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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; c; A/ M% E( g1 J: n8 p5 @L: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？

& x% j( e4 ]6 |' [5 {+ S" xM: 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。
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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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# I* _7 E" S4 Q% yM: 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？

( H; X" {# j. Q9 D( a( l" `% [2 YM: 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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/ _, E. j* @5 Q* [3 tL: 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。

* Z; m9 f( K7 D8 _/ T5 C8 HM: Um, I certainly did.
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$ f% z6 z: p  U* D) p. @. D! w- HL: 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.
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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？

6 b$ N2 a9 Z( F9 T% a& ]M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
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# V2 u9 V$ M- r% s9 D. j9 ?4 z% tL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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3 I! R& d$ B: Z% y5 a5 f! f% LMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？
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) ?. f4 f( v$ [* ?( i/ ~2 eM: 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: 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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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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0 `: u. K% f. BL: 噢，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴，爱嚼舌头，谈论别人。

2 g7 T5 L6 W4 a! jM: 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.

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。

M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.

. r) N, P( w& Q! rL: 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！

M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

; P/ ?- s1 }! yL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。

; {5 `3 _! N' M# B, ?! D4 o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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