(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
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。
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重点讲解
重点讲解：
1. quit doing sth.
停止；退出；放弃；
eg. You must quit smoking. Most important of all, you should start taking exercise.
你必须戒烟，更重要的是，你该开始运动。
eg. If you quit dawdling and just turn to, the cleaning will be done in a day.
如果你停止闲逛，马上开始工作，清洁工作一天就能做完。
2. all or nothing
要么彻底干完，要么根本不干；
eg. Either he went through with this thing or he did not; it was all or nothing.
他要么把这件事做完，要么就不做，只有这两种选择。
eg. Mike would not accept just part of the money. It was all or nothing.
迈克不会那这笔钱的一部分的，要不全拿，要不不拿。
3. get in the way of
妨碍；碍事；
eg. She had a job which never got in the way of her leisure interests.
她有一份从来不会影响她的业余爱好的工作。
eg. Her social life get in the way of her study.
她的社交生活妨碍了学业。
4. hang out
闲逛，逗留；
eg. We usually hang out in the common after class.
我们放学后通常会在广场上消磨时间。
eg. The local kids hang out at the mall.
当地的孩子常在商业街闲荡。
