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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?2 _6 s& c0 q- a1 n5 U

: d" Q9 S4 A1 V1 B. b% L3 d; QM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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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。' q+ P6 T7 N% f5 Y% S2 c+ n

# H) \" R+ |/ m# [" `9 DM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.5 m# }) B+ u# l

# y$ L; g0 t: L! a8 K3 qL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。5 F( M1 t- s/ M: ]8 O2 n, h  e

9 w8 @( w6 b+ m9 A* GM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.# J9 `5 j: m2 h" e6 b
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?' c2 O7 p! G8 X( I: \! z
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M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.# i0 F3 w2 C8 a$ _/ r2 j6 V6 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。) |6 E, G, [7 G+ l! E9 ]& p
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M: Um, I certainly did.
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7 L! F1 j2 o7 u( g+ ML: 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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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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  }) [, Z6 }8 J' }) d& b, P: HM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.% _0 T, C, b" p/ l: K# K  ^, }2 L
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!" [$ g1 ^7 y/ C2 d" T" W
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?- u/ m' L5 s5 \; w: P' s% J1 I

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, p) N! r$ B7 S7 a, Y3 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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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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! i& m! U. G" ?5 CL: 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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$ s6 k) A& k" F! u2 x3 v& tM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!  i* U* Q. l" k8 d# m( `' @! y: N
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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。
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.1 ^  K+ Q( a& s  ~8 s
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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?6 p9 {5 E. s" K2 a4 h
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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% {% [! D- E* N+ E  Q( w5 U/ ^& iL: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。1 i+ g- R- p9 |
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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.
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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!' J& V* o4 E% b& t
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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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9 Z; l$ G0 J6 v, Z! `, ML: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。3 `, w6 U7 v5 ]  r$ j' y

' M: j  ?4 s4 \# M; F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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