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。8 [2 I0 N8 {0 e# \% m. G" z" z
$ }8 b6 G o5 fL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？# e/ y- n- Q4 Q/ w$ w
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.9 |& V; T# _( j
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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。 " I5 Y* |6 S+ d% e# t7 _ # Z+ w$ z9 j! t9 cM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. + k/ z: a2 Z$ A9 ^: n : \* p# k8 ^, i+ y' oL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。7 N+ t5 w6 c& U6 o
% Q3 q# u/ j3 A; Q2 J' e0 m5 mM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig. % E4 p+ i# C( ^- m/ t ( I" |3 k l$ h c! k7 |! X0 SL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ 5 ]& N1 q, F; K( n. F# ~3 p7 \0 g$ W) K
M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.. l" c$ J) U! \0 s+ U
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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。" b- J( [5 @. p% {
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M: Um, I certainly did.( E+ m: ]& M0 b5 S
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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？ 7 S: w" M ]: B. N/ T6 U; ` ! v# L6 F: N: c) @- vM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.0 `7 Q9 @2 U) A7 Z) c5 h- ^) U' W" }# q
) {2 J% [4 ]2 k' pL: 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？ - H9 q8 C% U3 Z& B" U % J* g* y- t/ LM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. 1 u h6 L# }" j' z- K! O& ~+ ~4 \( Q9 M, Z$ T8 _6 N! c
L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！ # [8 D4 i( k5 F8 T' o( `. b b9 ?, k. X3 f1 D! v
Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？. e; s8 X, a9 \% |- H
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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... 4 M% U. X0 [/ A9 l % R$ J! t9 W3 tL: 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。 " k# Y+ |0 l, z+ a: O) y8 F1 B/ i# @0 H/ |/ l
M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!* n+ C: h. H6 j; U. @0 r( C: [$ `
V) _9 H+ X# I- c* a hL: 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？; ]9 Y. \' B/ u" n1 f; A* P
3 [" ?3 _, e5 T6 B, C4 R2 dM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!, e; m1 u) z* f+ `( l! R0 C
/ s3 r2 f) I/ HL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。8 C4 ~/ {; `! J! a+ P3 X* O
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.3 o% I2 {2 {3 g- n7 L% Q
" T! v% g& V" G, L5 O- QL: 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？ 0 E, N+ x* X! u7 |- p; s 7 i. E) U' y, n% [6 I L1 |$ i. G6 xM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. t( G( e! Y" Y! Q: S( L; V
2 V6 H0 h/ M+ f- ?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。3 H+ M$ `) R& ^
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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. + j" t$ j, n5 N3 \ " A! w+ F1 S0 q6 U$ W4 g6 X. CL: 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！8 g" [9 R0 t4 j* h: Z! I& h
# p. |9 F; l" M$ {2 {( KM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.) s- u( X+ k7 V2 M. {2 T; |
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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。8 U9 ^6 ]( O$ x+ f- g
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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。 8 a7 a5 w" [' `1 F! D* J7 ]; W B) A8 E0 X/ @# R( iAudio as following:7 \3 ]4 ]* _1 |3 u3 ~
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