Alcoholics build defenses like the Dutch build dikes.

酗酒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.

人们对酗酒的担忧日益加剧。

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

酗酒是一种严重的疾病。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，酗酒受害的问题是什么？

The anonymity of AA meetings is protected under the law.

酗酒互助会的匿名制受法律保护。

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

他的酗酒习惯是公开社交性的，情况恰恰与之相反。

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

之前酗酒的斯科特斯蒂芬森现在正在康复之中，他在学习园艺来戒酒。

All the causes of the sickness are not discovered yet.

但目前，人们并未发现酗酒的全部原因。

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

他酗酒，对他的孩子和妻子都太好。

Public displays of drunkenness were a source of great humiliation.

当众酗酒是极大的耻辱。

So what is it like for an actual alcoholic?

那么，这种疗法对经常酗酒的人也有用吗？

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

这些观念大多数的酗酒都非常熟悉；对这套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.

有时酗酒是家族遗传的，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? 干预组的酗酒比例 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酗酒问题和她当面对质。

Please dance with your alcoholic vampire boyfriend.

请和你酗酒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·白兰度的童年得很开心。他的父母酗酒且经常吵架。

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

在英国，扰乱和平的酗酒青年人常常被叫作“lager louts”。

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

其实这是我酗酒时期穿的晚装裙。

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

在他酗酒的时期，经常担心会发生这样的事。