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@ 40643 Drinking Ability
A 完了，區域總經理要來了。
wán le, qūyù zǒngjīnglǐ yào lái le.
It's over. The regional manager is coming.
B 怎麼，他很凶嗎？
zěnme, tā hěn xiōng ma?
What, is he bad-tempered?
A 不凶，他對員工很好。
bù xiōng, tā duì yuángōng hěn hǎo.
No, he's good to the employees.
B 那你還擔心什麼？
nà nǐ hái dānxīn shénme?
So what are you worried about?
A 就是因為他太好了，我才擔心呢。他最喜歡請我們吃吃喝喝。可他太能喝了！簡直是千杯不醉。而且他一定要員工陪他喝，每次都不醉不歸。
jiùshì yīnwèi tā tài hǎo le, wǒ cái dānxīn ne. tā zuì xǐhuan qǐng wǒmen chīchī hēhē. kě tā tài néng hē le! jiǎnzhí shì qiānbēibùzuì. érqiě tā yīdìng yào yuángōng péi tā hē, měicì dōu bùzuìbùguī.
It's because he's too good that I'm worried. He loves taking us out for dinner and drinks. But he's such a good drinker! He simply does not get drunk, even after like a thousand drinks. Plus he insists on the employees drinking with him. We never go home sober.
B 太好了！我做夢都希望有這樣的老闆！可以免費喝酒。
tài hǎo le! wǒ zuòmèng dōu xīwàng yǒu zhèyàng de lǎobǎn! kěyǐ miǎnfèi hējiǔ.
Awesome! That's the boss of my dreams! I can drink for free.
A 啊？真看不出來，你是個女中豪傑。那我們這次有救了！
ǎ? zhēn kàn bu chūlái, nǐ shì ge nǚzhōngháojié. nà wǒmen zhècì yǒujiù le!
Huh? Just looking at you, I'd never guess you were a superwoman. So this time we're saved!
B 放心吧！這次喝酒的任務就交給我！哎，我們老闆喜歡喝什麼酒？
fàngxīn ba! zhècì hējiǔ de rènwu jiù jiāogěi wǒ! āi, wǒmen lǎobǎn xǐhuan hē shénme jiǔ?
Relax! Just leave the drinking duties to me. Hey, what alcohol does the boss like to drink?
A 他什麼都喝。白酒、黃酒、洋酒，只要是酒，他都喝。
tā shénme dōu hē. báijiǔ, huángjiǔ, yángjiǔ, zhǐyào shì jiǔ, tā dōu hē.
He drinks everything. White rice wine, yellow rice wine, western alcohol... if it's booze, he drinks it.
B 呀，我喝不來洋酒的。沒關係，我敬他白酒吧。
yā, wǒ hē bu lái yángjiǔ de. méiguānxi, wǒ jìng tā báijiǔ ba.
Oh no, I can't drink western alcohol. It's OK, I'll toast him with white rice wine.
A 你真能喝嗎？我們公司那幾個號稱酒量好的，都被他喝倒了。去年慶功宴，他跟大家拼酒。結果沒一個人記得自己是怎麼回家的。
nǐ zhēn néng hē ma? wǒmen gōngsī nà jǐge hàochēng jiǔliàng hǎo de, dōu bèi tā hē dǎo le. qùnián qìnggōngyàn, tā gēn dàjiā pīnjiǔ. jiéguǒ méi yī ge rén jìde zìjǐ shì zěnme huíjiā de.
Can you really drink? There are a few in the company that claim to be good drinkers, but they were all no match. Last year at a company dinner he had a drink-off with everybody. In the end not a single person remembered how they got home.
B 他一個人喝倒了你們一桌人？
tā yī ge rén hē dǎo le nǐmen yī zhuō rén?
He bested your entire table all by himself?
A 何止一桌，是一個公司！
hézhǐ yī zhuō, shì yī ge gōngsī!
Way more than one table. It was the whole company!
B 我酒量也還可以的。大學的時候沒有一個男生喝得過我。
wǒ jiǔliàng yě hái kěyǐ de. dàxué de shíhou méiyǒu yī ge nánshēng hē de guò wǒ.
I'm a decent drinker. In college, no boy could out-drink me.
A 你天生就那麼能喝嗎？
nǐ tiānshēng jiù nàme néng hē ma?
You can drink like that naturally?
B 對啊，遺傳我媽的。以前我也不知道自己能喝酒。有一次同學聚餐，我喝了幾瓶啤酒一點事都沒。後來又喝了些白酒，也沒什麼感覺。
duì a, yíchuán wǒ mā de. yǐqián wǒ yě bù zhīdào zìjǐ néng hējiǔ. yǒuyīcì tóngxué jùcān, wǒ hē le jǐ píng píjiǔ yīdiǎn shì dōu méi. hòulái yòu hē le xiē báijiǔ, yě méi shénme gǎnjué.
Yeah, I get it from my mom. Before, I didn't even know I could drink. One time some classmates got together and I drank several bottles of beer with no problem. Then I drank some white rice wine, and didn't feel a thing.
A 你是不是把能喝酒這條寫進了簡歷？所以我們人事經理一看就要你了。
nǐ shì bu shì bǎ néng hējiǔ zhè tiáo xiějìn le jiǎnlì? suǒyǐ wǒmen rénshì jīnglǐ yī kàn jiù yào nǐ le.
So did you put this drinking ability of yours on your resume? That would be why our HR department snatched you up.
B 你還真會說笑。對了，這個總經理會發酒瘋嗎？
nǐ hái zhēn huì shuōxiào. duì le, zhège zǒngjīnglǐ huì fā jiǔfēng ma?
Such a joker. By the way, does this manager get crazy when he drinks?
A 會的。不過你別怕，他不會吃你豆腐的。聽說他喝醉的時候只會唱戲。
huì de. bùguò nǐ bié pà, tā bùhuì chī nǐ dòufu de. tīngshuō tā hēzuì de shíhou zhǐ huì chàngxì.
Yeah. But don't be afraid. He won't act sleazy. I hear that when he gets drunk he just sings opera.
B 是嗎？太好玩兒了，我真等不及要和他喝幾杯。
shì ma? tài hǎowánr le, wǒ zhēn děngbují yào hé tā hē jǐ bēi.
Really? Sounds fun. I can't wait to have a few drinks with him.
Key Vocabulary
吃吃喝喝 chīchī hēhē
千杯不醉 qiānbēibùzuì
不醉不歸 bùzuìbùguī
女中豪傑 nǚzhōngháojié
有救 yǒujiù
白酒 báijiǔ
黃酒 huángjiǔ
洋酒 yángjiǔ
敬 jìng
號稱 hàochēng
酒量 jiǔliàng
喝倒 hē dǎo
慶功宴 qìnggōngyàn
拼酒 pīnjiǔ
何止 hézhǐ
天生 tiānshēng
遺傳 yíchuán
發酒瘋 fā jiǔfēng
唱戲 chàngxì
Supplementary Vocabulary
沒救 méijiù
威士忌 wēishìjì
伏特加 fútèjiā
雞尾酒 jīwěijiǔ
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