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2025.03.23 22:33
第一部 第十四課: pig out , bigmouth
- Michael 和李華這兩個大學生，一個講英文，一個講中文，旁邊的人聽起來很奇怪，可是他們倆已經習慣了．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： pig out 和 bigmouth。
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- 嘿！ Michael，感恩節你過得好嗎？
- It was good to be with my family, but I was disappointed that you couldn't be there.
- 我知道，跟家人在一起總是高興的事．謝謝你邀請我，但是我早就答應了另一個朋友，所以沒法去你家，明年我一定去你家。
- Ok, well. It was a great meal, we all pigged out.
- 啊？你們感恩節吃豬肉啊？我還以為感恩節都是吃火雞的啊？
- 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 就是吃好多東西，不是指吃豬肉呀？
- 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 肯定是因為豬吃好多東西才形成的常用語． Michael，我看你呀，不僅是感恩節，你平時就吃好多；上個星期，你每天晚上都吃得像頭豬一樣呢！
- Um, I certainly did.
- 喔，那～， Pig out 這個說法只能指吃東西嗎？能不能用在別的地方呀？
- 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～，那是過去時態，那要是說你到了聖誕節假日又要大吃大喝了，那應該怎麼說呢？
- You will pig out during the Christmas holidays.
- 嘿～，我是在說你，我才不會吃那麼多東西呢！
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- 哎， Michael 啊！是不是每年都有這麼多人來中央公園滑冰的啊？
- 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，我是不小心告訴了 Simon 啦．我知道 Josh 和 Emily 現在還不想公開他們準備結婚的計劃，不過，我真的不是故意的嘛。
- Ah! Geez, Li Hua, you have such a bigmouth!
- Michael，你生氣啦？你肯定是罵我，說我是 bigmouth，大嘴巴！你是說我吃很多東西嗎？
- No, I'm saying you talk a lot about other people's business!
- 哦～，你不是說我嘴巴大，而是說我多嘴、愛嚼舌頭，談論別人啊。
- That makes you a bigmouth.
- 哎～，我們女孩子都喜歡談論別人嘛．不過， Michael，我從來沒在書上看到過這個詞哎，是不是一般都在口語裡用啊？
- Yes, it is usually used in informal speech. Bigmouth, b-i-g-m-o-u-t-h.
- 喔， Michael，我真不應該那麼多嘴，把 Josh 跟 Emily 準備結婚的事告訴別人喔。
- Well, don't worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a bigmouth. Everyone has their faults.
- 喲哦～，你倒是想得開哦，人人有缺點，你愛像豬那樣吃，我愛談論別人．這樣就好像什麼事也沒了啊！
- Just don't be a person who eats like a pig and also is a bigmouth.
- 嘿嘿嘿，對，這兩個缺點啊都有那可就糟了．走吧 Michael，我們該回學校去唸書了。
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- 今天 Michael 和李華在紐約中央公園，一面看許多人滑冰，一面聊天．李華從 Michael 那兒學到了兩個常用語，一個是： pig out，就是「吃很多東西」的意思；另一個是： bigmouth，就是「多嘴的人」。
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