美语情景对话 第513期:Water 水
Todd: So, Al, we're going to talk about water. How much water do you drink every day?
托德：艾尔，我们来谈谈水吧。你每天喝多少天？Al: I guess about three liters, so six of those 500 millileter, five or six of those 500 millileter bottles.
艾尔：我想大概三升吧，这种500毫升的瓶装水，我大概每天喝五六瓶。Todd: Yeah, that's a lot. That's about what I drink. Yeah, I think I'm addicted to water.
托德：好，那很多啊。我大概也喝这么多水。我想我对水上瘾。
Al: I definitely am.
艾尔：我肯定也是。Todd: Yeah, it's my security blanket. I must always have a bottle of water nearby to drink.
托德：嗯，水就像我的保护伞。我周围一定要放一瓶水方便我随时喝。Al: And you have a theory to about why I always feel like I get thirstier the more water I drink, and you have a theory about that don't you?
艾尔：我一直觉得我喝的水越多我越渴，你有没有这种感觉？Todd: Yeah, that's right. I think that the water bottle people somehow put a special chemical that always make you want to drink more water.
托德：对，没错。我觉得人们在瓶装水里放入了一种特殊的化学物质，让你总是想喝水。Al: I agree.
艾尔：我同意。Todd: Yeah, cause haven't you noticed that if you drink water from a tap, from the sink, you have a glass of water, you're not thirsty after you finish the glass, but when you finish a bottle of water, you're still thirsty.
托德：你有没有意识到，如果你从水龙头或从水池里接一杯水，你把这杯水喝完后就不会觉得渴了，可是你在喝完一瓶瓶装水后还是会觉得渴。Al: One bottle is not enough. Yeah, definitely. A glass of tap water I would rarely finish the glass, but a bottle of bottled water, I need more, and like you said I need to know there is more close to me or I get upset.
艾尔：一瓶水完全不够。绝对是这样。我可能都喝不完一杯自来水，但是一瓶瓶装水完全不够，我还要喝更多，就像你刚才说的，我要确保我身边有放瓶装水，不然我就会不安。Todd: Well, do you still drink tap water?
托德：你现在还会喝自来水吗？Al: No, never.
艾尔：不，我从不喝。Todd: Never?
托德：从不喝？Al: I cook with it but I don't drink it.
艾尔：我用自来水做饭，但是我不喝。Todd: Why?
托德：为什么？Al: Ah, it tastes like crap.
艾尔：味道很难闻。Todd: Yeah, it does taste pretty bad. Well, we both live in Japan, how is the water in England?
托德：对，味道的确很糟糕。我们都生活在日本，英国的水质量怎么样？Al: It's about the same. It's kind of, it's drinkable in theory but it has this weird processed taste to it and doesn't smell all that good, so it's supposed to be safe to drink but I don't really believe that, for a minute.
艾尔：差不多一样。可以说理论上可以饮用，但是有加工过的奇怪的味道，而且闻起来也不好，虽然说可以安全饮用，但是我完全不相信这种说法。Todd: Actually the water where I'm from in Norhtern California is pretty good.
托德：我来自北加州，实际上那里的水质量非常好。Al: Is it?
艾尔：是吗？Todd: Yeah. Ah, that's the one thing you can drink from the tap but people still drink bottled water. Actually, I think the next time there's a huge, massive world war, it might be over water.
托德：对。可以直接饮用自来水，不过人们还是坚持喝瓶装水。实际上，我认为如果下一次再爆发大规模的世界战争，很可能是因为饮用水。Al: Yes.
艾尔：对。Todd: It's kind of scary.
托德：这有点可怕。Al: It's like we live on this planet that is mostly water and we can't manage it properly. There isn't enough for everybody.
艾尔：我们生活在这个大部分由水组成的星球上，可是我们却不能妥善管理水资源。人均水资源缺乏。Todd: Yeah, no kidding, so anyway, for all you people out there, remember, be thankful for your water.
托德：对，不是开玩笑，这是认真的，大家记住，要对你能喝到的水心怀感激。
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重点讲解：
1. be addicted to
成瘾的，上瘾的；
eg. The children are addicted to computer games.
孩子们对计算机游戏上了瘾。
eg. After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine.
大约3个月后，我就不再对尼古丁上瘾了。
2. in theory
从理论上说；照理说；
eg. A school dental service exists in theory, but in practice, there are few dentists to work in them.
照理说，学校也有牙医诊所，可实际上，里面的牙医寥寥无几。
eg. It seems good in theory, but it doesn't work in practice.
理论上它似乎很不错,但实际上却行不通。
3. no kidding
（强调所说的是真实的或是认真的）真的，不是开玩笑；
eg. I'm scared. No kidding, really.
我很害怕。不是开玩笑，真的。
eg. No, no kidding. I am serious.
没有开玩笑，我很严肃。
