1The Bob and Rob Show Study GuideLesson 63date: Dec. 08 2006file name: bobrob12-08-06file length: 19:53

Show notesPour yourself a tall one, because were talkin about humankinds oldest alcoholic beveragethis week: Beer.

CommercialCarlton draft.http://www.carltondraught.com.au/

Here is a bud site that explains a bit more about beer, but you must be over 21 to enter it.http://www.budweiser.com/default.asp

Note: In the UK, the legal drinking age is 18, but in the US, it is 21. In the latter, many young people are askedto show their ID when entering the premises or asking to buy drinks. It is not as strictly enforced in Britain.

Phrasal Verbs"to drink down"1) to drink the whole of something quickly e.g: the rugby player drank his beer down in one

gulpr.to drink in something2) to experience something, or look or listen at it e.g: I sat at the concert drinking in the

great atmosphere.to drink to somebody or something3) this means toasting someone with a drink, so wishing someone success, or good

health e.g: everybody raised their glasses of champagne as they drank to thenewleyweds health , happiness and prosperity.

to drink (something) up4) to finish drinking all of the drink you have e.g: Come on young man, drink up all of your

milk. Its very good for you.

IdiomsSmall beer: this means something that is of little value or importance E.g. 1) Bob earnssmall beer compared to professional soccer players. 2) Most small companies turnover issmall beer in comparison to large conglomerates.

2Bonus Idiom: trouble brewing.This means some kind of trouble is expected to occur in the near future. E.g. 1).Trouble isbrewing in the volatile region as tensions mount. People expect social unrest soon.

EXTRA BONUS IDIOM: small talk:This is an expression that refers to polite conversation about trivial matters. E.g. on firstmeeting my in-laws, we made small talk for a while.

Ancient Japanese English Study Secret

There you are: several meanings- 1) you have understood it, got it. 2) I found you, thereyou are.There you go: several meanings-1) you have understood it, got it. 2) you have startedmoaning again.Here you are: used when giving something to someone.Here we go: used when setting off somewhere, or starting to go somewhere. It is also usedin British football songs that are sung in stadiums in the UK.Here it is, and There it is: these are literal and mean you have found something or can seeit at a distance, respectively.

Both Sides of the Pond1. (US) put it on the tab (UK) put it on the slate2. (US) drunk as a skunk (UK) drunk as a lord3. (US) drinking spree (UK) booze up

Cultural Notes:a) you can order a pint or half a pint in a British pub but not in America. In the States, youwould just say, can I have a beer please.b) In the U.S, you can order a pitcher but not in the U.K.c) In the U.S, you can pay the bill at the end, but not usually in the U.K unless you know the

landlord (bar owner) very well.

SongA Pitcher of Beer, by The New Autonomous Folksingershttp://www.podshow.com

QuotationsWe drink one anothers health, and spoil our own.Jerome K. Jerome (1886)

And malt does more than Milton canTo justify Gods ways to man.Ale, man, ales the stuff to drinkFor fellows whom it hurts to think.A.E. Houseman (1896)

3EXTRASLets get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini.Mae West (1937)

Im only a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller.George Bernard Shaw (1898)

Show transcript

R & B MUSIC

BOBHi. It's the Bob and Rob Show. This is Bob.

ROBAnd, this is, Rob.

BOBOkay, we're talking about beer today, aren't we, Rob?

ROBWe are.

BOBDid you drink any beer last night?

ROBNo, it didn't. What's today, Wednesday, Thursday? The last time I had a beer was Sunday.

BOBSunday, and you had a few didn't you?

ROBYea, five or six cans.

BOBLet's talk about some beer facts. What country do you think consumes1 most beer in theworld - per capita. "Per capita," means "per person."

ROBWell, off the top of my head2, I would have thought - well, the Brits drink a lot, but also theGermans.

BOBBut, the Czech Republic is number one - per capita. Followed by Ireland, Germany,Australia, Austria, and then your country the UK. The USA is actually number thirteen.

