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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# T. h5 R7 O1 w/ R, [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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# w4 M& H& f. NM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.

! c1 h) X+ t5 A1 B- TL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。

1 Y% D6 b* p0 y  LM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.

L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？

2 S8 {% |# s* I+ ~# \2 rM: 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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9 a6 Y" R& V7 j3 z5 }+ {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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M: 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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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: 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？

M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.

2 Z; n% N9 q  H8 l& b6 JL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！

Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？
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+ m. ], @: p# e! `+ n* yM: 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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; t6 ?/ |" x5 O" ]# w) K; |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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( Z" H; ^2 U6 I7 Z5 K  CM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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& R7 R# W# a/ M$ f6 WL: 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!
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" D! P& g2 X& O$ h3 B* T6 PL: 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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& E1 V, h; `5 a1 p0 }. AL: 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: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.

% D5 `3 z, a: s( C8 cL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。

% ?1 W2 f3 o) d  e$ \M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.

8 f% w  [% I1 H! tL: 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。

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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