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。! y x5 S: p: G$ C4 ?/ _
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？) E2 }5 h' V+ O- W8 l
$ d- l" i5 y* D5 {) ]- MM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.# K. U2 P) ]* T. _. n6 F* t
5 s# j7 h- m* YL: 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。+ X& X5 B0 F& Y- {9 `9 |. ~
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. # }7 E4 p4 `9 w g% F) ]5 F7 f( l5 \9 x* x/ t1 h0 }) X* q; L3 H; ~
L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。 ; \0 A6 `0 `1 b/ n4 }) k, J: ?& o
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig. 5 b$ G8 O% t6 p+ g+ L( n# n- f$ [7 x2 L0 i; F5 M
L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ - P9 a; A% G6 o0 n) D: J & M7 J: @' e* d+ cM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving. T8 U3 [ `# g" i+ Y( Y
" D0 `* b* r8 R8 Q1 A, h1 GL: 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。 . d3 B& ~ ]& W- Q) g( a+ P5 D ' W- I8 M4 B2 v6 }$ fM: Um, I certainly did. ' P4 M) T' o8 Q) Y& G+ A0 ~ - }" g3 u% z: o3 _' n: ^9 t/ `7 FL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？ 0 G0 r+ S! b( V) W8 t 8 f+ b% C) J) l' N1 L( t$ G4 }% tM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.* L/ z. i6 F( e* R
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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？ , Z' l N" A2 M6 J - E$ c; E- z' i; @1 T% y4 @5 F2 LM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. ) F$ c; E: |0 F+ h$ _: h8 T " o" r! g5 Q- n, H3 w+ }+ n5 I$ nL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！* L# Y) J G4 Q3 K' |5 o
, j' G2 e1 D* y5 y* V; z; ~Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ ; u3 B$ {4 C9 T+ j* c. [ , i2 B% X4 a6 P2 B |# JM: 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...6 m4 e) _9 p3 Y1 m. l) C* n' S. m
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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。 , Z% `' ]3 @ K* Z# L, w1 M7 c, E$ j* X1 K
M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!# u* ^0 I, e! M$ i
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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？ 7 j/ B% u( V+ [ ( I2 L: p) s- h5 I# YM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business! ' F* a. R3 F7 O# D9 M5 i + `/ T6 ]" u) q& J9 }L: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。 " Q$ v' w; I* s Q; F 2 g8 w; i4 U1 d( [$ j' O' E0 lM: That makes you a bigmouth. * n Y$ ]- a$ C/ G. A3 W9 V' h* @3 f" ? : g$ V1 o# _6 q+ `: X6 lL: 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？4 T% g: j, X& U0 O! l
) i2 `( |/ ?: e! C' Y; E/ iM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.. s) X1 ]% r \, Q
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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。% L8 W- i( h0 U5 o7 a% `: @2 q8 G
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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.) v6 O9 ]+ l6 u, P- ]
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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！ " T8 U% \3 }- Z4 H: Z; C- P: o0 J2 T5 `& g
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.0 Q( q G$ I- Q ^0 F) T3 {
) C% }0 s. T9 ^0 u& a" I/ n% _L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。 5 S( p, _( M7 J _! w9 Y% H, Z1 U" O5 a
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。 9 d. r0 f, m: z% P9 k . B) X; e4 E8 L2 _Audio as following: 4 g# i3 M# O i$ I- T
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