ROBWow, that's pretty low.

BOB

4Total consumption - the largest consumer in the world is China, but not per capita.

ROBThey have the advantage of having over a billion people.

BOBWhat's your favorite kind of beer? Are you an ale drinker, or pilsner?

ROBI do like a pint of bitter when I'm in the UK.

BOBIs that an ale, or a pilsner?

ROBIt's an ale, it's a brown beer - room temperature - I guess, it's an ale.

BOBIt's an ale. Ales and pilsners are different, because ale is top fermented. The yeast 3 isfermented on top, it's usually done in a warm room.

ROBThat's interesting.

BOBWhere a pilsner is bottom fermented4. The yeast ferments on the bottom, it's done at coldtemperatures.

ROBRight, that's why pilsner is like cold lager.

BOBI guess so.

ROBAles are usually - real ale is warm.

BOBDid you know that beer is the worlds oldest alcoholic beverage5?

ROBI didn't. I would have thought wine is the oldest.

BOBBeing Italian you might be a little bias.

ROBWell, you know, grapes were in Rome. So when was beer first made then, Bob?

BOBI think the Egyptians were probably making it.

ROB

5Really, wow, that's interesting.

BOBSomeone left some oats or barley in a bowl outside, and it rained, got wet, dried out and itturned to barley malt, and....

ROBThey had a piss up6

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ROBSo, Cleopatra was onto the lagers was she?

BOBWhat do you know about this Baltic beer disaster? Is that how you pronounce it?Apparently in 1904 there was a beer disaster in the UK.

ROBI know nothing of this, I'm afraid. You'll have to tell us about it, Bob.

BOBReally? I heard that in 1904, there was the Baltic beer disaster at the Simpson Brewery, inthe town of Baltic, in England. Apparently, 300 barrels and crates of beer fell from the thirdfloor - through the brewery - and crushed eight workers to death, drowning five and injuringanother fifteen. Some surrounding streets were temporarily hit by a wave of beer. Should Irepeat that? A wave of beer, which supposedly destroyed three houses, and killed a dog.

ROBWow, that's incredible! It's like a tidal wave of beer.

BOBThis was the Baltic beer disaster of March 19, 1904, but, if you gotta go7, if you have todie...

ROBI guess drowning in beer is not a bad way to go. What a terrible catastrophe, really.

BOBIt's almost as bad as the Great Boston Molasses Disaster. They had a vat, or a tank ofmolasses...

ROBCan you explain, what is molasses?

BOBNo, I can't.

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BOB

6Molasses is like honey, it's like a real syrupy kind of dark honey. It's really sticky. The tankcracked, and all the molasses came pouring out, and a wave of molasses went down thestreet and killed several people. You've got to watch out for these kinds of things.

ROBYou do, that's incredible.

BOBI prefer to be hit by a beer wave myself.

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ROBWow, some disasters there, some terrible disasters.

BOBDo you know what a boiler maker is?

ROBBoiler maker. Someone who makes boilers?

BOBWell, it's actually kind of a drink. You get a shot of whiskey8, and you drop it in a mug ofbeer, or pint of beer. Then you drink it down. You ever had a boiler maker?

ROBNo, I have not. Have you?

BOBThat will get you drunk fast.

ROBI imagine so!

BOBIt's time to break for a beer commercial.

ROBOkay.

OTHERBEER COMMERCIAL: This is the story of Carlton Draft. Back in 1849, a Victorian barleyfarmer began brewing his own beer, in a small wooden shack at the back of his farm. Forfifteen years he toiled9 with barley, hops and yeast - trying to ferment the perfect brew -but, he never got it right. Then he died, so, we bought his land at a very cheap price, andbuilt a magnificent brewery10 on it. And today, that's the very same brewery that brings youthe glorious Carlton Draft. What a lovely story. Carlton Draft, made from beer.

BOBOkay, making me thirsty11.

ROB

7It's nearly Friday12, Bob.

