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。4 f; Y, v) o( X7 A7 X p
% j* q0 z! G+ N: S/ DL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ " `0 K h( G: U1 g9 Y* ]# W1 P 4 ]0 I1 ]4 f% K H4 DM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.9 H% r+ Q& Z: D5 s1 S2 i; w: y: A
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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。( Q; [% s/ v0 E, P( `2 p
3 L2 C! R) c8 Q4 w2 oM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.* C4 y. W z; y5 w
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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。 ' L' O4 `7 K- ~$ R! z/ t4 |5 Q5 t$ ?% Q$ z7 N
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.& \' T7 K7 K9 K
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L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ 9 N$ M2 v+ C' L4 L s- S3 H4 ]0 {& l) j! Q, k! B- ]/ 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.9 m4 S" h3 q- g- s! o
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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。2 z2 l5 t: R/ C- H+ `2 z
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M: Um, I certainly did. 7 Y4 L9 z! j/ h6 j9 M z& S( I: W4 L1 f; d0 k. M; y) t
L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？ 3 g* S3 P; b+ q 5 x3 y: a1 H- q7 r' G# zM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. * k* E0 Z( \1 C. B% E/ E" w9 Z3 V ]# v" L* i
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？# c* P: g8 z. O0 {3 w+ \9 f
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. 4 }3 |: S; }: U* H4 ^& C7 n& f7 ^7 x V; ~% i$ |! q
L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！3 X+ C6 j. ?3 z, @/ B
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ 7 x+ t' A# _& H0 p) w) W % A9 M2 B7 g0 z$ A3 z- R6 s- ^2 B9 SM: 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...1 ?& R$ z, B" ~& u8 K
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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。, ^5 X6 u+ ^6 ]0 B% F% C7 d8 A7 X: X
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!6 X$ E7 p; f5 u
- T% F, e/ h$ r3 u1 A# n% KL: 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？! [5 V2 {# ]# A
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business! ' r' \; V( ~9 _. u: F) H9 u * W6 C4 z' b# _- UL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。2 b, Q( `7 j! i
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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？' o1 ^0 H$ h* ~9 E' |
6 q5 v$ k( c7 `: N9 gM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.# _9 i* {3 d3 q2 P- ]1 w% ~
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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。; B! m |2 R# h0 }: ?( h. s- n, w
0 p* l8 I: n; R0 EM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.3 b4 I& T8 h+ P% u |" J
7 w2 v. b' F w1 _ j) a: gL: 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！ J0 I. T, B8 o. ~
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth. 0 _; u6 a0 k- ^( S j' C P4 L; _" e' ?
L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。8 B% k0 _0 d) ^9 m( S- R0 g
% e* T7 k( C( y8 z3 g; B% ?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。& `$ O) k9 J9 o1 [
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