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。

; w- s+ b2 d2 ?# L7 YL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？
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" y6 V- T9 ~6 a3 GM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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' F5 F  V8 @- `( eL: 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。

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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M: 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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/ z1 W% W8 P1 Z; T3 H: NM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

( h8 ?  J" O' ZL: 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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M: Um, I certainly did.

L: 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.

8 z9 a- y- X9 I% RL: 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: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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! |4 ?" U3 u# C1 ~5 y( V  T/ FL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！

, y0 l0 c7 z8 x! M9 z% kMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

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...
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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。

! D! s1 p# K6 }* F# IM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!

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？

M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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! J1 m6 \& L8 x  ?0 eL: 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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* [9 x( ?0 a$ F3 V5 q& j* X' nM: That makes you a bigmouth.
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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.

+ }% h  I3 ^7 H! q4 ^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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. ?9 [! b6 @! u: p. ?5 J/ qM: 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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; G* x1 ]/ R- pM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

* V* O) C4 r' f" L; O) I' V, f$ }L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

5 Z) t, d9 a! y0 I: U5 ?/ \  V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。

  t6 w7 V& F# a' h" _9 u/ CAudio as following:
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