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2025.12.20 14:26
第一部 第十四课: pig out , bigmouth
- 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．今天李华会学到两个常用语： pig out 和 bigmouth。
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- 嘿！ Michael，感恩节你过得好吗？
- It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
- 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。
- Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
- 啊？你们感恩节吃猪肉啊？我还以為感恩节都是吃火鸡的啊？
- Yeah, most people do have turkey. Pig out means to eat a large amount of food, not that we actually ate pig.
- 哦～， pig out 就是吃好多东西，不是指吃猪肉呀？
- Yes, pigs eat a lot and that's where the expression pig out comes from. I did eat like a pig on Thanksgiving.
- 我猜也是， pig out 肯定是因為猪吃好多东西才形成的常用语． Michael，我看你呀，不仅是感恩节，你平时就吃好多；上个星期，你每天晚上都吃得像头猪一样呢！
- Um, I certainly did.
- 喔，那～， Pig out 这个说法只能指吃东西吗？能不能用在别的地方呀？
- No, not really. But don't forget that when you use it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged out. That is p-i-g-g-e-d.
- 哦～，那是过去时态，那要是说你到了圣诞节假日又要大吃大喝了，那应该怎麼说呢？
- You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
- 嘿～，我是在说你，我才不会吃那麼多东西呢！
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- 哎， Michael 啊！是不是每年都有这麼多人来中央公园滑冰的啊？
- 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...
- 是，那天啊，我是不小心告诉了 Simon 啦．我知道 Josh 和 Emily 现在还不想公开他们準备结婚的计划，不过，我真的不是故意的嘛。
- Ah! Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
- Michael，你生气啦？你肯定是骂我，说我是 bigmouth，大嘴巴！你是说我吃很多东西吗？
- No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
- 哦～，你不是说我嘴巴大，而是说我多嘴、爱嚼舌头，谈论别人啊。
- That makes you a bigmouth.
- 哎～，我们女孩子都喜欢谈论别人嘛．不过， Michael，我从来没在书上看到过这个词哎，是不是一般都在口语裡用啊？
- Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. Bigmouth, b-i-g-m-o-u-t-h.
- 喔， Michael，我真不应该那麼多嘴，把 Josh 跟 Emily 準备结婚的事告诉别人喔。
- Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
- 哟哦～，你倒是想得开哦，人人有缺点，你爱像猪那样吃，我爱谈论别人．这样就好像什麼事也没了啊！
- Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.
- 嘿嘿嘿，对，这两个缺点啊都有那可就糟了．走吧 Michael，我们该回学校去唸书了。
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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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