【英语畅谈世界文化】lesson72：Vodka伏特加酒(俄罗斯)

1、lesson72 ： Vodka 伏特加酒（俄罗斯）原文：M:Man W:WomanM: Linda. what do you fancy to drink? A beer or a glass of wine?W: To be honest, I'm sick of both. I want to try something different.M:This bar is famous for its vodka, you know. They've got many different flavours, even chocolate, which should be su

2、itable for a chocoholic like you.W: I'm not sure if I like the taste of vodka, and it's very strong too. It's from Russia, isn't it?M: Yes. but they make it in other countries roo. such as Finland and Sweden.W: It says here that they sell Russian, flavoured vodka. Oh, they make it fr

3、om gain. I thought they made it from potatoes!5M: I think in the past they made it from lots of different things. Look here, there's a pamphlet with a brief history.W: " As early as the beginning of the 16th century burning wine was brought not to Russia, but from it. It was the first exper

4、ience of the Russian export of vodka that later would take over the whole world".M: Yes. you can buy it everywhere now!W: It also says here that they distill it four times.That seems like a lot. And even in the 1700s they were making many weird and wonderful flavours. Every landowner had his ow

5、n special one.M: What's this flavour? Bird cherry and sage? I don't think you can buy that one nowadays. I wonder which rich landowner decided on that flavour.W: Look at this, before 1885 vodka was sold only in buckets measuring 12.3 litres. Who could drink that much vodka?M: Don't worry

6、, here we can just buy it in a shot, a single measure of about 25 millilitres.W: That sounds better. In 1953 the Moscow Special was awarded a gold medal at an international exhibition in Switzerland. That's the one they have here, now we call it Stolichnaya.M: So. Linda which flavour are you goi

7、ng to try? They've got various fruits, like strawberry, peach, pear . . and this one .W: Chili flavour!? That sounds a bit hot for me! I think I'll start with the chocolate after all, then I might try another one.译文：M:男人W: 女人M:琳达，你想喝点什么？啤酒还是葡萄洒？W说实话，这两种酒我都喝够。我想换换口味M这个酒吧以卖伏特加酒出名。这种酒有很多不同的口味，甚

8、 至还有巧克力味的。你那么喜欢吃巧克力，这个应该适合你。W我不敢说是否喜欢伏特加酒的味道，它毕竟也是一种烈性洒。 这酒是俄罗斯产的，对不对？M对，不过其他国家也生产，如芬兰和瑞典。w:据说他们卖给俄罗斯人那种加香味的伏特加酒，哦，还有，他们是用粮食加工酒的。我过去以为是用土豆加工而成的。M我想在过去它们足用很多小同的原料加工的。看，这儿有一本小册子里面有简史介绍；、w: “早在16世纪初，“烧酒”还没有被引进俄罗斯，但伏特加酒就已经出口了。这是俄罗斯第一次出口伏特加洒，后来就传到世界各地。”M是这样，现在哪儿都能买到伏特加酒。w:小册子上还说这些酒要经过 4次蒸储。似乎次数不少。18世纪他们甚至还生产了很多味道怪异奇妙的伏特加洒。每个贵族地主都有自己独特的伏特加酒。M这个是什么昧的？稠李和鼠尾草？我想现在你买不着这一种了。我不知道这种味道的伏特加酒是哪个富有的贵族地主生产的。w:看这里，1885年以前，伏特加洒只按桶卖，每桶装 12.3升。谁能喝那么多伏特加酒？M别担心，在这里我们可以只买一杯，只有 25毫升。W这样听起来还不错。1953年在瑞士国际展览会上，这一莫斯科特产获得了金奖。这是他们在那次展览会获得的唯一奖项，现在我们叫它红牌伏特加。M琳达，你想尝哪种味道？有各种水果味的，像草莓、桃子