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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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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" S  x, G- V8 c5 R+ @( Q, A' s8 Y2 |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。

  x8 I- O2 G( f: S. D1 HM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.

6 @+ Q2 j+ C6 z/ C' H% ~$ ^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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! b0 S: k! k4 gM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.

( [, U, M, k, |) L$ nL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？
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& Q' _8 |/ ~- }, e# nM: 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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) P5 c, h1 k% @( A% Y8 _M: Um, I certainly did.
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! E: D% Z, N* [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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: B7 ]5 X1 L; S6 P9 \$ E0 r2 d: AM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.

+ \5 D: Z: ]( R* EL: 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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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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4 m" J5 ], t: n' s& DL: 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？
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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。
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. J3 F8 w) ]: L& D/ IM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!

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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; g+ X- h/ j! f* _6 OM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!

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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& E+ c7 E  X7 C0 J1 \M: That makes you a bigmouth.
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# _/ P; ^0 N+ I+ a- c% F  ?( X* {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.

/ `9 e9 h7 T2 p$ d7 g' B( zL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。

M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.

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！
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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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L: 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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/ I0 Q# o% o! O( X- L, x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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