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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。! y  x5 S: p: G$ C4 ?/ _
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?) E2 }5 h' V+ O- W8 l

$ d- l" i5 y* D5 {) ]- MM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.# K. U2 P) ]* T. _. n6 F* t

5 s# j7 h- m* YL: 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。+ X& X5 B0 F& Y- {9 `9 |. ~
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M: 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。
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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.
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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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& M7 J: @' e* d+ cM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.  T8 U3 [  `# g" i+ Y( Y

" D0 `* b* r8 R8 Q1 A, h1 GL: 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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' W- I8 M4 B2 v6 }$ fM: Um, I certainly did.
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- }" g3 u% z: o3 _' n: ^9 t/ `7 FL: 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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8 f+ b% C) J) l' N1 L( t$ G4 }% tM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.* L/ z. i6 F( e* R
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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?
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, j' G2 e1 D* y5 y* V; z; ~Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?
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, i2 B% X4 a6 P2 B  |# JM: 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...6 m4 e) _9 p3 Y1 m. l) C* n' S. m
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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。
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!# u* ^0 I, e! M$ i
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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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( I2 L: p) s- h5 I# YM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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+ `/ T6 ]" u) q& J9 }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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2 g8 w; i4 U1 d( [$ j' O' E0 lM: That makes you a bigmouth.
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: g$ V1 o# _6 q+ `: X6 lL: 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?4 T% g: j, X& U0 O! l

) i2 `( |/ ?: e! C' Y; E/ iM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.. s) X1 ]% r  \, Q
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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。% L8 W- i( h0 U5 o7 a% `: @2 q8 G
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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.) v6 O9 ]+ l6 u, P- ]
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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!
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.0 Q( q  G$ I- Q  ^0 F) T3 {

) C% }0 s. T9 ^0 u& a" I/ n% _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。
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