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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?
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7 _5 i4 E# O( gM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.2 M+ _! U3 R9 i* f  o* \0 V5 Z
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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。( T) R- J4 h; I4 M) K
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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$ |  e6 ~) @4 h( m% UL: 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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6 J; A  [, u% }- v9 @* z" bL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?: W& X* h7 P: c! o' i0 N1 y5 R" K

9 o2 s" d+ y8 k- [2 vM: 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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/ B$ M4 `9 \8 _9 n3 n# rL: 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。# U1 R4 ]/ K& ~; g8 I) |' ~
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M: 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?& C5 j7 _' ]' e1 ^( d, H
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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.8 o+ C2 C# P& p6 ^4 ?$ L

. k5 E. u, Q3 {$ E& xL: 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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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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3 ?; ?2 U/ y' yMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?) L, w+ r' {) r- H9 O3 E+ _6 U
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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...
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9 R" w5 h* v/ v8 ]- C  Z# \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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  Z% Y3 t  a! a2 VM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!3 e' C3 _" x. [( n+ t
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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?- M" ^. s0 @7 o7 ?& x
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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。% I+ `% M6 M$ R0 X3 Z- w4 l
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.
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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?/ v6 \' Z; c9 N8 V. @
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.9 T% x0 l. a) C. I$ l* X

: J" f# G/ d( I. T0 zL: Michael,我真不应该那么多嘴,把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。
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' |0 C+ w6 T; T( S6 v9 S+ W+ m) UM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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/ q( d; a" L( P9 tL: 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.
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9 u" r2 w8 |$ e) h5 T: HL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。6 H& j" |4 w4 ~& ]7 b4 |
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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。7 U, r# [& a" n

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