BBC 6分钟英语学习 伦敦生活_酒吧

Hello. This is a program from the

BBC Learning English archive. It was 1st broadcast in February 2007 on

the BBC Learning English website. We do hope you enjoy it.

Hello. I'm Kalen Robertson, and this is London Life.

They are something of a British institution.

They have their own specialized vocabulary, and there are over 6000 of them in London alone.

What am I talking about? Well, it's the good old pub.

Of course. Going to the pub is something that is quint essentially British.

It's something that's part of our heritage, our culture, and it's an experience which isn't really the same anywhere else in the world.

So 1st, what do we mean by a pub?

The word pub is short for public house, a public house.

And a public house is a place where alcoholic drinks are sold for people to consume on the premises.

What makes a pub a pub and not simply a bar is that pubs usually have some kind of homely atmosphere.

There might be lots of wood in the decor carpets on the floor, and, if you're lucky, an open fire where you can sit with your drink and keep warm on a cold winter's night.

Pubs are usually identified by a sign hanging outside.

These signs were originally compulsory, following a 14th century law which said that whoever was making beer to be sold had to hang out a sign.

These days, most pubs are still marked by a sign hanging outside, and the names of pubs are also very traditional, like the king's head, the rosen crown and the carbon disarms.

There's a lot of specific vocabulary associated with pubs, and pub is not the only word.

They are known by booze. E.G.

is a slang word for alcohol, and so the buzer is another name for the pub, a pub that you regularly go to.

You call your local, and in your local you are known as er regular.

So what is it about the pub experience that makes it so special?

Dean Fetzer runs a website which provides a guide to and reviews of thousands of London pubs.

He told us why. Well, it's about it's about the whole package.

It's about the environment, the atmosphere, the people who work in the public, people who visit the public.

And the beer is important. But it's not the ultimate part of the experience.

It's about how how you find the So according to Dean, it's not the beer that's most important about going to the pub.

It is important, but it's not the ultimate part of the experience, and that is the overall atmosphere and environment.

The people who are there and the people who work there, it makes it all a very social and enjoyable experience.

Listen again. Well, it's about, it's about the whole package.

It's about the environment, the atmosphere, the people who work in the public, people who visit the public.

And the beer is important, but it's not the ultimate part of the experience.

It's about how you find the BBC learning English com.

In most pubs, you can buy a wide range of alcohol and soft drinks, wines and spirits, but because most pubs have a connection with breweries, companies that brew or produce beer, this is the main product sold.

There are many different kinds of beers and lagers.

In Britain, if you order a beer, what you get is called bitter, a dark beer, which is not very gasse.

Lager is the golden drink with more gas, that is more common in many other countries.

So this is what you want.

And you're in an English pub, be sure to ask for lager.

And although you can buy beer and lager in a bottle, it's more usual for it to be served by a pump, which brings up the drink from barrels in the cellar of the pub.

In Britain, beer and lager from the pump is sold in measures of a pint or half a pint.

Just those two. A pint is about half a liter.

And the word pint is very useful to remember with British people.

You can use it when arranging a drink and buying a drink.

E.g. a very common phrase to use is this one Fancy a pint?

Fancy a pint? It means, would you like to come to the pub with me and have a drink?

Quite a long sentence there, so it's useful to remember the short version.

Fancy a pint? And of course, the word pint is used when

ordering your drinks. In the power A pint of bitter, please.

I'll have a pint of larger, please.

And if you don't want a pint, but half

a pint, then we just use the word half, half a bit, please, half a lagger, please.

And one more thing if you're going to an English pub, there's another thing to remember.

Here's Dean Fetzer. Again, don't expect I waiter to come to your table and take an order, because it doesn't happen in a lot of them.

Some are doing Some are doing it now.

But it's still tried to think.

When ordering your drink in a pub, you go to the bar and speak directly to the person working behind the bar.

There are no waiters come into the tables to take orders.

Well, that's all from this edition of London Life.

And I must admit, I'm feeling a bit thirsty now.

Anyone fancy a pint.

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