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。5 U+ H1 G u6 I& T8 C9 C/ v/ A
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ ' m; d# v- G: \& N/ c. u- w. W5 T' o% X% I1 K! _# Z
M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. ' i' I3 N9 w/ n- O' C! O& z4 j ) r; R- d5 o! r7 ?* j* E2 ]4 l6 U9 \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。 / c8 X% p' P1 d% E / M0 I/ s$ T& u) a+ W# SM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.8 [$ q3 H6 B% P0 d
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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。 % r, O8 l! r ~& h. \9 g. ^" c1 r8 T) T4 `; n
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.: `/ ?+ F! A/ x0 i: X+ `+ ]9 f
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L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ 7 u$ g6 z/ u3 ? \- ?; Q9 ^( g+ z d
M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.7 b- f/ C! @9 ?* `4 m
7 u% E& Z: l. [% X. A2 _M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. ; `# G4 d5 z% u. Y$ R* @! \. _& K* O) p# }& |2 ]* `
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？ # J( n+ V3 W3 P7 C; r) ~! s 7 H2 Q! }: ]2 I1 [M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. c, Z/ @* P! i# g: i$ M! V: n: D6 B2 E3 g) b
L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！ * [9 J, x- n/ C* X7 f2 j! f& ^/ ]9 Q$ M7 [$ C* O
Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？- ^* a+ Z7 i- r u, Y8 Q
/ Y1 d6 \! R4 B' b2 I# H) b" q# ZM: 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...7 Y1 s& u. q$ j( G' h* [& F
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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。 . b8 `. T- M: p1 v* i% Q & l4 R. n2 d6 m8 z, v, kM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth! & F. z9 d# ]2 Y6 v+ z 4 X" j$ T8 L% C7 k) jL: 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？7 ^( ~! G( Y* `$ A% y
7 U1 \$ Q" G0 c4 |M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business! " y( g; T! M/ ]' `' J' V$ E* u , k: x' \0 r9 ?* `( pL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。# R4 t8 {+ L* o0 u& U
- {/ f* u; I& ?" JM: That makes you a bigmouth. ( u2 U7 L8 x! ~3 u % g2 H! H/ Y. {$ g Q7 ?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？ % T$ y- q! Y. y9 P/ W/ F8 S5 W! \) ]- m! W3 I6 Y
M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. ; V* F5 ?- O# J- p# I$ s/ a 1 `: A: A5 a9 ~/ a jL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。% T# `, Y4 F3 j. z" l8 ^5 i
* s* u* Y# a" ?) sM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults. ; C: y3 q+ m7 J& w7 h( H+ [ 1 Z5 Z, j+ J; R* q: CL: 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！ 9 j6 t% m; T6 f/ s/ b3 R; n1 } ~/ ?# `/ _/ o- y w2 C
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.6 z- |2 }6 T; k8 \& @9 `5 ~% 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。 8 s F: D' g' ~3 L/ ]' r$ W" M+ Z" a
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。 U# O# k0 N& a3 q- ~* W
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