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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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6 Z7 H- r1 N0 Q4 j& Q: }L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?" A6 E! r1 U+ ~

" p7 n. m2 j  s" ?9 L+ h2 }% ~M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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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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" d2 H8 G, e9 A* s# c4 C+ KM: 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。' N7 E" V3 A/ L9 |7 Y
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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.( G) L8 f8 w7 p

9 }) }" J) Y# K0 U, m3 m2 |1 hL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?5 d  P6 g7 z8 p
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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.3 ]0 P3 H) q/ r( \. d

/ L6 T6 l) p4 ~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。, Q4 p# a" O$ ]4 w. s" A

. F8 |) _3 X, ]% q7 DM: Um, I certainly did." Z, e6 i6 V- D0 l

3 d) [. p# Z, L/ ^0 wL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方?5 ^8 `2 U1 l) t
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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.7 ]& v" a) s2 D* n5 I+ H( @% L

: [$ L$ J/ a1 ~- fL: 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?& \/ _! W2 `& O
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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% K2 \' g' C7 p& m( U( \L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!4 {& v. ~' ~0 J
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?9 r( \# A0 G; i2 D& c
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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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. B9 V; X; r  G9 A- {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。9 r& J7 v0 G. o. J- y

/ |. m- t0 z) f& G" oM: 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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7 c, n# C, [$ bM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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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。. h/ h, @$ h. [6 O! N$ t7 L8 C. D
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.
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( y) _0 o0 Y0 [6 l% ?# f6 B6 [$ L- JL: 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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* t0 ?) C+ V* g4 ]" Z- R" gM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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L: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。5 n: t  I. J/ K0 s9 p
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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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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!9 @( h5 n. _' H

2 z- q7 L+ ?7 g/ B9 uM: 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。9 R: ]+ t6 f2 L; Y" ~- E, G1 @

+ z3 g7 X, _+ r7 G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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