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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6 C% q" v" M- \  PL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？
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: x0 _8 k2 P- k9 U7 ^& `4 a" i& {M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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" c/ C6 t* r; XL: 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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7 w* A1 k4 F8 y$ h) A6 ]9 HM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.

$ F6 j, p5 @% {$ h) e- {L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。

, A$ W, C0 U5 f7 ]' W0 \( _" Q5 NM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.

L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？

2 Q6 j7 r# q# E. |% f7 y; v3 T2 g0 GM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

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。

) p$ c9 j  k. \. P, t2 aM: Um, I certainly did.
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L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？

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？

M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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. ?7 U. V1 W6 z  e* [  e+ t3 F3 B) kL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！

Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？
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0 I5 `+ p& d3 f# B- b7 ]. ~) \+ PM: 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...

- L" W6 i0 h2 z, {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。

; n! \& l0 z  j! E# i, Z7 eM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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; H  ^, a$ Z2 X; ^1 n9 T- j* nL: 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？

' {0 d, m2 @# B3 L  Y; DM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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L: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。

M: That makes you a bigmouth.

' V# I8 l2 q3 D6 k1 Y4 v/ y) DL: 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？

) U7 n1 s: L2 o9 H, nM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.

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.

+ Y: O6 q, \9 B7 f( Z1 ?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！

7 ?5 [$ J) a" @8 J3 _0 }M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

6 Y- s: f6 _+ ^/ v+ L% sL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

! H, O; M5 r3 \1 c' |& S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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