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/ q7 M: J* V G) z# ~ z7 x0 a9 G
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ 0 z ~: Z+ I, S1 ^1 X* t 6 f5 O4 @" M; y; z; Y2 n7 GM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. , I# A9 Y; E/ a |5 l, j9 C% I6 r8 U0 I; Q5 O2 ? u
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。$ C' s4 f5 R/ \$ T% \
% o3 F5 E5 x4 nM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. @% P+ C3 F, Z1 Z# F9 C! a# f# \- n" r1 T
L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。7 p. h' a" J; H! s5 J
+ Z% H5 y+ w; wM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig. ) d4 q) Y+ @% I* r% C5 X& ?$ }6 }# |. ~5 E2 W v: w+ p
L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？8 a8 n8 Z9 \) B u
' t- O9 o; r! b9 x' p1 iM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.( P/ E/ e* i! O" ~5 n7 H
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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。3 ^$ D% b$ u" K- q- s1 ^
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M: Um, I certainly did.3 A: R; y' O$ c9 W
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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？! i& T% d7 Z0 O4 M
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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. - n* b& V) x1 d6 f3 }" v6 Q" t) f4 s- y6 b! M; g
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？ # ]8 [1 Q! G# X& Q0 h3 q" q % ]- t; i( M& E( s: dM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. . c3 b# R/ U& }0 j/ s $ C$ ?" d+ H% p2 a- Z+ v0 bL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！* @2 V) |. q5 L, D4 j# q
0 E/ ?: i U/ u( o: c+ P% MMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？1 B1 w) k- k+ N3 [
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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... + y. u1 A" F( \; K$ Z3 I : x/ N: m4 _3 X8 _' `1 M- ZL: 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。& g% D) f. v# p# e
6 V P6 K& E8 I9 ~, }. O9 \1 zM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!" C, o, g: R* c; e% {; t
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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？- V* |. c; T. Y' q5 d, d* u6 D" D
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!/ t& d! g/ r/ D" x
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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。% W& c, n- \2 }7 C
$ s6 q3 x' E7 n& W/ ]+ cM: That makes you a bigmouth.- N" y. W8 c' Q6 |$ \# T
- ?# \4 A2 k% i* p% ]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？ 5 E/ G* {3 n: a8 F7 J- U( @. ?# ]* V9 o; K. O$ r
M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech./ X. l: S( M7 L+ h9 p
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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。: l9 \" C+ q" t, h% l
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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.; P( Z: Y. ]9 z8 V R4 I
' ]4 X4 c, r5 c7 ]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！ % e: f6 \1 J, L! [) E+ ^- U0 k0 L' t0 P# W; [1 A, n# |3 X: i
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.9 Z3 i5 p% }3 W
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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。 8 U i$ d* }' I) ^' ]- {* @2 R7 p- b6 V2 H
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。, k! R/ v1 g- I' b0 m4 }9 W0 W3 g
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