& R9 m' Y9 h4 z1 |L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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8 o% ^; ^9 q+ Y$ x* W1 j; SMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？
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+ V+ p8 V0 Z. ^( kM: 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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& g; X7 R+ H/ p% m; I) }5 z: @M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!

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？

: i( a9 W9 w  I, x7 s1 FM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!

% n, U6 l& c, g+ U( L# Q- `5 tL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。

M: That makes you a bigmouth.
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! L. S7 y& `* IL: 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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' \. l0 Q3 G- g( |M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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+ O% E8 r+ V. ~5 q+ f- p% n3 nL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。

$ q' A; Z1 p( \* Y- ~M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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. Z( l+ Z  `+ v4 ^6 ~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！
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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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, `! E2 f( M5 y( Z* f0 [% `; y' DL: 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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! ]" n* n, n1 V* D5 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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