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。3 S1 Z3 H* y" D- p% S
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？. I# }, _* U: K- b" ?' R
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there. {! ^/ O! }: P# Q- }
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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。 & ~1 w8 R/ ~$ e9 s/ r: n$ K4 K' I, p! T l; I
M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.8 y4 F' J0 t" u% A T0 A
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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。- y4 {, D3 {% c# D* r! _
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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.+ K& U$ d% h, X" a P# V' z3 W* q
' O: w1 D' V7 cL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？$ n- E( V$ S( U$ u" X' J
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M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.. m* u/ _0 t4 S) }
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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.* }/ u2 L" Z7 U4 j$ U" T
z5 G! _0 I7 |! x5 }5 tL: 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？ s: d6 s8 ]) W% I / d5 G" \. Y% GM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. # ]- C/ g9 C. h& x5 p & V( Z# g6 v6 a. t: Q2 ~. n1 pL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！9 n( m& i" W4 Z) @
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？7 w' S# {0 p1 I) H8 k, j/ _& K( M
) w8 ^$ I- t4 O& y1 RM: 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... % L) p! [6 D4 q3 c: N# ~' l; o8 X7 _5 \' B3 O% p5 b" P
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。" o$ ? O* c4 L8 _
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!1 g+ `* f T; g" W" b; U6 d
, o5 p. ~6 t7 k; nL: 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？ 9 K# c, |4 s% t; |* G! P' E4 U2 Q6 k7 C4 r5 d
M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!: }. U/ E7 ^7 F8 e" `( p
4 E) ?3 p/ ?! N1 L! O9 ?7 K2 KL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。 * i$ C* ~! q- v: u. L" j3 ?4 z$ l% `# W
M: That makes you a bigmouth.* R9 B% _8 L/ J: U' n X- n6 [
6 O* D1 Z5 {7 G' r$ dL: 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 Y) ?8 B/ C9 t4 B8 m, e " w- P8 @: J+ i3 @' v- @2 m GM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.4 _0 K0 h* H: m1 B0 ]( S
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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。. c( j4 B0 o. V6 S3 [" S
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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.1 T! ~8 i+ C: F7 y- Z# t1 ]' O) u
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L: 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！ ( a4 \, _( S/ n. k7 x) Y' d- D$ @' K4 i# c- I7 r; M
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.) m7 \! _4 u J5 H2 g( A
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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。 $ N8 S) J3 o3 X" E4 e) r: y& r% [: ^
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。 : r1 D% g' J O8 G3 K; O0 T; ?% r. e
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