流行美语教程 Lesson 14 - pig out & bigmouth

Xbfeng

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。

& n3 v' l; f/ z5 ^1 a2 ~' d' jL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？
5 c2 F4 o1 h7 b4 G  y) r1 k
' _& y; ]% X$ X' R2 ^  ZM: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.

6 ]+ |( k$ K' b+ m3 }' K& sL: 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.
$ [* c' f9 Q& K8 B' L! E
9 ^* k( @5 C. u  E& OL: 你们感恩节吃猪肉呀？我还以为感恩节都是吃火鸡呢。
' |! b0 u2 a8 J! y2 H7 n# h" [
M: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.
+ K# S' U: z* h4 m# }
. j0 P' O: ~+ M3 r# c0 {. {" N$ VL: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？
, F- k% G. z! `: K
; @" e6 j) O' q( c. [: pM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.

5 w' y2 A. \. m7 l8 JL: 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。
0 l$ y( B$ Z. a0 K& n
! c7 k5 x& r* ?* NM: Um, I certainly did.

L: Pig out这个说法只能指吃东西啊？能不能用在别的地方？
9 e- ^. M+ i* M/ @* P
M: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out.

: v. @, X- I, `. M8 A: i2 m, g0 z' ?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？
1 F2 A0 G& v: m+ b! L
M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
0 e: E3 Y, ~& J* {, D7 z8 b
$ G" C) N4 `  P: G* r; ]L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！
5 f# \  Q% b2 u2 _! g! S1 y
Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？
# ?3 B" O; C* B7 c
9 B' ]5 h: \2 n" lM: 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...

9 z. ~1 \% V6 ~9 EL: 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。

/ U" c- ^0 l2 EM: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
) l2 U) f- D6 C1 r9 V& d
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？
. ]% U( l! A. a: ~; E/ a
M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
5 F0 H& @* |3 A$ H$ Q4 ]
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; g6 O& ~8 ?# N6 ?1 d0 h/ @/ 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？
( Q' d7 ]% B$ ~6 m6 ]- n" M* x0 ?
0 W. T1 ~9 j* ]. N3 IM: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.
. [5 `6 p+ S: e3 b
% s; \6 j4 p; w- K+ FL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。
  o8 Q; s( ~+ W! D4 R+ F, I4 u
M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.

4 u- G7 {! u2 d0 g6 U( U2 CL: 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 i/ V% Z+ W6 ?  K; f) m( `* S
M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.

) U! U  @- }; @. JL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。
) N4 m; j: j' t7 C3 r, s1 |
4 b" P7 T# m" Z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。

Audio as following: