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。

L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？

/ N/ e2 s7 h9 H4 bM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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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。
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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5 X$ Z$ j% M/ K$ [2 O0 f8 q. y: RL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。

M: 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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  R% I  I0 i$ C# ?- Y( [L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？
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" ?# s9 o; g$ J+ y1 I7 A* uM: 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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3 [& T+ |1 g3 J9 P! l0 S) o5 kL: 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。

, p% J1 Q6 _  ^; j1 ?: tM: Um, I certainly did.

L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？

  E+ {: D; |& \* K9 }) s, W6 |M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.

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？
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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' x& Z7 w' K/ x; |: AL: 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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3 T" \( ^  T9 p4 Q, ~- rL: 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。
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  K$ G! f5 [6 i1 Z2 zM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!

8 Z" S5 c2 |7 ]6 b5 h! s/ aL: 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？

M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!

0 n. g' \, `5 X) M& jL: 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？

M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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; g8 E2 ]2 s1 qL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。

) o' x4 r' `; y9 u5 E/ K  HM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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2 ?" I/ T, T; N% fL: 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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* _# k! D0 u1 P8 b, \7 c% O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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