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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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; c+ u/ Y" r1 j; ^- j5 i" }L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?) a4 J0 x5 U. s. Q
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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3 N; i1 K, }. Q* S# s4 RL: 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。
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4 A& I" Y+ J3 g$ K6 i( mM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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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。/ c3 }0 W' ^5 I! @  F5 v0 v! R
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M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.7 |( K/ L: n' O) j$ |
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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- M7 O4 V' `3 f- ZM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.
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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。
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) L" R6 [4 g: m5 I& f) M$ gM: Um, I certainly did.
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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?
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3 Q2 E3 `6 G! z/ OM: 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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6 D7 N+ u" b7 t0 ~5 W" w0 eL: 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?* ~1 y! V  J& G" J1 Z% E) \3 V
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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' I! T: z4 \, @/ o6 VL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?! r2 {4 K3 u, g5 B5 L- Z

) T5 p# x! P) t; E# J; cM: 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 h) Q7 C9 \6 v9 w
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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 h. Y2 P- b; o5 r4 s* l
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!' W; f9 U' y" `' ~
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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?
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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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。, a% K( M1 J5 q! _

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& a% `; j! H+ Y9 N) \. [) O7 _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?
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/ {- ^6 T0 _& QM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.6 l9 d4 N  {+ L) ~: W

6 t3 c: n! I5 p3 g3 \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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. I* R; A/ Z# q" ~% oM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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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!* A) ^: J% m% w- _* Q) I$ V: B
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.  u' C9 d- z) o" j  d# g
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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。
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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。$ x  X4 V3 z+ Q2 `$ S

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