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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; ~, w' w7 t* F+ }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.

; O$ K% s5 Z1 ]* y7 O9 wL: 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。

4 i' A8 C! m& v4 X6 f* {$ QM: 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。

& y- ^( N6 I* S; o1 u! t6 ]M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.

L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？

# z; l! U% f9 cM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

; v$ j7 \! }% e) x  S7 p- oL: 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。

) Z" i' o) W7 g9 h6 I( W1 OM: Um, I certainly did.
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6 i8 v& I2 W: I" }; M* s! U; yL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？

1 d: K5 w: K; T+ tM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.

0 `6 I9 P0 S; G! @  CL: 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？

9 C5 ?! v8 D& L4 j- H* sM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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. L0 R0 s# V- \) p+ W: VL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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, b4 t! E* A5 O* Q- vMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

+ ]* L, s0 B, `* a6 N+ `/ vM: 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...

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。
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# z( `2 s4 k% C3 OM: 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？

% {5 Z7 g' D. H- Z* X( D  Y6 rM: 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。

3 a; s, D8 s3 kM: That makes you a bigmouth.
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. P+ X: U( n7 S) L$ X7 C5 WL: 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？

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。
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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.

& z8 `8 A3 N% z( n8 j$ xL: 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: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

: u: L" V# v/ U7 {2 ~( i2 hL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

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。
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