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　　英语中关于酒吧和喝酒的说法你知道多少呢？

　　Johnny的这一篇博客将为你介绍一下这些用法，知道以后，以后看电影就不怕听不懂了！

　　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                

　　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                

　　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