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。; @/ B& O- k% Q H: Y
/ D/ a. m% i5 C. h: S! dL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ - N4 Y) m+ u/ W# E' t 4 l( e. P9 H/ Z# q& N- j' gM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. , i( h3 A# w% }9 _+ p , ?0 a% y5 B# f+ `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。- E0 B6 R$ s' m4 S% X
. j6 ~( W, ^% k! `' @1 wM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.) r( i p' Z& ~% T5 b' i
9 z% {9 E5 w4 n3 j/ U9 e, EL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。) i6 A0 W: K6 ~: d$ `0 T
a; x9 c, I0 O/ l- T/ a. ~1 MM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.$ U8 N- d3 h4 b. d* x9 Z
0 y$ s# d1 n" f/ B* c; y5 BL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ 4 J3 _# a1 J" D 7 N- q2 ~+ a( w6 X c9 bM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving. ) c( }, _3 I+ ?. h. @5 X: D% x3 g, q- c) P8 c
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。 % W y' `! C0 p7 [: [5 F9 a. D) e" P8 w+ L4 K
M: Um, I certainly did. ; p5 E$ n- c3 Q( o7 s9 g# W 8 q# J$ B. A q) GL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？5 v2 J# A6 t& b O3 N0 _
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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.2 R9 e$ N/ N, z. A9 ~ O8 b
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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？8 T( U) U8 n/ V% i
% D6 n- H. F3 e/ W/ Q5 S& QM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.! ?* ?; ~9 M F% k, I
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L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！ v2 W; Z# g4 ^9 F$ E# _9 M% o: d/ T8 i
$ n" S o$ z. D5 ~! F% R" MMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？# p& N( d3 t% J+ x2 N1 z
1 ? T1 F6 ~% F: d, VM: 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...: r' ]8 S: Z* p) X* V& z/ h0 V! A& R
6 ?$ y4 x+ Q( A2 Z: 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。 * B1 a, f! w9 ~% B% }; {7 C, w& I# Q
M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth! * p. [9 z6 G% C9 U: p# l4 k# l6 _& w( W" I3 W z" | e
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？ 3 _: x! }$ G4 E& @8 R9 m' h( d/ \ W& `- w# E! ~0 h, x
M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business! 7 w) w0 o- @1 H# s6 b3 z * ~7 [3 [+ b8 k7 k4 q, qL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。7 N: K- x1 t3 \8 z7 T+ a: i
9 W* C# k2 d9 l5 u, uM: That makes you a bigmouth. + n: G$ ~. G8 ^8 c; O- H2 [4 B) K2 ~; U. r+ Z
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？" i! E7 U! b& m; X
0 I# ]7 G' f* k R* G k) g$ FM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. * i3 k: h7 Y8 S ' f' ?" n# ?% G8 NL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。 9 ^' d5 @/ h+ v) @$ p0 n1 F9 n9 F* E6 C+ s; L6 f$ _ u0 J
M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults. " A, u; @* `7 U" f% A/ i. g4 C, C2 Y9 ~/ a- `' A! u. I
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！( X" q3 x1 U& N( s2 }
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.# f( {( v: n# L7 C9 K5 s" P
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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。 & n+ E* N0 t; {# q1 D2 X+ P( P- ]4 Y5 k7 R. ?, q
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。 . r p: W' r- X) o& h7 h. Z8 v8 e! ]0 q3 X
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