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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。; R* D/ r$ \; n) s  s7 {, B( ^3 X- \
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?
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2 ^! N: ?/ k) J' gM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.6 H: Q, A3 A& s. `2 I+ l

! n" E+ X% j& v9 OL: 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。. z1 X8 u  q5 N; N. U; k

0 ?: x7 [3 ?6 {8 O7 j4 T7 oM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.7 O5 \1 V+ g, k
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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。5 N9 y3 q5 Z  j: [7 E" x
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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.# F( u) c( r7 m) y# i
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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, a' P# a' P2 N+ P8 |5 k& bM: 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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1 A. L' E7 L7 A! WM: Um, I certainly did.
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/ M7 w8 E2 P% k. z4 NL: 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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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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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 ]: s* e) A) \6 C! A2 l) O% F

- u3 {, q/ l  W9 L% c% WM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.: d. _6 z! e  L/ a$ N

( u$ u8 V6 p1 w  ~L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!( C- W4 Y" m7 `

+ ~. ?- J9 R: H; n% ~; W# nMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?) Z* I8 w  V9 V8 D( Z6 X% k9 }
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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 o$ E( h1 y% f9 y1 y1 k

. s1 X# f3 J" h& 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。- M) b. W7 x) X5 x

$ \! Y$ a1 ^' x) pM: 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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6 v; ]8 b# s: i- T7 S) R; YM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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4 E1 f2 J- T. D( J% D+ d( c6 jL: 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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M: That makes you a bigmouth.( r+ Z9 N- n9 f5 a. F: B7 ^
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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。
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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./ S) |7 C9 y3 U! E& m0 |
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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!2 z6 ^( e* {0 i6 V4 O9 V( W
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.
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- u% v9 j# c. o5 \7 h3 Z6 B' o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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