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。/ r) K0 g7 @* [
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？7 X5 U9 F% H, j& n
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.8 [; Q# F' [* a: {2 K
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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。! n c# a* ], F
7 o) R$ p3 A7 h2 c1 y# kM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. 8 |5 F! [4 @! X' \ - y9 R; i& P1 T2 ^- I' G& hL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。8 d' F- o8 r q% h
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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.- ?9 Z' q0 }5 C6 o, B
+ {8 ?* p8 t) H, B% fL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ % J& ` F5 W) ~: E- ?/ M7 O- j; T / k, L! r5 s1 _+ y8 A# m# u+ PM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.! ^8 x. j5 ~+ g/ u- ?! @ v
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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。 7 Q7 {+ Q4 Y! b7 l / @. V# b/ n" f* Q/ s- f5 i4 ]M: Um, I certainly did. 7 ]/ \- C- y9 z' z Q7 {& Q# v : |' H5 o1 `, X& Q4 NL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？ 5 O/ T& O, @8 C4 w4 |6 Z+ d$ A 8 g, }! F& `" a- |: K0 ?8 a( \M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. 0 X# c Z' W4 F3 S7 s; {, o5 R ; [* D( b4 G, ?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？' h: Z9 s2 b. t3 x
% k: v0 \. ~$ g5 L1 d7 S' a6 EM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.; k, J' o7 @3 S: M. n
5 j+ M2 \8 f' T6 sL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！! x5 c3 b5 V% W. X. V6 z; Q
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ 0 `1 X, a' M+ C/ K3 l+ ]( [- J/ @' V1 h
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... # ?, B z) V Q0 ~( Q4 o2 o: R) r
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。 , Z# _% T" i0 M! ~ + y. z- r+ E8 U" w/ j0 L6 c1 XM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!/ E" v0 \# C1 T2 F" T
7 J' ~# T( F( X" v. j G4 y0 V. i5 VL: 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？, t( H9 m) t7 z% E6 o9 g
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!" h) A$ F; ~* H" P' t: X" \% H
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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。 o& O r! \3 Z4 T- `
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.; q7 o" s! y) v* w$ K
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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？ ! W3 A9 a1 a7 e, r+ r1 c: c! b* I) f
M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. ) W$ H- }- T" t2 X/ f) Y, e. b/ j" ^3 D' }( m {
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。 / d! Y" C! w o) q! | , [- r4 V& G) d: G7 K/ ? fM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults. ; c0 o7 y: t1 |: l% r 4 P2 @4 W- Q; M+ i+ Y; q7 t+ I) WL: 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！ & ?" m, |1 b& \5 h & o3 z" H) [( ]. c w4 HM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth. & ^. K+ b2 v" g 6 ~- `+ `% e, u4 ^6 G* K0 dL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。' y% c+ K7 F1 z9 V# I3 h
! d6 o: G4 H6 E5 Z* y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。4 Z4 F8 j: x2 i# \; O, n, A
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