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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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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?
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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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' w' j( S+ [& a# RL: 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。# \! A* R; `( X  i$ t

( w( ?7 g( j8 L" G6 p% uM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out./ {: j, R. v" J9 x

9 p5 n2 Z/ B8 S6 |9 k5 xL: 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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M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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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.
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& p3 f2 o+ b% v0 m- F& CL: 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.9 K8 `8 P1 p! T0 y( O
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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?
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4 j% g6 a4 J4 ~! _# wM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.: l" n; u( Z0 d! k" Y6 r

' M- x. s4 B2 a6 f/ V& G9 R  w  nL: 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 w0 c8 ?& |: r" l# g
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.( [# V1 b# c' [) j
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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) L, q. }  ?6 p# P+ _0 ^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...5 J4 M3 X* T3 I2 e) a7 y1 u; h! Y" H

$ W% x3 w& R0 A) w6 M, l1 B+ {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。- {, t: G+ [3 [' w) k4 `9 [

  f4 Y% ]" s, K. T; uM: 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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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!# w) k  X0 S2 n7 d5 d
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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。5 N3 o5 @# f  Z$ p1 ]1 ?# q

1 U9 b/ N+ \# u2 ~5 c. r; lM: That makes you a bigmouth.+ b- K+ b, x0 ?% s

9 c( z: J2 {! O0 Y/ Y, k# SL: 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?- h; ?/ v- B# F% l/ k: A

& R, L( O% V; Z' RM: 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。
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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.2 P, N  P& r( v( _

! ]3 {: m- _" [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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9 {* ~$ I$ a% d5 R( L8 X9 |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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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。$ |4 C, |* I- y# Z% G4 N

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