Intermediate Listening Lesson 11

你喝很多酒吗？没有，最多2个啤酒，你呢？10个，好厉害！

 

A: "Do you drink much?"

B: "Depending on what you consider a lot."

A: "How frequently do you drink?"

B: "Couple times a week. How about you?"

A: "Only when I go out. I'm not a big drinker."

B: "How much can you drink?"

A: "I usually only have 2 beers."

B: "You're a light weight."

A: "How much can you drink?"

B: "I'm usually drinking all night long. At least 10 drinks."

A: "Don't you spend a lot of money then?"

B: "No. We usually go to places that have specials. Dante's over on the Ave has $5.00 pitchers¹ on Mondays. So for ten, fifteen bucks², I can get a lot of drinks."

A: "That's true."

B: "If you don't like beer, have you tried mixed drinks? Some of them are pretty good."

A: "I like beer, it's just that I get a headache when I drink more than 3."

B: "You just have to build up a tolerance³. I used to be like that. But your body gets used to it."

A: "It'll take awhile, but I'm working on it."

B: "Hey let's go out tomorrow night. The Ram⁴ Bar and Grill⁵ is having a special on pitchers."

A: "Aright."

1 pitchers   

大水罐( pitcher的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Over the next five years, he became one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. 在接下来的5年时间里，他成为了最了不起的棒球投手之一。
• Why he probably won't: Pitchers on also-rans can win the award. 为什麽不是他得奖：投手在失败的球队可以赢得赛扬奖。

2 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

4 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

5 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。