讲解人 · John
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Pubs tend to be the focal point of communities where there’s often live music, and many traditional songs celebrate or speak of the harms of having one too many.
Huge brands such as Guinness and Jameson are major exports.
Since 2020 supermarkets and corner shops across the country have had to erect physical barriers between sections selling alcoholic drinks and general products, while some bottles and cans of alcohol now carry among the strongest warning labels anywhere in the world.
First signed into Irish law in 2023, products with the new labels — which state drinking causes liver disease and is linked to fatal cancers — are already on sale in pubs and supermarkets across the country.
But in a move condemned by public health advocates, the Irish government has delayed their compulsory introduction until 2028, blaming uncertainty with world trade — which some believe is the result of lobbying by the drinks industry.
Three-quarters of the population here drink and celebrations, from birthdays to weddings, often involve alcohol.
A report from public health advocacy group Alcohol Action Ireland found the proportion of 15-24-year-olds consuming alcohol had risen — from 66% in 2018, to 75% in 2024 — and that two out of three 15-24-year-olds regularly binge-drink.
Campaigners believe Ireland’s alcohol warning labels are making an incremental impact.
But 23-year-old Amanda, who’s seen the labels, isn’t so sure.
“You look at it and you’re like, ‘Oh, I just drank that.
Should I drink another one?’”
Amanda doesn’t think people will pay much attention to the health warnings and reckons they might even make some more inclined to drink.
“I just don’t think they care, “ she says.
带着问题听讲解
- 如何理解 inextricably 这个词？
- 爱尔兰人如何看待饮酒？
- 爱尔兰新的酒精警示标签写了什么？
讲解
重点词汇
turn sb. away from sth.
使某人对某事失去兴趣/好感，或不再参与
- 例句：High prices turned many customers away from the event.相关短语：turn sb. away（拒之门外）
- 例句：All the seats were sold and a large crowd had to be turned away.
inextricably
/ˌɪn.ɪkˈstrɪk.ə.bli/
adv.（用于强调）密不可分地，紧密相连地
- 相关词汇：inextricable（adj. 无法分开的；分不开的）
- 词根词缀：in-（表示“不”），ex-（表示“出”），tric（来自拉丁语，“阻碍、纠缠”）
- 英文释义：impossible to separate
- 搭配短语：the inextricable connection between language and culture
例句：Economics and politics are inextricably linked.
focal
/ˈfoʊ.kəl/
adj. 重要的；中心的；焦点的；有焦点的
- 相关词汇：focus（n. 焦点）搭配短语：focal point（焦点）搭配短语：a focal figure in the movement（焦点人物）
have one too many
多喝了一杯（酒）；喝多了
- 英文释义：to drink too much alcohol
erect
/ɪˈrekt/
v. 搭建；建造；建立
- 例句：The city erected a statue in his honor.搭配短语：erect a civilization近义词：put up；build
condemn
/kənˈdem/
v. 谴责；声讨
- 例句：We all condemn cruelty to animals.
advocate
/ˈæd.və.kət/
n. 倡导者
- 词性拓展：advocate（v. 支持；提倡；/ˈæd.və.keɪt/）
- 例句：She advocates for animal protection legislation.
例句：She is a passionate advocate for animal rights.
lobby
/ˈlɑː.bi/
v. 游说
- 词性拓展：lobby（n. 大厅；大堂；游说团体；游说活动）文化拓展：据说在很久以前，那些想要影响政策、想跟议员说上话的人，会在国会大厦的 lobby 里等着，等议员们出来休息或者路过的时候，赶紧凑上去，跟他们攀谈，陈述自己的观点，试图影响议员的投票。所以，lobby 逐渐引申出了“游说”的意思，也可以作名词表示“游说团体”和“游说活动”。
binge
/bɪndʒ/
n./v.（尤指在饮食和花钱方面）无节制的狂热行为
- 搭配短语：binge-watch（刷剧）；binge-drink（豪饮）
incremental
/ˌɪŋ.krəˈmen.t̬əl/
adj. 递增的
- 英文释义：increasing gradually
reckon
/ˈrek.ən/
v. 想；认为，以为
- 近义词：think；believe
incline
/ɪnˈklaɪn/
v.（使）倾向于，有……的趋势；（使）倾斜
- 搭配短语：be inclined to do something
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