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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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! J+ @$ X" {8 z0 C/ u/ T. tL: 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.4 G3 k' M2 w; U* A

( r9 n8 v3 G/ L  a& e( 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。. \% M7 A; r9 {2 p' \+ }; b5 u8 u; |

6 g* y' Q% I8 `" U" GM: 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。: _2 L" J2 |! e  J6 [) s
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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." L8 j+ u" [& U! t
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?6 q6 j2 D9 ^0 Z! w/ j* Y
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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.; D/ l3 I- v$ G2 F7 ?+ i/ d$ j1 j
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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。$ g1 k7 E& q6 X! o0 O  [  E

" _: q& {- q& G8 Z9 cM: Um, I certainly did.
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L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方?+ d4 h# t) N5 ?, {% C) S0 b
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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.: e% g: h3 c6 L* Z2 w
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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?4 W3 E* F- m  Q- L$ g" |! x
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M: 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!
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/ ^8 o- Q, n% l) o0 i/ cMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?1 u# N* g! G  g$ V" L3 N3 S( Q* Y

: p) |& W/ q7 L; |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..., @; x: o( n& z

$ ?/ r# t4 t; s9 AL: 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。5 G, u1 G9 P0 t6 D7 w7 X+ ]

& ]# q, v0 h0 C/ s7 [M: 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?
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M: 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。
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" ~8 G) V+ N2 a( U# uM: That makes you a bigmouth." ~. Y4 A- N: F
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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?% [6 m- }: O) V$ d- I

' y/ E6 g5 d. d3 [# p2 M7 fM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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+ |' w% _% Z+ SL: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。& _$ b. U0 p' ~* ]! V# }7 s& l* p
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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.
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8 A/ z9 O3 L* l& |$ w+ sL: 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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. g; e" y: c# ~* }" ZM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.& P1 [+ G4 p6 r! X) a0 s
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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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+ t8 L) J6 r+ e+ K' L- I* d: W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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: m$ _8 l/ g" d8 @( k2 c4 _6 FAudio as following:
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