【英语趣味课堂】水-Water

Todd: So, Al, we're going to talk about water. How much water do you drink every day?

 

Al: I guess about three liters, so six of those 500 millileter, five or six of those 500 millileter bottles.

 

Todd: Yeah, that's a lot. That's about what I drink. Yeah, I think I'm addicted¹ to water.

 

Al: I definitely am.

 

Todd: Yeah, it's my security blanket. I must always have a bottle of water nearby to drink.

 

Al: And you have a theory to about why I always feel like I get thirstier the more water I drink, and you have a theory about that don't you?

 

Todd: Yeah, that's right. I think that the water bottle people somehow put a special chemical that always make you want to drink more water.

 

Al: I agree.

 

Todd: Yeah, cause haven't you noticed that if you drink water from a tap, from the sink, you have a glass of water, you're not thirsty after you finish the glass, but when you finish a bottle of water, you're still thirsty.

 

Al: One bottle is not enough. Yeah, definitely. A glass of tap water I would rarely finish the glass, but a bottle of bottled water, I need more, and like you said I need to know there is more close to me or I get upset.

 

Todd: Well, do you still drink tap water?

 

Al: No, never.

 

Todd: Never?

 

Al: I cook with it but I don't drink it.

 

Todd: Why?

 

Al: Ah, it tastes like crap.

 

Todd: Yeah, it does taste pretty bad. Well, we both live in Japan, how is the water in England?

 

Al: It's about the same. It's kind of, it's drinkable in theory but it has this weird² processed taste to it and doesn't smell all that good, so it's supposed to be safe to drink but I don't really believe that, for a minute.

 

Todd: Actually the water where I'm from in Norhtern California is pretty good.

 

Al: Is it?

 

Todd: Yeah. Ah, that's the one thing you can drink from the tap but people still drink bottled water. Actually, I think the next time there's a huge, massive³ world war, it might be over water.

 

Al: Yes.

 

Todd: It's kind of scary.

 

Al:It's like we live on this planet that is mostly water and we can't manage it properly. There isn't enough for everybody. 

 

Todd: Yeah, no kidding, so anyway, for all you people out there, remember, be thankful for your water.

1 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。