我的最爱是美酒

我的最爱是美酒/Alcohol

　　D: Hello Modern English, Andy speaking!

　　你好，洋话连篇。我是Andy

　　A: Hello, Andy your voice sounds familiar…

　　你好，Andy，你的声音听起来好熟悉啊。

　　D: Just Joking Allan its Drew here, I was just playing around with you!

　　开玩笑Allan，我是Drew，刚才跟你开个玩笑。

　　A: You're a really funny guy (good looking too). I have some questions about drinks in the west.

　　你可真逗[还很帅]我想问你几个关于喝酒的问题。

　　D: Ok. No problem I used to be a bartender I can help you out, what do you want to know?

　　没问题，我以前是站吧台的，你想知道什么？

　　A: What do you call it when somebody orders liquor with nothing else except ice?别人点酒时什么都不放你们怎么说？

　　D: We call that straight up. If they order it with ice we call that on the rocks. But if they get the liquor in a small glass and drink it down in one go, we call that a shot.

　　我们称之为straight up.如果加冰的话，我们叫它on the rocks.但如果他们点上一小杯烈酒的话，我们叫它shot.

　　A: Is there different names for beer when it comes in a glass instead of a bottle?

　　那用杯盛的啤酒怎么说？

　　D: Yes there is. We call beer in a glass draught¹ beer. In North America we also get large jugs² of beer that every pours their own beer from and we call those pitchers³. There are many different types of beer, depending on what colour they are.我们叫它们draught beer.在北每，我们还点一大罐啤酒，每个人都可以自己倒，那个叫pitchers.啤酒有很多种，要看它们的颜色来定。

　　A: Can you give me some examples?

　　能举个例子吗？

　　D: Of course, a beer like Guinness is a dark stout⁴ and a beer like Budweiser is a lager当然了，象Guinness这种酒是黑色的，口味很重，而Budweiser就更大了，A: It sounds very confusing!

　　太多了!

　　D: Don't worry let's go to the pub and I will explain it all to you!!别担心，咱们去酒吧，我来解释给你听。

　　Attention Please…特别提醒

　　[你可以请外教反复帮你模仿/训练下面句子/词组的正宗美式发音]

　　[1]straight up,on the rock ,shot都是国外点酒时的说法，straight up表示什么都不加,on the rock就是要加点冰块。,shot.则表示来杯烈酒，那么要是老外要与你干杯的话，他们会说would you like a shot?

　　[2]draught beer是我们通常说的扎啤。在加拿大，人们买酒时会有半打或是一打，与我们一瓶瓶的买不一样。

　　Related Words…相关词汇

　　以下这些词汇并未给出汉语意思，你可以试着用我们学到的英语问问外教它们的意思[ie:What does "***"mean? "***"是什么意思？]

　　cocktail red wine white wine alcoholic

1 draught   

n.拉，牵引，拖；一网（饮，吸，阵)；顿服药量，通风；v.起草，设计

参考例句：

• He emptied his glass at one draught.他将杯中物一饮而尽。
• It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.可惜这房间没北窗，没有过堂风。

2 jugs   

（有柄及小口的）水壶( jug的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Two china jugs held steaming gravy. 两个瓷罐子装着热气腾腾的肉卤。
• Jugs-Big wall lingo for Jumars or any other type of ascenders. 大岩壁术语，祝玛式上升器或其它种类的上升器。

3 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。

4 stout   

adj.强壮的，粗大的，结实的，勇猛的，矮胖的

参考例句：

• He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
• The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。