流行美语教程 Lesson 14 - pig out & bigmouth

Xbfeng

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 p; e+ E& L3 C9 A! Q: a& [
L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？

M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.

- Z3 R+ i; o. |1 d% 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。
) K9 Z$ T  J( d0 ^
: F' Q; e$ }) LM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.

L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。
1 D6 ~8 r) ], G
# e3 w( ?8 x& Z% A! `9 g3 x; ~M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.
) O8 N$ U$ G0 j$ O" @# ~. Z, x+ b
L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？
# f& M' o  z1 k: S, w0 J
M: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

7 ^1 l2 l- p6 [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。

M: Um, I certainly did.

- f& D  w7 I; L4 k, ~L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？

3 n( D' b5 q4 g9 n" T7 HM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.
4 L0 Z$ t  v5 i6 D* P' S9 L5 e
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？
; M# B6 K' _) k0 ]3 _
, c( [  W, @1 R2 K; LM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
+ p+ Y( l$ V" D  O
L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
3 R1 t4 n; P/ V9 c" s2 a
' s' k' D/ e$ w" R" e5 _4 V% C* }( qMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

/ t& q5 F8 F  U7 AM: 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...
5 n% B5 e% F: Z3 e
! V: u, F2 t, }6 k9 mL: 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。
! J6 v* R, g3 e  l' F5 g! g
1 S, C! A2 M1 g, z- g) b8 k- D2 R2 TM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
" f0 e4 Y% N' y$ ?- X
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？
8 R. Z$ X! c( R7 @1 W' N! E
' H9 g) U$ \- u) FM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
& G, Y4 g( x! E& H
' m, ^0 z/ y) n# |& G8 K9 ^L: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。

. F5 ~7 W, \' fM: That makes you a bigmouth.

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？

- g8 d) u" ]7 V  Z; i# T; zM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
8 B$ A" b9 @" U+ e/ |# W2 C# V
, w2 J# I% [* ?" n& l+ L# V  a) UL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。

& @& f5 K2 H8 c: l$ r! MM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.

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！
& b/ S( f$ n0 i  u2 p; k8 x
' B  V& x( h% k  r) JM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

* B% g  B* o6 T; @6 |9 F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。
% |1 V8 |2 {, V) g+ h
Audio as following:
4 J2 Z8 V* m  P