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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。* s" W9 m- h$ o  }  I+ U1 A- ]+ i

  V4 R2 U  b$ p, oL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?$ E- |6 X9 I" t* U" }4 n

$ ?+ i) t" r' s! w  C/ x( zM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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4 Y# g" ^0 o) P% U/ ]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。/ ~1 k8 ~  G( [- x- F
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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0 U4 \6 z! H& O) I' RL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。. c0 O8 P0 }6 w1 ]/ K
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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?' u7 ^  D, _7 v; y. o# t( W! B
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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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0 z: [3 ?+ q$ o+ bL: 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.
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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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M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out., B* N2 |$ k( f9 @* X, U

. K- F+ n; X" KL: 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?
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.. ]4 o) P. K: ]( y3 q( C$ \

9 w: E, U0 x: L! PL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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6 L- `; c  Q- `$ O) Z) eMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?/ p; T2 g) J7 l6 p

3 n3 r: q/ b, j3 I/ J2 m% Y$ M2 IM: 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...
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: O$ T) _1 z# O; FL: 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。
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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  k. L3 [5 P' yL: 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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5 z" L5 ^% L6 t" a' A: l. k3 OM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!) [9 @6 ?) q$ v1 \5 U' D/ Z
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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。! W9 V" q+ [# X0 ]+ {$ T0 G4 `. K

* B! Y8 G" @/ w+ h+ x1 d0 eM: That makes you a bigmouth.% K1 t7 |  k% g4 P0 N, }; a$ @

3 G% W3 S! z  Y* V/ _2 }5 wL: 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?/ i6 h, N* L+ R
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.( V% f' ]7 d' d: V! B
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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.
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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!9 t/ w  \: O7 S  X# g# r) s8 S* f
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.* S2 Z0 u6 k( Z6 S& R
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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。+ p7 M) u. A7 k: @0 ]; [) Y
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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。
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