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。

7 V; z/ ~4 n& }2 e  ^* V' x2 OL: 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.
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+ s3 b, |# [; h6 p" z7 AL: 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。
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& b' y3 I1 p7 V) t4 d% K4 eM: 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.

L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？

M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

' j' R# L: C5 n0 @/ O6 Z) IL: 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。

1 K* X  z) |, LM: Um, I certainly did.
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; ?' Y9 H: O$ ^L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？

M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.

, ~1 L/ s) H# Y7 K! p3 z& kL: 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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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.

L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

* g; n' F3 h, D0 _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...

6 [- w, b1 r- y, h: \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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# y* b9 {1 Z" V1 L6 n0 o% t  YM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!

& N; S: H5 X/ _4 `1 M& f& e. TL: 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？

/ c) W1 i1 X+ A3 u1 BM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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, S& I$ U2 P+ t7 z2 ^3 mL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。

# ~3 H  ^, u* F; WM: 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？

6 ?2 B1 w! R6 u8 a0 u- \M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
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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。
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0 T+ p& v  V; ^7 M$ cM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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4 |' X/ s! e' H- N% L% iL: 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！

M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

  M5 W4 i1 F- Q2 |L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

( ^; F( C% E" J, ?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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