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: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？

M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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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。

M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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7 i: D; l6 i4 h2 ZL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。

( s2 \8 A6 Y6 U$ }. b$ }- X, GM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.

! d/ v0 V/ p" ^8 ^8 HL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？
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8 p0 [1 \% l! j! Q  vM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

5 E( t0 f* @) p% i$ D0 @4 KL: 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。

- e+ F, G7 }. K- W2 dM: Um, I certainly did.
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" m$ o2 p4 _: m8 M  {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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, ]  a3 Y5 r" gM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.

- d: b* |4 g0 b: ~/ gL: 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？

1 I9 [# b0 Q( {' j% qM: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.

9 Q) ]# p6 }5 F& [- _# ?  qL: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
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Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

+ x1 _! L+ ~$ [$ _9 mM: 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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8 ~) Y( Q# G0 s. }0 y* GL: 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!

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？
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8 |# |; q9 o" B! d4 |6 p* d1 ]M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!

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.

/ F. h. i. V# R) o  o7 [/ JL: 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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' G. k8 `% F4 y7 S6 V5 H2 QL: 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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+ w: d4 _/ a) J& SM: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.

! B7 ?* \: E( \! G) o9 i! c2 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！

9 ?7 b' X5 P. u3 F7 x. W6 q  SM: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

L: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。
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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。
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