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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。
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3 E' q" b4 J5 x" z: tL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?
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4 V( N2 J0 ?( f* g& _. o8 OM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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4 N1 E( L! ^8 o. i% a$ nL: 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。
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) L! `1 r6 e% Q! T9 c$ dM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。
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6 m3 s4 R8 Q3 x. G6 V# Q$ iM: 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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, x' f* F3 @* ^" p5 G  b2 VL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?% K0 S3 G& p. v

9 H/ n7 Y) s6 ?M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.5 h  m' s/ a7 f7 |. X, e: I5 [- y. z

8 e- ?0 n4 C2 f8 CL: 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。: G& x" @+ @9 F0 R/ x2 T/ A: q2 K

! d; _0 X" p( f, R  ~- ]7 tM: 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?1 B  }- z. j- X& z
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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.
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0 r# b" K2 |7 p  v0 `) n4 z9 BL: 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?+ U3 J* P6 F  Z% a1 Y8 e

: D1 L6 H7 t* r8 v9 _1 W. E8 zM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.( h- X9 Q* e3 P5 Z1 _
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?+ y) s% X7 |, b9 N/ R- x& P
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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...8 d. q2 f  [% ?" R3 d% X

. n( V7 O" ^2 E0 nL: 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。5 h6 d0 L+ B" ?

  ]% J; e9 [* t, |8 v; ~, r6 I" aM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!) u8 [) w2 T9 U
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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?
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" D, P$ e, g' l0 Z6 L2 HM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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" o" R# V2 X, V6 Y0 J9 ]L: 噢,你不是说我嘴巴大,而是说我多嘴,爱嚼舌头,谈论别人。5 F+ ^$ l. j- \9 O. ?6 u

/ e8 `* R* j6 uM: That makes you a bigmouth.
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8 Z2 a: M0 B# p7 a6 UL: 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?( ^8 n, d) D: T& n9 x0 [
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech." U0 [. b9 ~, x; \( ?8 U

0 W2 N' Q% V' F1 P4 Z; oL: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。( I, a+ R: B# r0 M$ a/ F8 A1 P2 K
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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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' M6 W% P1 o! PL: 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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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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9 M$ v+ x+ K3 ?4 g, i, K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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