BOBI know. I wish it was a little later, we could have a beer. Should we move on to somephrasal verbs?

ROBSounds good.

BOBWe've got some drink verbs today.

ROBI think we do, we do have some drink phrasal verbs. If "you drink something down," thenyour basically...

BOBDrinking it down. Drink down a beer.

ROBDrinking all of them very quickly. We also have an idiom in Britain, "down in one," thatmeans "you down the glass in one go, you drink the whole thing straight down."

BOBWe would probably say, "guzzle,"- G-U-Z-Z-L-E - or "bottoms up13." Bottom of the glassup.

ROBIf you "drink in something," Bob, what are you doing?

BOBTo "drink in something," is to "experience something fully." I would say, "to listen, or toexperience something with pleasure, or interest. For example, "the concert was wonderfuland I just sat there and drank in the music."

ROBOften, when I go climbing and get to the top, I try to "drink in14" the view because it's justso great.

BOBWe were talking about, "drink down." You can "drink to" something, which is a toast,basically, right?

ROBTo something, or somebody. You can drink to someone's health, or to a person who forsome reason, youre celebrating something.

BOBLot's of drinking phrasal verbs.

ROB

8"Drink up, or drink something up," also means "to finish all of your drink." Not necessarilyquickly, but it might be something you say, for example to your son, "hey Josh, finish youmilk, come on drink up."

BOBYea, drink up your milk. Sometimes he likes milk, sometimes he doesn't, he's kind ofpicky15. You never know what mood he's going to be in. You know, since we're talkingabout beer, an idiom that I hear you use in the UK - "small beer."

ROBActually, I was not familiar with this expression, but, I think it is very common in the UK. Itmust be.

BOBMaybe, because your parents were Italian. you never heard it?

ROBThat could be, I've never heard of it.

BOBWhat does "small beer" mean in the UK?

ROBIt means "if it's not really important, if it's of very little value."

BOBSo, like, "his job, it's just small beer." It's not important. We have the same idiom in theStates, but we say, "small potatoes." "That guy only makes $20,000 US a year16. It's smallpotatoes, man." It's not that important, it's not that significant. So, we say, "small potatoes,"you say, "small beer."

ROBInteresting.

BOBTodays bonus idiom is "trouble brewing." As you know, brewing, is the process of makingbeer, so the idiom is "trouble brewing." "All these young punks17 out on the street tonight, itfeels like there is trouble brewing, there's going to be a rumble18.

ROBYoure going to have to check the study guide to find out more about that idiom.

BOBYou'll put that in the study guide won't you, Rob? Oh, my goodness, it's time for AncientJapanese English Study Secret.

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ROBAncient Japanese English Study Secret.

BOB

9Yuriko, one of our listeners in Tokyo - the violinist...

ROBOh, right.

BOBHad a question for us. She's a little bit confused about some English expressions; forexample, "here we go, there you go, there you are." These are very important, we use thema lot, they're very common. For example, she wants to know, what does "there you go"mean.

ROBI'll give you an example, Bob. My youngest son just recently started crawling. I was sohappy and proud, and I said, "hey, there you go, you did it."

BOBSo, "there you go," is like saying, "hey, you did it, or, youre doing it."

ROBIt's something that has been accomplished.

BOBIf you want to give something to someone, you can say, "there you go." Right?

ROBSure. Equally with "here you are."

BOBSo, "there you go" has two meanings in that sense. "Hey, youre doing it, you did it, or hereyou are."

ROBVery strange, because, when you look at the words individually, they make no sense to putthem together. Very strange idiom, "here you are." Very difficult to translate into anylanguage.

BOBAnd then you have, "here we go," which is kind of a different meaning. It's like, "we're aboutto begin." So, you go on a roller coaster to the top, and your about to go down. It's like,"here we go, we're starting." Something significant is about to begin.

ROBAnd also, on the football terraces19, in the stadiums in the UK, there's a famous footballsong. "Here we go, here we go, here we go," and it means "we're going to start the game,and we're going to start playing well.'

