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。 ( S- H" B% O! x8 o9 P# d4 j5 G: `0 N/ a7 L4 f) b
L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗? , q* h3 P! z9 [+ X% F, z. O( n* \3 E" d& h7 i2 B. X
M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there., ^5 D I6 R. i% `4 e% S1 B/ n
1 m X% o2 f% v2 L; N2 `, o$ SL: 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。5 T) N; b% T6 o7 W4 A9 O
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out. $ r* \5 B& G! \! S8 |0 o( e9 Z9 p. y7 B
L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。) Y& s/ m% P; n# W
+ v9 S0 E0 {9 |M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.; Q: z' b: e( K+ C4 P
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀? 5 g5 H& u9 h, Q+ O1 M( k+ q, ~' z' ~. B1 y0 U
M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving. E) P6 `; d7 j( l0 J - X C5 P5 k% ~& BL: 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。 * O) q/ \! o0 B' U: Q 1 F* b4 J' k- K7 D$ ?& vM: Um, I certainly did. + G# c' A' y1 A! ?$ Y" e* ~. k8 c4 ?6 v {
L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊?能不能用在别的地方? 1 F3 e1 A3 P, M# ? , ~5 a5 G3 K: Q+ y( m# q2 J( dM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. $ u! L6 l: U" w. x , x; u% e' a" H4 FL: 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? ( i, I, D( i- z" ] , N, J; D$ p% d1 y5 cM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.- u) U* N+ ~$ k) l/ I) f
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢! ; |6 K. Q. H: L0 K0 e7 | L" F2 o- L' L; {( e% WMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?+ e6 K0 v' {5 F) z y
- o1 c u+ y# a* g. r0 xM: 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...9 G v' F. L& A" q$ p, ?% }: e
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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。 : `) `, f! t7 k9 A % B- i3 e4 o2 h$ QM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!$ u8 d* T- u$ ]
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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? * R; k/ U, r3 o' |" L/ b X: v, M+ g$ f
M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!7 W" `& Y8 j- |: Z& G3 S+ i
( Z, f; G3 u! eL: 噢,你不是说我嘴巴大,而是说我多嘴,爱嚼舌头,谈论别人。, p8 y) ^$ `' c1 q5 b# }+ f$ r' ]
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.+ i4 m' }# W+ v5 f6 N5 d4 v& f3 M
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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? + n# N. `4 b" s& ^! b- b- A , c/ @" E* ?2 ^3 U8 {1 U# oM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. $ x: O; k! V' o! {9 D8 c5 y$ {* A6 Y+ h9 Z
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。0 M3 b& m" J% d# Y6 m$ T
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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. ! ?! X) i( |- @0 u. m # V; k. T: d' P7 M; 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! 1 F, S1 v+ d/ l3 c 5 O3 [, K- n: h/ ]: j8 l7 S! @; yM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth. " E+ m, a6 J* e+ Q* n+ N$ x% M, P4 z" L! T: f4 o* y- H
L: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。7 c9 T+ i! Y5 G; A+ O7 f, @* `