实战口语情景对话 第514期:Drinking 戒酒

Todd: So, Al, you mentioned that you quit smoking.
托德：艾尔，你说过你戒烟了。

Al: Yes, I did.
艾尔：对，我戒烟了。

Todd: Now, I also heard that you quit drinking.
托德：我听说你也戒酒了。

Al: I did. Almost, about one week after I quit smoking, I quit drinking.
艾尔：对。在我戒烟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.
艾尔：对。

Todd: Nothing?
托德：什么酒都不喝了？

Al: No.
艾尔：对。

Todd: Never?
托德：不喝了？

Al: Nothing, never.
艾尔：对，什么酒都不喝了。

Todd: Have you even had a little bit since you quit?
托德：你戒酒后有没有喝过一点酒？

Al: No, I can't have a little bit. It's all or nothing for me so.
艾尔：没有，我一点儿也不能喝。对我来说，我要么彻底戒酒，要么就不戒。

Todd: Wow!
托德：哇！

Al: Yeah, nothing at all.
艾尔：对，所以我一点儿酒都不喝了。

Todd: That's pretty tough to do. Well, I mean, you seem pretty happy, I mean.
托德：做到这点很难。不过你看上去很快乐。

Al: I'm very happy.
艾尔：我非常快乐。

Todd: OK. So what, why did you stop drinking? Why do you think it's better not to drink any alcohol?
托德：好，那你为什么戒酒？你为什么觉得最好戒酒或者说戒掉酒精？

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.
艾尔：我戒酒的理由与戒烟不一样。我知道对我来说最好的办法就是戒酒，因为喝酒阻碍了我想奉献一生去做的事情。

Todd: Right.
托德：好。

Al: So, and I didn't really, I drank a lot and I didn't enjoy it anymore.
艾尔：我没有……我以前喝很多酒，我不再享受了。

Todd: Yeah.
托德：好。

Al: That was the thing.
艾尔：事情就是这样。

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：其实我也有差不多的想法。我会在社交场合喝酒。我只在和朋友在一起的时候喝酒，我真的不喜欢喝酒，因为我不喜欢酒精给我带来的感觉，如果我喝一杯葡萄酒或啤酒，我之后就不能工作了，这令我很困扰，不过享用美食时搭配一杯葡萄酒还是不错的。

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.
艾尔：没错。这是我会怀念的事情，不过不喝酒我能享受到更多好事，所以我平衡了一下，我觉得戒酒这种牺牲很值得。如果我戒酒能有所收获那我愿意放弃晚餐享用葡萄酒。

Todd: Well, do you feel healthier? Does you body feel better?
托德：你觉得这样更健康吗？你的身体感觉更好了吗？

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.
艾尔：我觉得这样健康多了。而且让我更专注。我的思维更清晰，我依然会和朋友们一起去酒吧，他们喝酒而我不喝，我喜欢在离开酒吧回家的时候依然清醒的那种感觉。我喜欢这种感觉。不过我不知道为什么这种感觉这么棒。

Todd: Well, sounds like something maybe I should consider. Thanks Al.
托德：听起来我也应该考虑一下戒酒。谢谢你，艾尔。