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。
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- k' A3 w; W* D1 B7 }% ?0 QL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？
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  P# \' P$ z) Z$ j% f7 `M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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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。
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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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。
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2 t0 O' L0 w- Q* iM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.
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& j9 h7 \0 m1 rL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？
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% M0 z. b3 u) f! M/ FM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

' p& e; g4 O" i! s+ p) f" {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.
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. q3 V9 m' _, I% H) Z  u  QL: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？

; q' Y8 S" Y* V. U# u% p( ^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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' \, h5 k9 s+ KL: 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？
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.

6 |9 a7 H( A+ e! ~( k, lL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！

3 E4 d5 H& Q+ H/ ~. S# nMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

3 I5 V( l8 b" ~3 HM: 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...

+ h# n, D4 A1 x* g$ s. BL: 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。
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" M# l# W  C8 ~6 p0 K4 n5 iM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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0 o9 m/ j5 J5 L0 xL: 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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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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) B/ @+ W$ A7 M4 ]6 J/ X; N+ \L: 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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$ h+ y& A% @  Z" e/ H% I2 w' tM: That makes you a bigmouth.

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$ p9 C" L3 }/ u: W; U2 _- M8 H% XM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.

0 j# m/ A  D! d) J: @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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1 W# J) B' ]8 n# z, S, S4 o/ sM: 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！
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8 [- B: _, p# q1 F% }! k0 XM: 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。

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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