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What strikes me about how I and other people drink
最令我吃惊的是
is how much that reveals about us.
饮酒习惯也是我们生活的写照
It seems to me we can chart our lives in relation to alcohol.
它似乎决定我们的生活轨迹
And alcohol in a sense has a sort of life cycle.
饮酒似乎 也有一定的生命周期
And maybe the reasons that we can think of
也许饮酒的原因
for drinking changed as we change.
会随着人们的变化而变化
But if you just picked somebody randomly off the street
但是如果你从大街上随意挑出几个人
and said to them "OK tell me your drinking...style "
并要他们谈谈各自的饮酒习惯
you would learn a lot about their life.
你也会多少了解他们
The interesting thing about this relationship
这种联系的有趣之处在于
is that its not universal.
每个人饮酒的原因都不同
But I know from my work with other drugs that very often
不过根据我研究其他成瘾品的经验来看
patterns emerge that define the type of user you are.
确实会出现不同类别的服用者
So can each of us be defined as a particular type of drinker?
那么会有不同类别的饮酒者吗
Do we fit into different tribes?
饮酒者可以被分类吗
The most compelling evidence has come not from humans
最好的证据并非来自于人类
but from some of our nearest relatives.
而是我们的近亲

重点解释

It seems to me we can chart our lives in relation to alcohol.它似乎决定我们的生活轨迹

in relation to关于； 和 ... 有关

The applied science of soils in relation to crops.

土壤学和作物相关的应用土壤学

I have nothing to say in relation to that matter.

关于那件事，我没什么好说的。

But if you just picked somebody randomly off the street但是如果你从大街上随意挑出几个人

pick off采取(传感；拣拾器)

The gardener picked off the dead flowers.

园丁把所有凋谢的花朵摘了下来。

Pick off all the apples on the tree.

把树上的苹果都摘下来

Do we fit into different tribes?饮酒者可以被分类吗

fit into 符合

A square thing does not fit into a round hole.

牛头不对马嘴。

Will it fit into this size of box?

这么大的保险箱合适吗?