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。 H% [2 h8 R3 O6 \% ^
9 D. i6 C. E/ g9 p; Z' r, cL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ 2 x M6 C' \5 n x0 l' i) _ 1 Q% h. o1 B4 r, ?0 m5 Z# qM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. 9 q- u4 U, Q8 ]& G9 B. B$ ? 9 A+ ]% Q% f& HL: 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。 0 u R& } Q" m% v. ~/ O- H) h q ?& u" e- B( O. n ~M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.# ~5 V ]2 k! g6 ?& ^5 c$ l
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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.3 @" y. g1 R% H2 |' \6 V
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L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？9 a1 O0 P0 K( p8 ?3 b# a$ y L
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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. 6 F. g5 M3 O6 P6 X" x J ; ^) M3 |( y% y4 c8 \2 pL: 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。1 \+ b4 O) z Y& I* f7 O7 R
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M: Um, I certainly did.% j5 J- d- }. L* W
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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？ " W) h" C; D1 j: `6 D7 U6 U' W8 a. P1 G! p9 U( I
M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out." @0 _4 s% W, M/ E4 |+ \: K
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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？$ }9 i1 R, D2 c0 X' Z4 x
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. 8 ]/ Z( E: G. m7 G7 @8 c0 A ! K C/ ] `/ B: l' \1 dL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！ + n, o2 Y9 i7 N* [' N* s; i( `8 U, U% N& J# `1 x
Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？2 w: _. ` N3 k; T$ g7 U6 u$ L
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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... ( ]: m# \+ m/ @. c e1 u1 [8 Q8 g, j! v+ z6 U' f% n
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。+ q& C/ p9 H" f' p1 B' v
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth! % h$ K7 Z3 `( D. n, Y' u' a0 @6 s. d/ l
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？5 H& C8 t) W$ ?- X) N6 E a
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business! % k& i" H% ^% ^ 7 g \- X. ~! z, B; E9 Y' E- kL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。& | l( G- a- g& U7 N( ~: M$ @
* z9 H, U7 v( g& LM: That makes you a bigmouth.8 ?8 `5 L4 N+ S" x5 T9 j
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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？ . O5 X2 P) @: f 8 |2 @$ u& z! z+ u9 X% R% OM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.8 X9 k9 p! l4 h; T; T
1 D5 h r' e( X7 Y* \& L' p! SL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。: s) \6 v# H) s- Y
2 P) d/ j# V/ f( g6 FM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.2 V, p, z$ g+ R
5 z8 N `7 H7 X. f# [4 U- K0 ~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！ 7 M( H5 }( n/ ~$ }& e( x" e. n6 s, i7 z: c6 ~/ \8 A- ]# ]
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.4 r- h1 m% i* |3 W6 l/ w2 A5 o" f
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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。 0 X& v& D2 s* l. p* j8 A : W$ z3 }* ~1 w% ?5 k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。( w8 w) h A5 X# {4 w9 p( N
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