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。. M, \7 ?7 E$ t& D( i
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗? ( Q w3 G3 O& O. R 9 c, g( |0 r4 |, }M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.! M5 [3 T. ~# [6 O8 |5 i2 R
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L: 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。 ! k8 J8 Z/ ?9 M; U; y- v & i7 n$ w! p5 V/ X; m4 SM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.7 n/ ^4 f6 ~! s
" T. r& E$ k- Y7 g3 Z) E* XL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。: T3 Y8 c3 C+ F. g7 H7 V# ^+ h `3 Z2 P
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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. & z5 d m& C2 `, ~) ^( }3 T1 P , C8 P; _6 A% W# p3 B, C( iL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀? " F' U0 G1 v. h( R8 b6 i4 V% V3 U; w0 t* T2 p& a* I
M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving. ! D0 L) k9 U* s/ X7 m' I1 d( X) @8 \; y5 C+ S$ W$ Y7 m
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。 / x% k1 h1 X2 F* r& d8 i# T d8 |9 O. t4 K, m& N
M: Um, I certainly did.. r9 ^" _' v4 F2 r7 w/ H$ {2 a
. L8 T! ~ f; `: d% EL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方? " d8 \" ~( a$ x0 | : Q% ^+ J: F& B0 `/ XM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.' c, } x; C/ n: w4 g
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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? / [ s2 @1 U" E8 n" d# n$ j# j: E5 v r+ D
M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.* [/ Z3 X$ z) y2 r H
; @( T1 D3 t: N# C+ P9 Y! w5 { z( L" Z# EL: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢! ' k, ]1 H4 Y: l% n2 d% A4 [ 5 o/ ?5 n+ h* F& z5 H- F8 ?" ~: k: _Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰? / r, W( w& M+ {5 i . {3 c" T; u5 }$ q; ~# AM: 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... + M5 o5 G: n! y9 Z 1 L# o @/ M/ O$ }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。2 Z) Y2 X! q& P9 I1 l: O4 T
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth! / S$ i8 O! J7 C7 T7 \# {: P" ?( B0 `% _, a( |+ }! B0 ?$ f
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?8 ]) D3 N3 _' I) r1 [6 Y, o
4 z8 F8 O, s6 v1 LM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business! - _3 D, z* s1 G `( i) ?( l( }2 T' H+ Y" L7 V5 X
L: 噢,你不是说我嘴巴大,而是说我多嘴,爱嚼舌头,谈论别人。 , R' S% c3 t4 a" \2 ]& m+ a1 ] 1 A: v; F- X1 B; w9 OM: That makes you a bigmouth.* O9 a2 y' x, I
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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? 8 ~1 j9 ?! C$ Z8 l! W* }5 c; X+ c9 F, A
M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. 1 ]1 ^$ w# s7 P) l6 ^" M8 p+ k/ A: v! T9 w; }
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。* e: ^$ S2 f; S3 [! y
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% o* h5 L6 v7 o+ `# yL: 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!3 i% c/ r0 Z0 G, i; |& H- ]' W; s
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth. 9 T, @* e* o/ Z# g* s 4 _ v n) f* B7 t* ^L: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。1 Y6 k# f$ _# u4 ^% I
/ G# R0 K# T0 W2 P$ J+ r6 [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。! ~1 | W& u7 K( L) d' b w
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