纯正地道美语(外教讲解)300：soft vs. strong

　　A: What Can I get you?
您需要点什么？
B: I' ll have a Cosmo please.

　　我要一杯卡兹莫酒。
C: Dude!  You can' t order a Cosmo!  That' s a ladies drink, you' re embarrasing me!
老兄！你可不能点卡兹莫！那是女生的酒，别让我难堪了！
B: What are you talking about? It' s a good drink!
你在说什么呢？那是好酒！
C: It' s too soft!  Order something with a little more kick to it!
这酒太温和了！就点些稍微烈一些的吧！
B: Fine! I' ll have a sex on the beach.
好吧！我要在海滩上做爱。
C: You have to be kidding me!
你在耍我吧！
B: Come on! It' s delicious! Especially when served in a pineapple or coconut¹.
拜托！那酒味道不错的！特别是加上菠萝和椰子。
C: Forget it, I' m ordering for you. I' ll have a Scotch² on the rocks and my friend here will have a Manhattan. Put it on my tab. Here now this is a real drink!
好吧好吧，我帮你点。我要一杯英格兰的烈酒，我朋友要一杯曼哈顿，算在我的账上。这才是真正的酒！
B: That' s strong! This is going to get me wasted!
这酒很烈的说！我喝不了会浪费的！
C: That' s the idea!
好主意！
dude n. 花花公子；纨绔子弟 vt. 打扮 vi. 打扮
Scotch adj. 苏格兰人的；苏格兰语的

1 coconut   

n.椰子

参考例句：

• The husk of this coconut is particularly strong.椰子的外壳很明显非常坚固。
• The falling coconut gave him a terrific bang on the head.那只掉下的椰子砰地击中他的脑袋。

2 scotch   

n.伤口，刻痕；苏格兰威士忌酒；v.粉碎，消灭，阻止；adj.苏格兰(人)的

参考例句：

• Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
• Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景，真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。