BOBThat's been, Ancient Japanese English Study Secret.

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BOB

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Both Sides of the Pond.

ROBRight. Both Sides of the Pond. Okay, when we're at the pub, Bob...

BOBDrinking beer.

ROBDo you usually put it on the slate, or...

BOBYou mean, put the beer down on the slate, the counter top?

ROBNo, no, no, no.

BOBI don't know, how would you say that in American English?

ROBMaybe you'd say, "put it on the tab."

BOBOh, to pay for it at the end.

ROB"Stick it on the tab."

BOB"Put it on the tab," like, don't pay for each beer, but, at the end. That's pretty interesting.You say, "put it on the slate"?

ROBYea.

BOBDo you have the expression "drunk as a skunk"?

ROBWe have heard of that and we do use it, but we also say, "drunk as a lord."

BOBOkay. Skunk, of course, is the black and white smelly animal.

ROBWhen you go for a "booze up," what do you do?

BOB"Booze up," I think we'd say, "a drinking spree." -S-P-R-E-E-

ROBRight, drinking spree20, okay.

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BOBThose have been our Both Sides of the (Beer) Pond.

ROBMaybe, I should also say that in Britain, we don't actually, in pubs anyway, we don't use theslate so much. We usually have to buy our drinks one at a time. We can't put in on the tabin the UK.

BOBThey don't want you to run out without paying. See what you've done, Rob.

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ROBIt's terrible, isn't it? They don't trust anybody.

OTHERSOUND OF BEER POURING

BOBOkay, just some announcements.

ROBThank you everybody for all your donations. If you enjoy the show, and listen regularly,please consider making a donation.

BOBAnd, if you want to donate just to me, that's okay too.

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ROBDoesn't have to be much. Any small donation is welcomed, greatly welcomed, and anysupport greatly appreciated. Also, if youre interested in receiving detailed study notes andtranscripts, consider becoming a Bob and Rob Show member.

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ROBShould we end with some quotations, Bob? I guess we're going to have a song too, butwe'll have the quotations first. Okay? Beer quotations...alcohol quotations.

BOBWhy don't you do your quotation.

ROB

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Okay. "Malt does more then Milton can, to justify God's ways to man. Ale man, ales thestuff to drink, for fellows whom it hurts to think."

BOBI like that!

ROBThat's pretty cool, that's from A.E. Housman.

BOBOf course, if you drink too much; your head hurts the next day.

ROBDefinitely.

BOBHow about this one. "We drink to one another's health and spoil21 our own." That's by,Jerome Jerome, 1859.

ROB1886.

BOB...1886, thank you.

ROBThat's very true. Very profound.

BOBTodays song is called, "A Pitcher of Beer" by, The New Autonomous FolK Singers. We gotthe show from podshow.com...

ROBWe got the song from podshow.com, Bob.

BOBWe got the song - I don't know what is wrong with my brain - I think I had too much beerlast night.

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BOBWe got this song from podshow, and, if you want to learn more about it go towww.music.podshow.com I tell you, Rob, you know what? We've been doing all thistalking. I'm getting thirsty; I'm ready for a beer. Why don't we go have a beer now.

ROBThat's a good idea.

BOBAnd if you drink, why don't you go have a beer now too, listeners.

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ROBGood luck with your studies.

BOBWe'll see you back here next week. Bye, bye.

ROBBye, bye.

