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。

5 F; J5 H* Q9 I: K% GL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？
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M: 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。

1 q  v9 @1 I; d! [3 wM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.

6 M2 U) Q* K' V. Y% H+ zL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。

& X1 E4 }5 D5 I0 V+ GM: 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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L: 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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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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/ d, f  b" F% l/ `/ eM: 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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" s1 Y) V$ y4 Q8 i  H3 A$ G  B2 D. TM: 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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$ g# P7 n; h/ u8 m5 u- H1 i' CL: 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？

4 s+ p' Y, d' y7 F- T9 R% OM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.

( _+ u! G! m* \L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

* H1 A7 u2 g* ~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...

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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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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  n, v* M* O- x2 A& H" W& [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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3 Y# S' S1 M9 Q  R/ f3 [M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!

3 o' M) X" ]/ iL: 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: 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？

M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.

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。
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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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: O3 X1 y0 z% m0 z8 BL: 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！

M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

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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