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。: S8 l4 Y' q2 C J8 Y& k# `
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ 3 }! T3 ^/ r3 Q4 M0 m; c+ o2 R' l& {6 \. }9 y9 Y7 W7 R7 K
M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. 1 C( s$ m" L( Q) v& r# Y & l0 D1 J/ r# f* ?) S) HL: 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。 9 {- c- u! @' H& P( n 2 |: a) H# S- D$ v& ^% d- VM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. ! |5 V) z# R+ x' }3 B5 @" S8 w3 s+ N# E# z3 U0 `3 m
L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。 4 N, P& h* A9 X9 [3 k* V4 k: P$ a
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.; p- ] V3 Y: w* o4 _
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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. 8 @9 E6 h% d- v+ i$ u0 Y0 T & O1 P; g& l# TL: 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。6 g* F) @, q% ]% \! h% o, a
9 O( e+ B1 N6 z& nM: Um, I certainly did. , c J b) N8 k* X/ b( P; g1 B$ E- j+ p
L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？ $ I& v5 T1 j- w; I+ q; ^% f$ H& v. Z& k @. C
M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. + h/ a0 M) S; U6 N. a( d% G) m# l5 v5 q
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？ a5 Z6 M% T3 o9 c) i9 D& c - Y8 @5 Y. p6 }& tM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.9 m+ u# @0 @8 H7 ~1 l- n. Q! k0 _& Z
& b$ _5 m* b9 ?# T$ c$ cL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！ 0 D: [4 j! F2 d# X+ n/ V2 Z( q2 ?9 q ' v& o' n8 g$ ~4 u1 XMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ H. J) ]5 k' _/ k* {8 q
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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...# y' N' b* h n2 \1 I
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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。0 f+ Q# L$ V8 b' d
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!. k# F9 X$ Z0 }% f/ T( g% j3 v
8 p% K% |" v" x( J; YL: 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+ s2 v% B6 z3 I7 v& x. w( P4 D. M9 z$ D' {0 I: t- [8 C$ Z
M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!5 l. u; p. z- m6 z V( p) n6 K
$ D- a& D* i8 Z# h# dL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。 - {0 F/ j: Y" K! s* i0 t, b0 V8 F9 {
M: That makes you a bigmouth.2 V8 i- w' }- L- u8 T
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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？ , ^5 e6 |% q$ e" X5 J1 G/ m$ \, O( Q
M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.! k; t- C6 }6 P& O
/ F0 V; Z! I0 C aL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。 : c7 [ K2 ~- r6 N + a* t* L/ [5 Q: ?M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults. 3 P' o) W6 {3 J 7 g! A6 [' x! a5 HL: 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！9 `$ \1 |9 _) E: g3 q. l/ E
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.5 y, P. s, @- w9 G/ m/ `
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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。 / U/ f$ l$ ~/ a. u" M+ s * W- \5 h1 o; M8 m: V9 k" s( }Audio as following:0 ?% E+ t* n1 E# h. c
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