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。( I6 w& O) c8 B- h5 E( y
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ 1 q% L9 x, Y2 D6 p 8 L9 i% R- c5 M ?9 tM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.8 g/ U8 `0 S: ~2 Z7 N
% G7 `* r9 v2 A5 j7 iL: 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。 2 O( G: Y6 E8 T 7 p6 Y) Y& a; {M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.4 V, [" G/ A( R8 M, v- K% 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。( U0 F- s4 B" X2 g$ p
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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. , O- ^0 C' P6 |3 w$ j4 k% {' y$ E6 v+ L3 s
L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？( v+ w, T3 o% w* m; C$ D8 u
; y7 y) M8 f0 v z/ P/ R& ^- hM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.9 L; H' f% E) s! V# ~+ G: @& q) P
+ P' X& p: r, yL: 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。 Y2 p$ d% |8 O
# I1 W% x% [2 ^ o: dM: Um, I certainly did. 6 j" Z1 o4 a( \ D7 Q( [ 7 \; C& i- d. d) bL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？ 5 l' z5 R2 T9 i7 ]: `, g1 g6 O9 J% l' f4 m2 D4 J8 G7 S0 Z8 ^' W
M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.: M% Y8 G5 C ~& Q1 m- p) Z, ?
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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？ , B( m% K& d9 R9 `" e5 O# o $ O/ M) }: I* J, E. ?+ {2 V1 OM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. ( b- A: v) p. {- F Y 5 T# q5 `. I% V+ jL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！6 I w* K) ?, ?% g1 t+ u
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？. ~9 _9 b" w7 G/ L- x2 @
0 l. l9 J: Y! s$ D0 ]% B( S) oM: 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... , O W5 q& b- w. U, e4 _4 A( E; G9 S1 n% ]
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。2 H% y F9 d# m, E+ t5 S: W# B
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!6 p5 j3 I: o; q' k1 G& v
- m. ^- }& {) D. Q& b# }% d8 |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？* u: D: c) `. N5 J _
9 g5 l2 x* n. v4 UM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!' a+ z- ?% L! Q1 k1 u! p, t
+ U' \% v* k1 [- {3 [9 `L: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。" P5 p: j2 d) h; k' N
] T4 c4 F# m, ^$ X, |% |9 z' _M: That makes you a bigmouth. 3 D l' u" `( ^5 f1 @9 Y/ n$ G% x
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？ 9 y; F1 l! Q$ h) e2 q1 R0 z F
M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. . {5 _3 g9 ^7 C+ r0 g, t+ } 3 I2 Y8 F k! b5 f" x5 Q4 d/ X% p6 BL: 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 n4 A1 K+ D4 R1 X! U B
: C, O1 [7 ]- d7 KM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.' N' j8 n/ @: }5 |0 K) l
& u7 T$ ]0 l P0 e0 ?" S& iL: 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 h1 n$ E$ Q4 z
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.7 V2 x. G: \4 D6 k# u3 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。! V+ j/ N9 t2 r- j! [0 e: c0 J
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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。( q, W1 L! G) Y* T' S* [3 l
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