VOA流行美語 Unit 212:to down和to chug
Larry和李華在學校的食堂裏吃晚飯。李華今天會學到兩個常用語；to down和to chug。
LL: You know, Li Hua, I think I can down this entire hamburger in a single bite. I am that hungry.
LH: 聽你的意思，我猜你是說你可以一口就把這個漢堡包吃下去， 對不對？
LL: You're right, my friend! The hamburger will go down to my stomach.
LH: 你看我沒猜錯吧！ Down就是吃的意思。Larry，你說一口就能吃下去這有點誇張吧。 人又不是蛇， 要噎住了怎麼辦呢？
LL: Well, maybe I was exaggerating a little, but down means to eat something all at once and really fast.
LH: 我明白了，down不僅是吃，而且是狼吞虎嚥。我記得在電視上看過 吃熱狗比賽，有個人在12分鐘內吃了50個熱狗，He downed 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes! Larry，你能吃這麼多嗎？
LL: No, I can't. I'm pretty hungry right now, but I think I would get sick after downing so many hot dogs in so little time.
LH: 一下子吃這麼多熱狗，你當然受不了。不過， 人都有狼吞虎嚥的時候。象我，回國探親的時，有時候一頓飯能吃好幾十個餃子呢。
LL: But steamed dumplings are so small, I bet you can down fifty of those and still feel okay.
LH: 五十個餃子，那可不少啊。 我只要吃上二十個就已經很飽了。
LL: Well, one of my favorite things to eat is chocolate chip cookies. When I was a kid my Mom would bake them, and I would down a whole plate of cookies just like that.
LH: 帶巧克力的餅乾我也愛吃。大多數美國婦女都會烤這種餅乾。可是，你媽怎麼會讓你把烤出來的一盤全吃了呢？你們美國人可真能吃。
LL: But I know you like ice cream, Li Hua. I've seen you down an ice cream cone in just a few seconds.
LH: 你說對了，我的確喜歡冰淇淋。 其實我現在就想吃。 I'd like to down an ice cream cone right now.
LL: Well, you go get your ice cream cone - and I am going to finish downing this burger.
LH: 好吧，Larry，我去拿冰淇淋， 你把這漢堡吃完，我一會兒就回來。
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LL: Hey, Li Hua, after downing that burger, now I really need to chug a big glass of soda.
LH: Chug，那是什麼意思啊？
LL: You know how you down a hamburger by eating it very quickly? You chug a soda by drinking it really fast and all at once.
LH: 我剛纔就猜是這個意思， chug就是很快地一下子喝光。Chug聽起來好像是個像聲字。
LL: Well, listen to me chug this soda and tell me what you hear.
(Sound of drinking)
LH: 聽到了， 你喝起來有咕嘟咕嘟的聲音。
LL: Yeah, chug comes from the sound you make when you drink something quickly and all at one time.
LH: 只有在喝冷飲的時候才能夠咕嘟咕嘟地快喝。你要喝茶可就不行了。一杯熱茶，最好慢慢品嚐。 再說， 喝快了也會燙嗓子呀。
LL: I guess you can't really chug a cup of hot tea, but what about a bottle of cool water?
LH: 冷的水當然可以了。只要不是熱的，其他飲料都可以一飲而盡嘛。
LL: For me, there is nothing better than chugging a glass of milk right after eating a plate of my mom's chocolate chip cookies.
LH: 瞧把你給讒得！吃完巧克力餅乾，你要再喝一大杯牛奶，聽起來是真過癮。
LL: Oh, I love to chug milk! Sometimes I chug milk right out of the bottle in the fridge.
LH: 你從冰箱裏拿出裝奶的瓶子就喝？連杯子都不用呀？
LL: That's right. But don't tell my mom. She wouldn't be very happy to know I was chugging milk from the bottle in the fridge.
LH: 你真夠嗆！還讓我不要告訴你媽媽。誰看見了都不會高興的。你這麼喝，那別人要喝怎麼辦吶！Larry, 快把你的飲料喝了吧。 我得去上課了。
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是down，意思是狼吞虎嚥。還有一個是chug，意思是大口大口地喝，一飲而盡。
