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？

" T2 {8 x: l0 h* UM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
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9 K8 x! a* o7 y6 CL: 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。

/ x5 }, f# @8 C& iM: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
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8 l/ I7 S$ _$ e# M3 \- E8 TL: 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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! M  N: ?; {4 `: b- iM: 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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$ a. Q0 L+ T* A! O' SL: 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.

# _6 [6 H8 N7 v8 r, x: y$ a/ {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。
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7 ?6 L$ E0 y( U7 K/ g8 ?M: Um, I certainly did.
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4 |2 G8 l' m) f9 l+ ]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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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？
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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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$ r- u; m* P6 gMichael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？

: B% X" U. n/ C9 D; y( O) z+ oM: 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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" g6 X/ G5 p$ A$ q! NL: 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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0 \7 t- N, f$ S  m* r. JM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
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( ~3 x7 j% }1 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？
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1 d" a& M" l/ O& Y/ ZM: 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。
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* k9 J8 m% O, A6 r& P6 ^8 FM: That makes you a bigmouth.

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。

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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！

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

% F7 B: M) D- WL: 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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