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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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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?
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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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7 t& N3 D. \9 z8 pL: 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。+ I7 u( j; L0 N8 n% M; s$ e' F
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.' q3 j3 Z8 X: s* C$ Q
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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。
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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.
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- z: k" A' C, {7 mM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.; r$ A; M1 r! ?

2 c! u$ f5 A8 `+ c2 W9 GL: 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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9 E# u7 O' M! P3 e# VM: Um, I certainly did.
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" R1 K& m- ?/ e/ O8 @  I- YL: 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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& I/ m8 Z" A4 w% m6 Z( X# q8 J9 JM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.- r! f: u/ w/ N, M  H0 Y

  g! [7 y' b& F! @" rL: 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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/ b5 q5 g1 j6 n& }. YM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.% r& K" d; r: |: V

5 m* w& e0 @7 X4 p8 f0 N& }9 xL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!' ~: T1 j: r- w

2 V) X# m, l+ V8 N$ ?# BMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?
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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。8 c, U& i! a. U" g0 y

' P. n6 z$ \  n3 GM: 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?
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& C/ S- c3 [% i6 f$ ~. V" R( {0 e) bM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!1 `& y$ v' j7 S* a/ o1 d% x% Y

1 S$ x  h( [+ N! G0 W* }) S  UL: 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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6 x8 j1 W, l/ @: _M: That makes you a bigmouth.
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5 J) ]* t$ x( m* FL: 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?; R$ ~5 t/ s- a3 P2 ?: W
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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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。) V& O. W. d2 ^
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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.
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& ~! [5 c* Y* J, qM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.
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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。! e3 [1 N& O" ^! b" Z. G9 q

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