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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。; R1 |* t3 |6 P% P+ e) X9 d

' I3 H& u" r# M7 n# e7 GL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗?9 x5 {3 m4 g! E  m

+ ?2 y- t+ C6 m/ `M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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( R* M) c/ S/ Q' ?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。9 O) S* V/ E% A3 W: S
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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8 l' ]. E- P+ V  z' S# u8 I: |% ?9 @/ q. }L: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀?我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。$ {8 W' k2 L" \' q' C) n: ~" 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.
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L: 噢,pig out就是吃好多东西, 不是指吃猪肉呀?
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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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) I% j5 j0 }* x+ \7 N  J$ RL: 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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2 P* i. \5 U2 G' E- S9 eM: 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?( X* r5 b  m9 _# h) m
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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.
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$ M) j+ A1 y( Y# D0 \3 y- ~+ Q$ oL: 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?* t! w" k! e1 p. K# H. ~
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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L: 嗨,我是在说你,我才不会吃那么多东西呢!
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: P) x! A  c% H* q& ^0 ?Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰?  `+ y* ]1 r& h) r

/ G, B; r, J* d4 t9 F5 A" @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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# G- L, h8 T& q  d0 Q) L  c7 i" uL: 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: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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: K  G6 `3 p5 y3 H0 B: O1 yL: 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?- V) d8 ?  m! F

) x# P) \3 R# VM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
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7 @/ @+ @. X" W/ l7 R* BL: 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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% k; h) w7 W' c+ a  a( ^M: That makes you a bigmouth.' w( k3 I* W- J+ }9 ~4 H  r. W0 Q

5 T: Q6 r1 h& ?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.
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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.; t% O" L+ K* Y4 r3 e

. {; s/ v  |& Z3 q6 yL: 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!" Y3 E( G8 _/ B8 [5 @. ^
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.5 z! t  o8 O7 s

% r9 _6 M8 E5 SL: 对,这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧,该会学校去念书了。) W; C" ]- b# G$ B; K  Q
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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。0 J4 W2 c/ _9 O( B; `$ ]
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