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。8 n: a, U ]) X% H8 v
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？4 e0 h5 b1 R. O* a; L9 O t& U, q
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.& W. M7 c& c+ M) W
9 p. l" p3 I6 ?/ l6 cL: 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。 " E6 j; l2 S! X1 |$ n; }7 B! O6 ` / g7 Y6 @0 h7 f( b' `' iM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.+ `+ g$ N& c/ f% ? r
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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。 " s7 O. d1 V/ G/ u4 e) c: W% r: z3 ~
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.+ a8 S, z- @! Y% O! i
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L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ ! g$ ]' [3 k5 X ( B. Z D9 _+ L' ?% P7 |( e+ DM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.. }7 Q, w8 x# j8 ?
" L V" y2 ]2 B! C D# h/ q6 d/ }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。 5 I( G& |% P; ?& j 8 C6 |( e) ^/ EM: Um, I certainly did.- y9 W/ \* \6 ]8 U
! `4 i) l( |. H; r0 x) L% c( M% e) kM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.$ ?# F6 P. I( P& P
( c( @; i" ~3 T/ lM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.5 ]- i) _: ?, z {8 ^' b
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L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！! ~' z: u7 N5 r2 m
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ 3 a! c3 H9 ^! E z) p; d, R, d. j 1 O" G$ I) s: K4 rM: 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...# B2 f. @+ \# z4 O7 J
1 j: Z4 D# H5 S8 fL: 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。 ; w! e" V, i6 c9 V; Z2 M 9 f! ~0 q3 O: ~" gM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!+ a f0 w& e5 [ ]3 H
8 M* k8 v) d4 H$ T# KL: 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？$ f, g) U2 Z9 E+ |; p
( N- e" E' ?) p* f8 EM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!+ h6 o' ~* A- @0 z/ q
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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。& g$ w; c* J1 B! @; n, `, R
2 f& k! f& E; X6 B0 r" lM: That makes you a bigmouth. ( v6 ^/ g W" z" L4 `9 M( B& [$ G1 j4 m$ d
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？. T/ b0 X3 c$ o8 g$ _& j% |
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.7 K( l' a! K4 t5 W d, C* R8 T, C' Y
/ v8 \' B' G) [. P5 {& oL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。# p3 u# G) K7 {# }! ^7 v1 D
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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. % t/ X E2 g7 q' ~9 N8 y* }7 X' K l7 E5 y* u
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！& n$ t4 L# F/ X; ]+ q
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth. 5 @( O3 R3 K _9 d$ i+ { # r; T* ?: w* ~* z' G; X6 j# c" q, aL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。& S, B0 r5 _- S) F$ f, P* A5 S
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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。 ! B* a/ ^2 I" M/ F: _6 v, H" A, E % g: e" C t: A) c; QAudio as following: / _& T6 u6 E8 C [
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