Learn English with this drinking English lesson

Intro

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• specialty
• take shots
• sip
• gravitate toward

• bartender
• sophisticated
• mixer
• on the rocks

• overwhelming

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If you go out to bars, you’ve probably been in this situation. You wait in line, trying to catch the bartender’s attention. Finally, it’s your turn, and you’ve got a choice to make. What are you going to drink?

Sure, there’s beer and wine, but sometimes you want something more sophisticated, like a cocktail. First, you have decide what kind of alcohol you want. Will it be whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, or tequila? Do you want any mixers? Do you want your drink on the rocks or straight up? The choices can be so overwhelming that sometimes you just say to the bartender, “Make me your specialty.” Learn party English and hear Amy and Dale discuss cocktails in this drinking English lesson.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Dale

Amy

Dale:  So I’m assuming you do like going out to bars and clubs or restaurants, correct?

Amy:  On occasion, yes.

Dale:  So do you prefer drinking when you go out?

Amy:  Sometimes, I’m not gonna lie.

Dale:  Do you enjoy cocktails?

Amy:  I do, yeah. It kinda depends, sometimes I prefer to just have a glass of wine, depending on what I’m eating, but I do get excited for a fancy cocktail.

Dale:  Do you like it on the rocks? Do you like it in a martini glass? Do you like to take shots?

Amy:  I don’t really like to take shots. I mean, for me, I don’t know, I enjoy sipping on a cocktail, and I kind of like to enjoy the flavors of a cocktail, especially if it’s, you know, something a little unusual, if the bartender has put some extra effort into trying to come up with a creative recipe.

Dale:  So do you take the advice from the bartender, if you happen to ask him? Do you go by that decision or that choice?

Amy:  I have my favorite types of alcohol that I tend to gravitate toward in a cocktail, but I’m also one of those annoying people who always is asking the bartender, “What do you like?”

Dale:  Well, don’t drink too many cocktails.

Amy:  I’ll try.

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