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Drinking Ages

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ID: 2163 Upper Intermediate
Cheers! This lesson is about drinking. In this lesson, three friends reminisce about how they first started drinking over a couple of drinks. Learn a bit about Chinese attitudes to alcohol as well as some useful drinking words.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
反应 fǎnyìng reaction
规定 guīdìng provision, rule
dòu to tease
喝醉 hēzuì drunk
小康你酒量不错嘛,喝了好几杯了,一点儿反应都没有。
XiǎoKāng nǐ jiǔliàng bùcuò ma ,hē le hǎojǐ bēi le ,yīdiǎnr fǎnyìng dōu méiyǒu 。
Xiao Kang, you can really drink. You've drunk quite a few glasses and it hasn't had an effect at all.
哪有啊。这种酒没什么度数。
nǎyǒu a 。zhèzhǒng jiǔ méi shénme dùshù 。
Please. This kind of alcohol doesn't have a high proof at all.
那也是酒啊。这种酒后劲挺大的。
nà yěshì jiǔ a 。zhèzhǒng jiǔ hòujìn tǐng dà de 。
It's still alcohol. The after effects of this kind of alcohol are strong.
你们从几岁可以开始喝酒?
nǐmen cóng jǐ suì kěyǐ kāishǐ hējiǔ ?
How old were you when you started to drink alcohol?
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