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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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) N/ N: ^1 c5 c- w$ U: @( N  k( b$ mL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?) I/ R5 V& R' e1 p, M

5 O: ~" s" w1 G' u+ J8 ~2 IM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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4 J+ ^( C' A$ D7 U* I, YL: 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。( b6 B, i0 u& O4 t3 F
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M: 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。; a3 q+ o" h$ M

+ i4 _) x8 H  |7 G  Y' A) MM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.% u% x& v9 s* v1 `+ }( W

* u( f  y9 h0 M& ~; YL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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' A4 R+ m5 n. k) {* u0 Y- @M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.+ v5 r& ?; Y. t$ O
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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。/ z' Q; s3 D7 Q' y

' P0 X; C4 g" ~M: Um, I certainly did.
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* }$ T  F5 ?/ v/ IL: 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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0 I% R7 y! k1 [" S( X9 fM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.* x6 u* K% n  N
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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?. q9 Z# L) }% k2 s
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.0 o9 X! U7 C5 P- V. W' e

% A6 A/ D- l+ f; `5 W) oL: 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?
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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...
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; @2 E; R/ q6 R: a3 b3 V6 p5 GL: 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 x; o7 s: j  u* [$ X
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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8 E% M( ?# D" D! W+ E: V0 OL: 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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+ m& q# w; L0 ^  p8 F3 u/ e  {M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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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。
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.+ S4 d0 e' M, ^- z1 S) K
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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?+ {) G& [9 S4 @) B
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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  s5 a0 A) t8 F! YL: 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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8 F9 R4 ?# p& {% l2 s' u! [+ Z, ?/ NM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.1 @, S6 \3 J; G+ w# ^1 Y- W
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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!
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.5 o$ g: `  v6 o
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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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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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