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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?  E4 ]8 x; e# k% D2 @

4 _1 w9 J6 L- T( ]* Y" D9 lM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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% P* J1 B! y$ x6 ~% w& X4 j6 gL: 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。3 ?; J. k0 ^/ [3 [

7 O3 u7 P7 V. d. |- B4 ~: BM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.6 n6 p, F1 j' M$ e
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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.3 _1 J% D# a: I
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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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M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.
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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。
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& q8 y" }# s& M+ H# o7 U5 i+ SM: Um, I certainly did.( z+ P- N) j4 O

8 [: H& p+ N- F, u8 Y9 \L: 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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" N$ n; E+ n3 S! \3 {" T8 \  WM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.
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, C) t9 r0 c6 \$ }/ V& ~3 R* z6 sL: 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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" R" k7 e: z1 y& fM: 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!. u4 O0 x% e+ K0 `% Q% k# {
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Michael, 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...% T1 Z1 _4 D+ }& N
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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。  Z* E" W" k2 y
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!2 Q% V) y3 A& B0 z0 \1 ]1 ?$ w' N
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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?" y  a9 K" w5 o; v  B

' l; C6 D! p7 i4 pM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!3 H, v( K9 O5 B
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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。6 U( v% d  `6 y+ ?( ~
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.
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# k9 I* I* q$ AL: 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?
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3 H& d8 r8 p8 R( ]  ^( A$ ^M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.7 l- k% `& ^1 X

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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.3 D4 \, Y: q: g$ J2 J
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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!0 m! a7 E6 K/ b, l. z

9 P6 [* K/ Z5 b, m; w& r# E+ Y" YM: 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。4 a* K* o7 a9 A  n; X
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