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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?
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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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; y8 v. \: O3 p  W; gL: 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。$ A* B, j$ M- E* w' h' a7 z
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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。
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  m9 l' u+ w) g6 r* W$ E$ ^  KM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.6 K+ p, h# @* |2 s5 O1 {. l. d
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?2 O3 J+ ?% a$ H/ s- u# v
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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.
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M: Um, I certainly did.
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7 V3 k  p, }9 Y4 i$ h+ WL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方?2 Z& `2 ]7 |& x1 P# I  F& b( {# ^' y
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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: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!3 k* Z) v7 {: _6 Y; n1 M
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?
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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...
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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。  `* g7 r% w# l. p6 t$ i

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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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' u' g! i# _" B' N9 LM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!6 I2 S4 C5 Q- U3 Y* i* X
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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 s0 g8 Y! \. @! E6 @  U
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.) g$ w  n4 t% r5 h  y: P9 I% x
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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?
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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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/ \; y3 h, G$ `# n& OL: 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.% {) f4 O) i; {! @" Z: w2 j

  g* [5 @* O1 n1 ~, ML: 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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3 p" N& J0 `! M2 j: k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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