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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。+ p# v3 Z; _3 ?! \. f1 B
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?
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( `/ [- J/ [9 }- G1 C, h& uM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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4 e- u6 ]) Z7 y# ]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。. {; @3 r% X9 K) `; }/ z0 E% f* e
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.' [" ~! j: l3 p! V0 Q

' Z: b1 h, Z; i4 a$ W0 RL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。; d/ t' H& T  _. N* s. ~6 d
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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.0 D7 X' B- M0 i, E  X
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?6 H4 T: ~8 E# n& `

" @* Z9 V9 v# N& h8 T% |' bM: 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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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。6 i+ T6 T3 X& Y' C8 P4 R5 w
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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?, B: P8 _+ M6 p) v4 j7 b

9 a) e0 I9 `. u7 Y( NM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.: }7 [+ u* V4 J/ Q) w7 o

  V$ t3 p  j; I6 }& O- t3 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?6 n5 i+ H9 y2 W, h! O" T

: c! F$ D# _. ]7 dM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays./ n# L* F! ]& S0 i  N* X( j
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!* P% l4 W4 ]" r2 ]' {

! ?; I1 `* S- x/ c% [, f  qMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?
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( V; J0 o4 d# l: O0 QM: 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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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。2 ?% x9 D" p+ L# d* p) `
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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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?* s  Z3 g* I4 \

  P: V) ]- [9 i2 S6 zM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!# u; ~8 ]5 m. X  V- j: V7 o8 {/ N

0 K  G4 U1 n6 v  f5 Q, q# e" uL: 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.
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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?1 j! R" S- j2 }1 K8 f# ~
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.1 S0 ~1 P/ ~) 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.( d3 l; E% N! Y# t9 O0 ^/ @' 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!* W# w/ A% ~2 C7 Q$ m' K4 K
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.
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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。
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