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。0 v2 S- C$ `/ W# I4 s. R
1 @7 @: J3 O5 ]4 i2 M3 HL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ 8 {1 A1 K+ B p2 L& y ) B& t0 Y, U! M5 zM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. $ _ ?; p; U5 @. B$ K2 i, ^/ I7 ^9 t
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。 ; P- [6 s( G. n( X$ M: U 6 C( m5 R+ ]* ~) |M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. 6 m( _( Q1 |$ ` . i, r+ Q( w( Y+ a1 x8 hL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。 4 b2 U/ A$ @- ~/ K2 R u- H! ^! ~! t) ~6 I( b1 v0 I
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig. : S# P$ N1 U& L, X7 n$ |7 `) o1 D& z) }- k, i" s/ q
L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？% d. }. j- R. T% ~) p# e- }
% N4 v: q5 U# ZM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving. & Z- u7 P% T( q+ V! }7 r3 D3 p4 O1 Z/ x3 ^
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。 9 D( C$ W4 c6 L% t* g1 ~+ C/ |
M: Um, I certainly did. ( P2 ^% D4 u8 ^9 b2 f% r1 o4 O5 o! ]- P* j( `
L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？1 B7 I1 v9 E% A4 u. B) y- C" W3 J
* D3 s% F6 A/ f! \9 E8 SM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.; K0 r2 r1 k" z) G, q0 i
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L: 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？$ C9 X3 J% A) s0 f; E: V
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. # h6 j' |+ Y* g8 r $ G5 X7 k) S9 t: ]L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！6 f8 S8 ^3 f. _1 H2 ?3 Z. b
: n+ l7 }3 {) S7 s& O Z9 q( b7 tMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？6 e' t4 A1 D" d5 K& ]
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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... + B3 W, g5 R: d 9 ?% V3 Q. p& f/ `3 t$ @( L. w: {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。 . a+ b# u& U$ N5 z* s- V- \, B9 |
M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth! o2 w, j: }, h* M
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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？$ H: w8 o+ Y" t0 T8 K5 _5 V8 D
2 p7 N: W; e l7 c9 }M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!4 N& w% z! V, e- e/ {# g2 l& b5 @
/ d+ l9 w2 `3 v @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 v* p0 R1 f3 n a* B7 D5 _
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.9 O7 ?3 ~- a# P$ {' {8 l
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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？ 0 S P9 {: b0 k# }7 q, m& z) N- l; \% L+ T" w$ {$ Q% Q2 |
M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.6 k$ ]* {/ }3 ^5 c$ ~6 b, J
@1 n# q4 H. k: r+ ^) I/ I( Y# gL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。1 Y3 O' c* ?* g: U6 G1 P
: x A. ?- g/ i3 f& FM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults. + Y8 ~8 d0 k, E m" [ 5 q9 X* ~: I4 o* ` 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！) _2 c" a T, _8 u0 O$ M- C) k, u S
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth. @. h* `8 `7 [% Z& K+ | " ]7 }* _! {0 [, d2 y0 }( uL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。/ y2 P6 B4 I$ t$ d5 z. ^
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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。# A& n6 n2 E" h( g' e( z9 E5 U
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