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。 ; S* A1 T! j i W# E& x % r+ E/ v$ `7 ` b+ CL: Michael, 感恩节你过得好吗？. T3 Y2 p: c2 t' u, v
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M: It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.- U1 J3 t0 l! p. B6 o6 }1 A
6 L: ^5 i! ^+ X1 w! qL: 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。7 C+ y( z3 [* m& x
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M: Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.0 z7 y- f9 q- w. W8 B _( p6 K
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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。 $ B3 G" a$ u6 q# y8 t# k* \' G2 k( R W 4 B# R. T0 V+ zM: Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.7 T- K6 {6 _& r
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L: 噢，pig out就是吃好多东西， 不是指吃猪肉呀？ 0 P& a" \ M8 D2 Y* M& v + V: O! s% E- m2 G( J: N/ U }2 LM: Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.8 D: J; e" u$ O- J
" }1 L2 n, ~1 Q/ MM: No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. & m0 |+ k v9 f* X( n r % u. }& C: R, G" B" Z! m6 c4 QL: 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？7 ?3 y2 V& G! J
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M: You will pig out during the Christmas holidays. 5 d- ~; o* [ u( f; l( `2 y5 i! O; z1 M/ U
L: 嗨，我是在说你，我才不会吃那么多东西呢！ ^9 z+ J. i5 E0 }, ?, Q8 a
+ |# F% t/ `/ f( w( [8 l' x0 ?Michael, 是不是每年都有这么多人来中央公园滑冰？ & o) n! w |/ Y! V7 @, x 5 k# E+ M/ S2 f1 X' T( TM: 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... " q9 l5 l- a1 S+ e9 w . c' \4 I5 e" T/ J! w( hL: 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。 / ~# D: L' K8 |: n9 f- I7 [7 K3 e4 Z8 E; n7 @* y7 d, q% o! ?
M: Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!8 q, o% j) B" r* ~9 H
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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？& @9 H2 G& _1 F" b
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M: No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!. W, z% v3 A8 N
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M: That makes you a bigmouth.: e4 ?' z0 K; P# i" p
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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？ ! o1 h" i6 ], i# p& |# n7 y O* q9 V5 b" [8 [9 L
M: Yes, it is usually used in informal speech.6 W9 I! D" m' ?% U. d
; p7 A7 w) g# @- _: C: lL: Michael，我真不应该那么多嘴，把 Josh和Emily准备结婚的事告诉别人。 5 ~4 K" L( H! Y. ]4 P @$ y! e% q- ^7 n3 O
M: Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.5 L7 u: J- t- {2 i1 R: ?: M
4 t3 n/ A# H Q1 OL: 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！0 l* l! F# @! b' v
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M: Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth. # C2 D4 Q; Z2 V* D" u ) Z6 e- a P. {% vL: 对，这两个缺点都有那就糟了。走吧，该会学校去念书了。' h3 G9 A9 x3 _5 F! z
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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。# h6 [9 G0 d2 o3 N# \& t8 a
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