Alcoholics build defenses like the Dutch build dikes.

的人替自己辩护的劲头绝对输给荷兰人拦海造田的决心。

Worries about booze are on the rise.

人们对的担忧日益加剧。

Alcoholism is a serious disease. Nearly nine million Americans alone suffer from the illness.

是一种严重的疾病。将近900万美国人患有此病。

Question 13. What is the problem of the victims about alcoholism according to the speaker?

根据说话者，受害者的问题是什么？

The anonymity of AA meetings is protected under the law.

者互助会的匿名制受法律保护。

His drinking habit was not social, but the other way around.

他的惯是交性的，情况恰恰与之相反。

Here's Scot Stephenson, a recovering alcoholic, who is learning to garden to help cure him.

之前的斯科特斯蒂芬森现在正在康复之中，他在学通过做园艺来戒。

All the causes of the sickness are not discovered yet.

但目前，人们并未发现的全部原因。

He was drinking a lot, he was not very nice to his children and wives.

他，对他的孩子和妻子都太好。

Public displays of drunkenness were a source of great humiliation.

当众是极大的耻辱。

So what is it like for an actual alcoholic?

那么，这种疗法对经常的人也有用吗？

These concepts are very familiar to most alcoholics; the common reaction to them is amusement.

这些观念大多数的者都非常熟悉；对这套说辞最常见的反应是一笑了之。

Sometimes alcoholism runs in families, but that doesn't mean it's genetic.

有时是家族遗传的，但这并意味着这是遗传的。

Remember? Alcoholism rates went up for the intervention group, compared to the control group.

还记得吗? 干预组的比例 和对照组相比是增加的。

Sedaris admits that he regrets that he never confronted his mother about her alcoholism.

塞达里斯承认，他很后悔自己没有就母亲的问题和她当面对质。

Please dance with your alcoholic vampire boyfriend.

请和你的吸血鬼男友跳支舞吧。

Marlon Brando's childhood was not happy. His parents drank too much alcohol and argued often.

马龙·白兰度的童年过得很心。他的父母且经常吵架。

In Britain, youngsters who disturb the peace when drunk are called " lager louts" .

在英国，扰乱和平的青年人常常被叫作“lager louts”。

Oh, that's actually a party dress from my drinking days.

其实这是我时期穿的晚装裙。

In his drinking days he had always been afraid of something like this happening.

在他的时期，经常担心会发生这样的事。