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。( e% V j1 ~8 g$ N
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L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？ : `' E1 L0 ~! i+ n 8 [5 Z6 r7 ?; M, W* \, M; LM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.7 y0 H9 @+ ?/ p7 N1 i; u
; I% Q6 L" F2 d/ gL: 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。 # o) X. w* Q+ A& s. | - X# ^& l1 L% [9 j+ DM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.& i) {) f3 p% ^
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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。/ h% d3 c) E) m4 y$ m% D+ L& p3 a
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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.7 o# c) U( D4 }# z( |4 x
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L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？2 P6 I* S* L i9 h8 O6 |) a
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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. ( f8 ]# S9 F$ g; `% I/ I; [, S0 D. x& h
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。 A. B% E3 P f- Y5 E: O) F' J2 o# y8 g
M: Um, I certainly did.! |) Q- \8 s9 X- b) r3 B
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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？, V, f4 g0 ^; a- U: a0 {
. i- N; p. w8 S* |" OM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.# w/ ?- ?* n- c
% C1 N* r: u/ l9 L( e0 O; wL: 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？8 c- m% p* }4 p5 m) f0 }
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. : |1 ~7 K1 O6 Q9 B: f5 d5 p( m, `. H) e# I7 N) N
L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！$ C* ~3 a6 k7 r! v7 d( u Q3 b
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ 0 d# @9 \4 S A* H$ M . W% ]2 Q3 h& C- o1 r1 DM: 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...' \1 U3 y# y3 A# |9 K4 w
- C' ]& [6 |8 d0 }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。/ C/ ?( z# z, P7 a8 U# @( t
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M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth! , k& M5 u r: T/ |$ ]# @4 v! F- [+ u5 w
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？* g& _9 d3 ^( D& o
- j( }+ J2 c. j, A5 W2 tM: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!6 X, E" ]8 m$ ^! j2 e! q, {& ?2 G
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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。 0 G# T2 {$ L7 U ; M1 x: R$ J4 P" z9 s/ U) _M: That makes you a bigmouth.+ L' S1 B3 ?9 F, u+ x
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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？3 b8 p9 [, g) L
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M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.7 [5 r5 n8 c' }2 z6 B
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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。9 ?% V0 J" M! d8 s; T7 \1 r
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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！6 G" W& ?8 S' P* S/ b
( Z8 \6 d/ M% h6 O5 _" `M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.$ m k: X: m" K8 l1 o; g
. D: T9 A6 b G9 z+ r {$ _0 ?) q3 uL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。* B$ X6 A$ `1 K1 e) y
; y2 Q, R! _3 c( c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。- o# m* g7 ?9 o9 h1 N' A$ ~
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