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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。4 @( O, \) _; M& S
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?* s4 C* t: S$ P7 \+ x! H' J. V1 \( c2 h

  W2 n/ _( L4 c9 W7 [M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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7 ]- r' `; ~7 G9 \6 mL: 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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5 A" F9 _% I, \M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.) e- D* e' `- h) _9 Y" Z+ m: v" E
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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 H% \# V' I# w! D* x6 b) \
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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./ }  c: R" u* _! `" J' V

4 u/ B2 Z6 d+ P. c/ m3 `% hL: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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6 g! v% @, A7 I9 }9 i/ R. @M: 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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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。
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, J( v3 S7 U! V) Q4 W- U0 z- RM: Um, I certainly did.% |9 v# t9 t0 {+ @% s$ Q
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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?
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0 ?- M: f5 B3 {M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.
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& v" Q) m; }& F) |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?9 q/ ~2 Q+ [$ h& i0 R/ |
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays." R( i& G& |/ H1 O, N( K
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!9 C1 T8 e* ?$ b5 f1 R" r. c+ l
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?! y0 O; O9 C4 \& E. S
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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...8 f3 z4 e7 ]! W6 V, |4 g3 v

/ t& j  x) ~3 h, |' M) S1 f, O' Y' T# KL: 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。: a2 H) F& ~2 w! Z: m

0 e! E* E, t6 `% a$ J+ P( qM: 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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6 p8 }+ q) h% b; X2 GL: 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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" r, J, ~. s7 K: {M: That makes you a bigmouth.9 r! g* S4 E! Y6 K5 c
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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?
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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。& x7 H4 _& h' z4 ?# U

5 h  b; |; k* @% gM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.- y3 V' h1 x9 Y; g% c

6 B' y9 Y$ F# O) nL: 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!6 F/ \1 T; u& X! B! e+ o3 H4 `

0 K# v  d* c1 m: UM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.1 r% m5 ?  N5 D; m  C3 M/ J
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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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! ~6 I* ~1 c$ L+ ]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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