實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Drinking 戒酒

Todd: So, Al, you mentioned that you quit smoking.

托德：艾爾，你說過你戒煙了。

Al: Yes, I did.

艾爾：對，我戒煙了。

Todd: Now, I also heard that you quit drinking.

托德：我聽說你也戒酒了。

Al: I did. Almost, about one week after I quit smoking, I quit drinking.

艾爾：對。在我戒煙后一周期我也戒酒了。

Todd: Wow! No more? No beer? No wine with dinner?

托德：哇!你不再喝酒了?也不喝啤酒?晚餐也不搭配葡萄酒了?

Al: No.

艾爾：對。

Todd: Nothing?

托德：什么酒都不喝了?

Al: No.

艾爾：對。

Todd: Never?

托德：不喝了?

Al: Nothing, never.

艾爾：對，什么酒都不喝了。

Todd: Have you even had a little bit since you quit?

托德：你戒酒后有沒有喝過一點酒?

Al: No, I can't have a little bit. It's all or nothing for me so.

艾爾：沒有，我一點兒也不能喝。對我來說，我要么徹底戒酒，要么就不戒。

Todd: Wow!

托德：哇!

Al: Yeah, nothing at all.

艾爾：對，所以我一點兒酒都不喝了。

Todd: That's pretty tough to do. Well, I mean, you seem pretty happy, I mean.

托德：做到這點很難。不過你看上去很快樂。

Al: I'm very happy.

艾爾：我非?？鞓?。

Todd: OK. So what, why did you stop drinking? Why do you think it's better not to drink any alcohol?

托德：好，那你為什么戒酒?你為什么覺得最好戒酒或者說戒掉酒精?

Al: I don't, I mean, I'm not against drinking the way I am against smoking. I knew that for me it was the best thing to do because drinking is getting in the way of other things I wanted to do with my life.

艾爾：我戒酒的理由與戒煙不一樣。我知道對我來說最好的辦法就是戒酒，因為喝酒阻礙了我想奉獻一生去做的事情。

Todd: Right.

托德：好。

Al: So, and I didn't really, I drank a lot and I didn't enjoy it anymore.

艾爾：我沒有……我以前喝很多酒，我不再享受了。

Todd: Yeah.

托德：好。

Al: That was the thing.

艾爾：事情就是這樣。

Todd: Actually, I have to feel a little bit the same way. I'm a social drinker. I only drink when I'm with friends and I really don't like drinking because I don't like how it makes me feel afterwards, like if I have a glass of wine or beer, I can't work afterwards and that bothers me but its nice to have a glass of wine with a good meal.

托德：其實我也有差不多的想法。我會在社交場合喝酒。我只在和朋友在一起的時候喝酒，我真的不喜歡喝酒，因為我不喜歡酒精給我?guī)淼母杏X，如果我喝一杯葡萄酒或啤酒，我之后就不能工作了，這令我很困擾，不過享用美食時搭配一杯葡萄酒還是不錯的。

Al: It is. Yes. There are things I miss about it but there are so many other good things that I've got from not drinking so I look at the balance and the sacrifice and for me it's worth it, not to drink. I can give up a glass of wine with dinner if get the other things I've got from it, so.

艾爾：沒錯。這是我會懷念的事情，不過不喝酒我能享受到更多好事，所以我平衡了一下，我覺得戒酒這種犧牲很值得。如果我戒酒能有所收獲那我愿意放棄晚餐享用葡萄酒。

Todd: Well, do you feel healthier? Does you body feel better?

托德：你覺得這樣更健康嗎?你的身體感覺更好了嗎?

Al: I feel much healthier. I feel much more focused. My thinking is much clearer, and I like, I still go to bars and hang out with people and they drink and I don't and I go home, I love leaving a bar when I'm still sober. I love that feeling. I don't know why it's a fantastic feeling.

艾爾：我覺得這樣健康多了。而且讓我更專注。我的思維更清晰，我依然會和朋友們一起去酒吧，他們喝酒而我不喝，我喜歡在離開酒吧回家的時候依然清醒的那種感覺。我喜歡這種感覺。不過我不知道為什么這種感覺這么棒。

Todd: Well, sounds like something maybe I should consider. Thanks Al.

托德：聽起來我也應(yīng)該考慮一下戒酒。謝謝你，艾爾。