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My father can be annoyingly pedantic. He never says the word “pub”， he always calls it a “public house”. Strictly speaking he is right and when I say “I am going down the pub” I am just being lazy. I should say “I am going down the road to the public house。” Although I admit that my grammar is sloppy, I will never get round to calling a “pub” by its full name。
He is not very consistent either, the abbreviation “telly” for “television” is not allowed but “the box” is!
“What’s on the box tonight?” “Nothing much, let’s leave the goggle box and go to the pub instead!”
When I get to the pub I often buy a round of drinks for my friends。
Drinking is a popular social activity in the UK but unfortunately, according to the press, there has been a big rise in binge drinking, especially amongst young people. People drink deliberately to get drunk. There are various stages in the process of getting intoxicated. After a couple of drinks you will feel a little tipsy. Because this is a nice feeling you think a couple more drinks will make you even merrier. The problem is often you have one too many and you end up totallylegless。
“John drinks like a fish. He was so plastered last night he was seeing double!”
When you wake up next morning you will have a hangover. There is no cure for a hangover except time. Some people recommend “a hair of the dog”. This is an alcoholic drink similar to the one you had the night before you. It’s “a hair of the dog that bit you”. However this theory would seem to lead you down the path of pink elephants and alcoholism!
However if we drink responsibly we can enjoy a happy time together. Sometimes a group of friends will go on a pub crawl. This involves a drink in one pub and then leaving to have a second drink in another pub. Traditionally the British drink beer. The beer can be bottled but normally we prefer draught beer.
“Excuse me, what kinds of beer do you have on tap?”
Many people like a beer called Guinness. This dark beer with a thick creamy head was firstbrewed in Dublin, in Ireland. Now there are breweries all over the world making this kind ofstout。
When we are drinking in a group we often clink our glasses together and say “Cheers!” This is the most common expression, although there are others, such as “Bottoms up!” “Good health!”， “Down the hatch!” or even “Here’s mud in your eye!” The stories surrounding the origins of the last one are pretty funny ranging from horse racing to the bible. As is often the case nobody is really sure which one is true。
In more formal situations these “toasts” become much more elaborate. At a wedding for example somebody might say:
“Ladies and gentlemen I ask you to raise your glasses in a toast to the bride and groom!”
Apparently the word “toast” became associated with this custom of touching glasses because, in the 17th century, it was the fashion to flavour drinks with spiced toast。
Pedantic (adj) - Fussy over unimportant details
Public house (noun) - Building where alcoholic drinks are available
Sloppy (adj) - Untidy, lacking in order ，翻譯;
Telly, the box, goggle box (noun) - Television
A round (noun) - A drink for each member of the group
Binge (adj) - Unrestrained, uncontrolled
Intoxicated (adj) - Drunk
Tipsy, merry (adj) - Slightly drunk
One too many (noun) - Went over the limit, too much to drink ，翻譯;
Legless (adj) - Very drunk
Drinks like a fish (idiom) - Drinks too much
Plastered (verb) - Very drunk
Seeing double (verb) - Being so drunk that you see double
Hangover (noun) - Headache after a night drinking
A hair of the dog (idiom) - A similar drink to the one that got you drunk
Pink elephants (noun) - Visual hallucinations from heavy drinking
Pub crawl (noun) - Visit a series of bar
Draught beer (noun) - Beer served from a keg or small barrel
On tap (adj) - Ready to be served from a keg
Brewed (verb) - Made from hops and malt
Breweries (noun) - Places where beer is made
Stout (noun) - Type of strong, dark beer
Cheers! (interj) - A drinking toast
Toast (noun) - The act of raising your glass in honour or to the health of someone
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