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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。. v, b* U. [; g/ I/ C

; @6 p9 x$ U" C* u5 u* i9 a5 {0 SL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?! u* h- y- x% q3 Q/ J- a; ^, \
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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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4 `' W) v2 G! V% I2 W( ?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。
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4 Q1 ?) N% F) z2 k! \M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.2 m# t& T- ?7 J; y

0 [/ G' O5 a8 z0 m' ~L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。0 F; |" K, G, O, n7 `

& I9 F" c/ l! ~% s* }. ]M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.% G  Z5 e/ a) e& K) x9 p- O, M
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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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3 t: E$ _$ M9 H) |) k+ {M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.  z9 p1 H8 e; `: n& N

$ b9 f) u* e  m* N) uL: 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。4 F- ^  \$ _/ L

" {6 R" q* ?0 G, u8 n* P" fM: Um, I certainly did.
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8 `% h4 p$ {3 k0 ^5 Y# Z( UL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方?: w6 o$ i9 A. O: a  U; T8 t
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M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out./ |; w1 j5 o: K% B* U! c
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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?
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* M' J4 s& P: H) N7 n( K' q3 b. lM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!2 d1 v" |0 e. r( [8 V7 W
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?. g/ a* Y7 l$ w$ }, Q6 O% K8 T0 I

2 D4 d4 ^9 v- b  k# V% D8 gM: 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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0 A8 v! |9 G. t: [" IL: 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。, K( D* C, H  h! q# L& N9 ]6 L
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!, d" I5 M4 w4 q. a3 u/ V9 R, s

( O7 @9 b, Y% w# W5 ~) QL: 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# ^, h/ y) V* f( j7 R, d
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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5 |+ H5 B$ [" N/ j* a$ ^3 CL: 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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" v. _% A6 r; P; lM: That makes you a bigmouth.
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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?8 l( c1 H' Y" ^7 E1 J0 `4 P

1 y2 @# ~6 M* a0 `6 x% A5 x2 dM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.7 y/ e8 ^; _3 I) m
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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。) y# J3 i1 Y- l& d5 i' d- R* `% A

. ?% Z" z* t+ f& Q+ G7 j) P! VM: 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!
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.: E) X$ v1 i% P  m% y  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。
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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。4 A: K5 D0 L7 g
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