OTHERSONG: "A Pitcher of Beer" by, The New Autonomous Folk Singers. A pitcher of beer, apitcher of beer / Let's order another pitcher of beer / That pitcher of beer should come overhere / I love that pitcher of beer / Perhaps you enjoy a pilsner, I myself prefer stout22 / Butwhat's really important is that pitcher / Cuz23 my beers damn near run out / A pitcher ofbeer, a pitcher of beer / Let's order another pitcher of beer / That pitcher of beer shouldcome over here / I love that pitcher of beer / I prefer Bud in a bottle, when I'm picking thetunes with the boys / So barkeep24 please don't you doddle, a beer might just drown out allthe snow / A pitcher of beer, a pitcher of beer / Let's order another pitcher of beer / Thatpitcher of beer should come over here / I love that pitcher of beer / A pitcher of beer, apitcher of beer / Let's order another pitcher of beer / That pitcher of beer should come overhere / I love that pitcher of beer / Now I like a beer like the next guy / Although I prefer rumand coke / But give me a sip from that pitcher / Cuz I drank myself stupid and broke25 / Apitcher of beer, a pitcher of beer / Let's order another pitcher of beer / That pitcher of beershould come over here / I love that pitcher of beer / My beer looks so beautiful / Sittingthere in the moonlight / With it all a glistening / Damn that beer treats me so right / So letme just finish my singing / Then I'd like to drink some more beer / A pitcher is ready andwaiting / To be filled and delivered here / A pitcher of beer, a pitcher of beer / Let's orderanother pitcher of beer / That pitcher of beer should come over here / I love that pitcher ofbeer.

Extension and Review Study*note: we encourage you to respond to the questions and readings by posting on the new discussion board(Login using your Bob and Rob Show membership username and password)http://englishcaster.com/discussionboard/

1/ We had a beer commercial on this show. Do you think that such adverts ought to bebanned because of the negative health impacts of drinking? How about cigarettecommercials? Why or why not? Try to support your opinion with reasons and evidence.

A pint ofreal ale(U.K. only)

A pitcher of beer(U.S.A only)Down the hatch

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2/ Do you like going out with friends? If so, do you ever drink alcohol? If so, what kind? Tryto work out how much you consume a week. Are your results healthy?

3/ Todays idioms were small beer and trouble brewing. Try using them in a sentence. Doyou have similar expressions in your native language?.

Glossary

consumes 1 = to use, eat or drink. The noun is consumption, as in consumption tax.off the top of my head 2 = idiom meaning a rough estimate or guess as far as I know.yeast 3 = the ingredient for making beer. Other beers use hops or malts.fermented 4 = the process of making beer. The process for wine is different and is calledbeverage 5 = an old word which means drink and is a noun.a piss up 6 = this is a rather rude way of saying having a party where everyone gets drunk.if you gotta go 7 = if you have to go this expression means if you have to die, then Idlike to die in such and such a way. f you have to If you have to go can also refer to theneed to urinate or visit the toilet.a shot of whiskey 8 = these are precisely measured in bars and pubs in Britain, andconsist of about 2 centimetres (British spelling) in a glass.toiled 9 = worked hard with, or laboured.brewery 10 = the place where beer is brewed and made.making me thirsty 11 = several words are omitted here. Listening to that story is. Orthat is.. Omitting words is common in English and makes for comprehension difficult.nearly Friday 12 = reference to the fact that many businessmen, friends and workers will goout at the weekend and socialize, typically starting on Friday night.bottoms up 13 = this also means cheers and used when toasting. Other expressionsinclude down the hatch.drink in 14 = another common phrasal verb similar to this meaning is to take in.picky 15 = choosy, or fussy. Someone who doesnt like certain kinds of food or drink.$20,000 US a year 16 = of course we realize that in some places, this is not small beer atall. In fact it may be a very large salary. We used this example from an Americanperspective, and in America, 20,000 dollars a year does not buy you much.punks 17 = bad guys, or criminals. Slang term made famous by Clint Eastwood in his DirtyHarry movies.a rumble 18 = a fight or violence of some kind.terraces 19 = also known as stands, where people / fans usually sit or stand to watch thegame.drinking spree 20 = also used in the UK. We can also have shopping sprees and spendingsprees.spoil 21 = this could also be changed to ruin. It is interesting that we drink to our health,when in fact the very act of drinking alcohol is bad for our health. This may have somethingto do with Mankinds self destructive nature.stout 22 = a kind of ale.Cuz 23 = short for because.barkeep 24 = slang for bartender.broke 25 = without money.