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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; L$ |! d  s( o  `6 nL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？

' R8 K5 ~; P$ |: z' K$ NM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.

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。

3 ]% }0 K: Y0 P) R9 Q3 {M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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; q. y6 Q& ^3 RL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。

; D2 _9 i9 r4 U0 [; R! j+ jM: 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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2 Z3 y1 i8 z# [& J1 D0 g" D7 fL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？

M: 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。

) H( Y- f( e+ f! K* r6 HM: Um, I certainly did.
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" B) f6 R0 F5 j* E( Q1 l8 R9 _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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0 Z3 L& D; O& ^% w0 ~0 Q: zM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.

( v6 x4 @) V1 T6 `0 J& A7 vL: 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.

  I6 E4 P5 ?# R6 B" r8 zL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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8 [3 @4 j6 W7 ]& a" q" S6 VMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

% J6 K; I  a: c" D+ M' uM: 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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% |+ \) y4 v, tL: 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: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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: @/ R4 c! l2 n9 R/ K2 h! w2 [. x; W5 b4 TL: 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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( ]# l8 J) |% T8 n% k' H5 XM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!

' V- W! Z& }3 G: }. X! ZL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。

4 j, o1 P8 X5 f& R: hM: 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？

M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.

9 [# q' X3 j9 @( }% t& EL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。

: E" W5 L# J9 q1 w2 U5 UM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
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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！
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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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L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

5 Y( y4 E. m+ Y9 x+ M; L" }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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