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。 7 q6 m8 B# \. n+ }2 R/ f( O ]+ {7 w/ ~/ g
L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ 3 o6 d, U/ `7 T# o! o, m5 P! s $ H& J3 i" L- h% U1 u" T$ cM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.6 u1 F! M* \# ]; v- 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。; k9 M' M4 W2 p: u
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. + A* M! d9 X4 L 1 A9 M" |+ ]/ G4 Z. D% H, \# SL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。5 w& g* p+ h$ d! ]/ O) D z
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0 j( U4 m& \/ @# C1 WL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ 7 _% t( s s% D" S9 P# |+ g( T k& V; g
M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.7 O% O& x6 u/ {3 k/ ^
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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。! [; h* y! S; @. o
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M: Um, I certainly did. 8 `# F0 r7 f, a7 F( e4 l: [8 L1 Z9 w3 _
L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？3 L, D( [- m* y6 m
# r5 C4 `$ y2 [# ^8 C+ XM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. - b" T1 h0 p$ P9 M3 a: a* |% I , |) G; {$ x, OL: 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？7 P! u3 I8 f( `8 |5 N! s4 n
, {0 o8 M+ ?6 q3 r9 ^M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. ) R7 i4 ^1 }6 H, k k, d7 t9 P+ V. W# s* ~. m
L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！! j/ e6 Z' \7 J+ C
/ P7 V$ U1 ]) e- v1 j) {% Y/ ]& |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... 6 h/ s L# W6 `5 x& @ - B$ R$ ^3 B3 [- }7 S8 I3 F4 F9 BL: 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。+ X. Z5 f2 f) K: g+ J& P
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!3 U5 ~+ m0 p* S, i8 G) R3 D K' z
9 \( o/ l" n/ }5 VL: 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？& ?+ Y' U% f0 @9 y* ~
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!% D( g! H/ m- C: `8 F7 i" v- H
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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。2 i9 ~! D6 F6 @: l# g9 l
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.2 ^2 q: K) |' {* ^: K( s* R/ q
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L: 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？ / m8 s( D' P$ ?% S8 C1 g! W* x ! a; ?$ q+ P# u; Y; wM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. # W, y; i3 g5 y0 t. | 7 z3 k" Y3 p/ iL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。 ( a1 d3 r: G( E$ ~$ K ! N- f* V" A2 y2 C5 H8 O& {9 `2 u! L4 SM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.& N* z3 U* e% p8 A
9 @1 L& c4 D5 o4 QL: 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！" [# o; G1 ?7 h& @6 d `
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.8 y( V6 m% C3 U# z' n' b- F
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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。 : n, k' P5 C; q; Q% U% {! H) @7 Q ]4 n+ ^4 j7 v! {+ x1 Y
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。 ( P( G/ y4 ?5 n4 d2 B ~3 ~, d4 d6 [" J) T. `
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