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 S3 i( q) D8 h8 k' W, d0 p/ K+ gL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？
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$ q8 K, m/ ]8 KM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.

; x; Q8 l6 M: _; ]. H5 O& F2 ?1 PL: 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 b: C$ e. h. q5 j: uM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.

! ~' R; X( y( m8 BL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。

M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.

L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？

! b  Q8 Z  v- m- U  b" c) ZM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

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。

. j3 {) t! t1 ^; Q; K. T6 BM: Um, I certainly did.

2 g* l, [% d6 J7 p6 A2 H# i6 |$ {+ yL: 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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M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.

- Z* Y$ S# a* ]+ D5 k( W0 g+ AL: 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？

M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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4 q; j: @7 H2 xL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！

$ ?! f0 c" s8 D7 {; kMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？
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9 z6 f9 g) O1 h6 `" ^+ SM: 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...

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。

M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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4 O$ \! i% d9 s8 x; _8 D3 w9 j4 xL: 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？

M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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7 ?0 E; n+ Z1 f+ E/ zL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.

; C" V' |. `& Q+ s5 D. c! _$ J. rL: 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？

1 I8 P" ]5 Z6 R: a5 T. VM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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7 G- h, d9 m! V' G( AL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。

M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.

9 f  C- e  I0 f7 r' [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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+ z- \) u7 f' B2 l% D0 Q! vM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

; ]& q/ Y% x) Q6 H' v2 [8 ~L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

& Y5 R: W, E$ O8 F$ O) Q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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