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。 1 f- [# J2 T5 j3 ?* w' c! l5 X # q# g! t5 X. H$ ^- v7 L( PL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？. _9 Y- @6 O: H$ W- C
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.3 g3 B9 _% q3 i; _" B: 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。' B, z/ S1 ]( t
( }6 z2 a7 ~" T7 [/ S+ y0 aM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.+ t, ~7 b$ Y: ~& a7 ?( ?) h Z
5 n- [& K9 P4 Q( ~L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。 6 m8 r' `7 O8 e H, g5 z9 | N; M7 K: Z
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig." X# c H, [1 {! h' K9 }
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L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ 7 d$ c% I6 r2 i: I* y* r , l/ b6 b3 B* t# [5 C3 ^9 iM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.3 }: m' f& W% X3 j. Z
) k. b- `5 I0 O9 ~9 K' x5 bL: 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。 5 [- I! N9 [( {- e1 L2 t; L* D8 \9 Y0 n
M: Um, I certainly did. : d2 {9 b; P/ h9 C% Q ^/ T# @7 A' r6 V6 v1 F& j1 k$ S' }
L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？ * O; T/ K* l8 X- @ ' _# `/ W4 L% ]" n$ v: jM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. j0 d# K+ Z' i' m5 v- F' i# o" |1 X) S; r
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？0 p3 @. |6 }3 r$ F! s- n+ M6 y
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.% m" c% m0 }, q) a- l, O# b& z
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L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！- d, H; i' B3 o# A) {$ y
3 G$ u5 v& `; p/ @Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ 6 i' P1 S5 o( ~: g8 w ) z. ^7 E: p6 bM: 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...5 w% F8 @: g8 L( c( W6 j
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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。 8 a+ ~' ^: x4 y- T8 N9 q 8 z% D2 B6 B7 f9 W/ l# B: e1 UM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth! 5 w# E- _, \/ R5 T6 a- f5 `% [8 F' ^+ x1 b! n& m6 j
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？ 8 F3 x% u! P& g # n0 M% D; U, M3 d! i1 }M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business! 1 J$ R, Z; O' k' p0 ]& G" v( ] + M+ d* s' \! o) |' eL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。 " `0 U9 T& L" d9 d% v) g5 X6 S3 e& p( {0 J, y% ~ Z
M: That makes you a bigmouth. 1 U. f0 n! n2 e5 E$ F ( C2 t3 l, `, M7 K! \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？/ [2 k# ~: h) L; f
( B0 v4 u" R6 wM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. 8 u/ P5 x# k) t7 J. }" T 6 ~1 ]- n* m) r2 O+ _$ DL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。 3 w- B% s# \5 j: @. ?% d8 Y0 a/ ]: k9 d! a
M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults. . {" l! ?# B4 Z2 U2 a) m' s$ m$ [; _) Z2 S8 w7 c( t
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！" Q1 O/ w9 c) T* ~
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.: f8 n" z$ d) V: z' k4 P" K y! ~. v# g2 e1 u
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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。 v/ [& G# Q6 t/ |) }1 b% M% g2 j: }6 [$ ~( @8 L: |. _; r8 o
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。& ^0 [$ j1 y6 z f |
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