"This was the 40 percent decrease in risk. We did not observe an association for drinking three cups or less per day."

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

And if that's the case, why in the world would--can we justify all that shipping, all the excess energy to taste, to ship water in from France, rather then just buying something local or drinking water out of the tap?

既然如此,为什么还会有世界范围的进出口呢,为什么还要浪费能源,从法国进口呢,而不是买当地的品牌,或是直接喝水龙头里的水呢

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

There's Wine Country if you like, you know, drinking wine or even beer, there's microbreweries.

这里有酒乡，如果你喜欢，你知道，喝葡萄酒或者，甚至啤酒，这里有小酿酒厂。

加州万岁 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Researchers found large reductions in heavy,or binge, drinking in young people between nineteen seventy-nine and two thousand six.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

For those of you who are trying to quit smoking, or to quit drinking there's times of the day or certain activities that really make you want to smoke or really make you want to drink.

对于那些想要戒烟的人来说，对想戒酒的人也一样,一天中的某个时刻或某种行为,会使你产生想抽烟或是想喝酒的欲望。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He had money and fame. But they did not cure his loneliness,his drinking, or his marriage problems.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Or this community that doesn't have safe drinking water so regularly children die of diarrhea because they cannot afford to treat their water, they don't have the fuel to boil their water or something.

可能还有这样一个地方，那里没有安全的饮用水,孩子们时常死于痢疾,因为他们拿不出钱对水进行处理，也没有燃料来把水烧开。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He says talking on the phone or reaching for it is like drinking four beers and driving.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

That's all they do all night, but they also are talking and they're talking very well as a matter of fact, and the goal of this conversation is, or of this party rather, Symposium means by the way drinking together.

他们彻夜豪饮,但同时也谈经论道,事实上,他们还讨论得不亦乐乎,这场讨论的目的,或是说这场聚会的目的是,顺便说下,"Symposium"的意思是"一起喝酒"

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Stress can lead to other problems if people attempt to ease it by taking drugs,smoking, drinking alcohol or by eating more or less than normal.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Gene Fowler wrote that Barrymore was considered an "eighty-six" at one drinking establishment,or bar.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

So can drinking unpasteurized or uncooked milk from infected animals.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Use drinking water or the cleanest, clearest water available.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Bennett says clean drinking water is the next big concern, especially to prevent an outbreak of diseases such as diarrhea or cholera.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

"Traditional environmental risks are those that face largely the poor in China, risks like drinking water contaminated with infectious organisms or highly polluted indoor air from people burning wood or other dirty fuels inside homes without chimneys."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07