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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, |( [, q2 D' H: s. \! Q" pL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？

M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.

7 c; `+ m1 |8 Q! {2 QL: 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。

) z) `/ p: b, ~, e- IM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.

2 J  ~6 F. G5 ]% [L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。
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+ U9 S3 L. h0 ~9 \' ?: T2 m8 sM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.

; k; z" i/ Y+ z6 J# ~L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？

% r6 J* N2 _* b' @5 W% CM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

9 J. c" [1 O& a5 JL: 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。
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6 e* C/ l" h8 w( _7 ?- d( Y# X* aM: 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？
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7 S0 d! T2 |8 s5 W7 m3 E$ mM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.
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" H1 _; t! _8 e) j7 z* qL: 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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  u) X+ Y, w" a7 Y( HM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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/ ]: b- m4 U$ {: f0 \Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？
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% e# _' L$ c1 G0 w% ~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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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。
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* N* A8 q5 {' S; O/ j5 iM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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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？

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

: R9 i* v6 e! ?5 O; @7 WL: 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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1 j% h% _# Z4 ?; |! c) LM: That makes you a bigmouth.

7 x$ f9 u6 ^& V/ z# T) L# WL: 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？
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) ?  l9 ~! j3 q, o2 ZM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.

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。
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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.

5 W# p) g) R& R7 o8 IL: 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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  r& J4 H& K# j0 r' o2 ?, JM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

& v" z4 e) ^6 ML: 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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