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。 ' ~4 s7 H0 L0 W' W2 F- ^% v% u4 i' x% l' p2 D
L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?- e0 x8 ^+ s; }$ N0 a
7 K* S. ?2 K# ?! L9 x# m: U2 oM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.5 g* `1 y5 p& }! W4 b
" m, b( Z/ x' y' sL: 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。 4 L7 V! U' U* n+ D7 E+ {5 s $ u/ S* n7 _0 V$ ]: D; @6 _+ nM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. 9 q2 E; \) u+ \- o; H $ L( v. W; s4 {: w. [: J2 {L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。3 b% C }6 ~) [) l" P: Y- L8 ]
- [2 T( K4 X: z& D5 |8 CM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig. 4 X0 j3 c& W7 k; V: a + z0 g1 }, K0 ]) AL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀? , P. y( n r3 V6 _& ^- { ( w8 K: b7 w: J- j rM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.) t& [ O3 ]. i: O) ~$ `1 A* d" q
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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。& j. G4 E8 S. B) p9 E( B
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M: Um, I certainly did. 7 m; r3 U+ h9 m' t4 P, ^0 P4 \- C, f' [) M2 Y; M# T8 f m0 j; }, C+ b
L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方? ( @* ~* o1 h Z# i2 i8 t5 H4 T7 f5 }+ u; j% z0 m: N t2 R8 o
M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.8 r4 m' M3 ?+ c# T% v+ R5 Y
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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?/ u( J I# G, ?: q, d
. s* _" Z, Q; M: E9 ^. {' ~M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. ; n7 P! s0 R0 K! c6 E/ Y) ~9 P0 G4 b+ B$ O6 j G" K
L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!1 P, @6 E3 ^" X1 T; e
: a# c" I! a5 p$ F& w5 O) gMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰? 2 ~0 @; L: K) d! c+ N+ f $ t/ E7 s1 K+ [2 NM: 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... # a3 f2 ^& J2 _& L: A' g& d5 k# i' q, e
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。; Z7 Q; E4 e3 o+ M
- a" {' i. x, {/ v* J8 Z8 KM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!* w9 b4 L. M( Y- c5 X
5 R8 f! l3 A! B/ Z7 f1 zL: 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? 0 [4 a7 j) R" u; u1 m . K8 \) |* K9 k0 s; x9 HM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!% N! Z; |( q% s0 L$ B/ e' k
% d" c" q, [- hL: 噢,你不是说我嘴巴大,而是说我多嘴,爱嚼舌头,谈论别人。 8 F9 v) Q# ]2 ~4 J0 d# V& }6 d, a: X' @: n% y: N
M: That makes you a bigmouth. $ o; O5 d& F7 W9 Y4 F% k' l4 x5 }& q% |* d7 o7 p
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?% l0 _( s7 f. n; q6 U
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. " G. t4 z- R |# [, h* q 5 H7 u$ U' `5 n+ ?9 |; X8 rL: 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; p6 }' i& Z7 B1 ^ . x/ j! ?0 m: n1 Y k) r& XM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.' _% X" g: i' H U5 |4 d
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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! # \9 a7 @, q' j) s. J5 c" ~9 p3 y4 J, ^& t; a, v' T0 c2 K# X' M
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth. ' y9 L0 T6 ^4 L7 p4 _* M 1 P& I& D9 G* s. ^' {/ fL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。" S! `. j1 D3 X
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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。# }0 M+ T( K+ h( R. [
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