2021年2月14日 ~ Book8 Lesson8

＜今日の進捗＞
Book8 - 31 (If you had a terrible hangover and your next-door neighbour kept playing the piano, how would you deal with it?)

＜オリジナル回答＞
If you noticed that your friend wanted to drive a car while not being completely sober, how would you react?

If I noticed that my friend wanted to drive a car while not being completely sober, I would tell him not to drive a car.

Why do some people find it so difficult to understand that someone is a teetotaler?

Some people find it so difficult to understand that someone is a teetotaler because alcohol beverages make people happy.

If your best friend stayed sober throughout your wedding party, what would you think? Would you try to persuade them to have a drink?

If my best friend stayed sober throughout my wedding party, I would think he might be sick. No, I wouldn’t try to persuade him to have a drink.

Why do you think people decide to be teetotaler?

I think people decide to be teetotaler because they think alcohol affects their health.

If a friend of yours told you that on sober reflection he decided not to lend you money, what would he mean?

If a friend of mine told me that on sober reflection he decided not to lend me money, he would mean he thought I would not pay back to him.

What do the municipal police often do with winos in some countries?

The municipal police often take winos to drunk tank in some countries.

How would you refer to a drunk person using informal language?

Using informal language, I’d refer to a drunk person by calling them a bad load.

What do you think about parents who let their children go out on a booze?

I think parents who let their children go out on a booze don’t have the right to bring them up.

If you were caught by the police driving while intoxicated, what would happen to you?

If I were caught by the police driving while intoxicated, I would have to pay a fine.

What do you think would be an appropriate punishment for a doctor who performed an operation on a patient while intoxicated?

I think striping of doctor’s license would be an appropriate punishment for a doctor who performed an operation on a patient while intoxicated.

If your teacher told your parents that you came to school completely wasted, how would they react?

If my teacher told my parents that I came to school completely wasted, they would make me leave the school.

What’s the difference in the speaker’s attitude when calling somebody a drunkard and a wino?

The difference in the speaker's attitude when calling somebody a drunkard and a wino is that a drunkard is a person who is habitually drunk while a wino is a person who drinks a lot of cheap alcohol and has no home.

If you had a terrible hangover and your next-neighbor kept playing the piano, how would you deal with it?

If I had a terrible hangover and my next-neighbor kept playing the piano, I would complain to them about it.

＜単語・イディオム＞
teetotaler :

絶対禁酒主義者、絶対禁酒者

fizzy :

発泡性の；発泡性の飲み物（シャンパンなど）

sparkling water :

ソーダ水

still water :　

ミネラルウォーター、水道水

sober :

しらふの、酒を飲んでいない；誇張（偏見）のない、（事実などが）ありのままの

wino :

（安）ワインの飲んだくれ、アル中毒者

municipal police :

市警察

drunk tank :

泥酔者保護室、トラ箱

on the booze :

大酒を飲んで

go on the booze :

酒を飲む、酒盛りをする

intoxicated :

酔った、酩酊した；夢中になっている

get wasted :

酔う

tipsy :

ほろ酔いの、千鳥足の

drunkard :

大酒飲み、飲んだくれ

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