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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。+ c; A# B" c6 c& t( `

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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.- }9 R. u  J1 e7 c  Q, `. J! J# Q
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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。
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  _+ Z. v/ `. P0 Y  \' ?. O, _/ \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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M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.+ l2 |6 j4 T0 \' v1 J0 e

% J  \9 Z. _# QL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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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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. g( ?; O- B1 L/ `! z/ LL: 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.
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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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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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  x. u7 o( n4 j! B3 tL: 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?& B( `+ r8 ?" t  C3 Q# H

- X& ^! ^: l8 V) S3 ~/ UM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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/ @6 {' ~) q: N; eL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!' k0 X6 \9 j( O; y7 p. h
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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...9 |( A  K9 E2 d- w
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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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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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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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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!' i4 L1 \! f( |7 J  i0 _' e% j
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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。+ j* a, `( O! D, y5 Y
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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?
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3 L0 j* N" Y3 D# Y2 [  q7 y: A; wM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.( ~+ x9 h2 J/ w$ ^4 f( o

1 q: i! v% `& x+ _0 GL: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。" w9 W8 m. ]6 H

( `# \1 B$ X, G' L* O; G0 y5 ~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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9 W6 x9 D% e. pL: 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!. `. F3 ]7 ~# `0 l, T

7 z$ b$ a+ l3 R8 o% C% XM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.8 R2 z8 z/ c1 d

4 O  [7 e- u/ W5 Z: cL: 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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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。) U% U; q+ w: J0 b2 [; F0 t

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