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[English]

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hi everyone welcome to the roof at Park

South yes that's right I'm at a hip bar

for this video so why are you hanging

out a bar Rachel you might want to know

I have a problem I'm going to confess to

you today I tell you guys all my secrets

I have no idea how to order cool

cocktails um I always order vodka rocks

this is like not a very interesting

drink I went spent a whole summer

drinking comparan soda which I actually

hate because I thought it sounded really

cool and I am here with Ted Kilpatrick

the beverage director at the roof at

Park South and he's going to teach me a

few things and hopefully I'll walk away

being able to order something um a

little less you know

embarrassing okay so now you know my

dirty secret I only ever order vagara

with lemon what should I be drinking

instead well

that's a tough starting point because

vodka is such a blank slate it doesn't

really give me as your bartender any

insight into what you like or don't like

because what I know that you prefer is

something that tastes like nothing it's

odorless colorless flavorless by law

okay so someone like me walks in totally

lovely but totally clueless um what kind

of questions do you ask to like get them

there well I'm trying to take as many

things just off the table as I possibly

can right away so are there things that

you hate right are there spirits that

you hate you have a bad experience

within or Rum or whiskey or something

like that because then immediately I'm

not even going to think about those

things again then I ask a question of do

you like it drier do you like it sweeter

and do you want Citrus do you want no

Citrus do you want to be stirred and

clear like a martini or like a Manhattan

or do you want it to be shaking and

refreshing and crisp and bracing like a

margarita or a daquiri or something like

that okay and that's a that's a good

start and then I would talk a little bit

more in detail about aversions can we do

like a lightning round of like all the

questions I've ever wanted to ask a

bartender I'll do my

best what is a high ball glass and how

come sometimes people ask for them

broadly speaking a high ball glass is

intended to accentuate effervescence so

you would put something that's Fizz is

it ever okay to use a straw yes the

straws came out in a time in early

America where uh people's teeth weren't

very good and it was actually it was a

way to drink things that were over IED

without your teeth being overly

sensitive and in pain he knows

everything sometimes you will get these

like fancy ice cubes like they get one

giant Square Ice Cube and like I never

seem to get those you should order

something that is intended to be sipped

slowly over a long period of time

because it melts more slowly and it

keeps the drinks keeps the drink colder

and it doesn't over

dilute maybe now we could make some

drinks with the things we've learned

absolutely so one of them is my desert

island drink um and it's the margarita

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so delicious drink number two is a drink

you've probably heard of maybe even had

a version of but probably never had a

proper version of and it's um called a

Tom Collins oh yes I feel like um it

reminds me of The Great Gatsby yeah I

could see that it's a great kind of

drinking in the lawn drink yes I do like

to drink in the lawn Etc watch polo

indeed mhm yeah with my diamonds we must

tell Gatsby of this

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day

ooh that's so

beautiful I love that so this video was

pretty fun to make maybe my favorite

ever um I learned about the Tom Collins

she never had before I got to try an

amazing Margarita I learned so much

about how to order drinks and talk to

bartenders um so thank you Ted how great

is this guy he knows

everything if you're in or around New

York come to the roof at the park South

it's so beautiful here the drinks are

delicious and if you have questions ask

me in the comments below I will answer

them or I will phone Ted and get you the

answers and I will see you next time bye

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
confess /kənˈfɛs/ A2	verb - to admit to something, often a secret or wrongdoing
cocktail /ˈkɒkteɪl/ A1	noun - a mixed alcoholic drink
embarrassing /ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/ A2	adjective - causing one to feel self-conscious or ashamed
bartender /ˈbɑːrtɛndər/ A1	noun - a person who serves drinks at a bar
effervescence /ɪfərˈvɛsəns/ B2	noun - the escape of gas bubbles in a liquid, often with a sparkling effect
margarita /ˌmɑːrɡəˈriːtə/ A1	noun - a cocktail made with tequila, triple sec, and lime juice
stirred /stɜːrd/ A1	verb - to mix a liquid by moving an object in it
shaking /ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/ A1	verb - to move something back and forth or up and down quickly
bracing /ˈbreɪsɪŋ/ B1	adjective - refreshing and invigorating
daquiri /dəˈkwɪri/ A1	noun - a cocktail made with rum, lime juice, and sugar
highball /ˈhaɪbɔːl/ A2	noun - a tall glass used for drinks with a high proportion of mixer
straw /strɔː/ A1	noun - a thin tube used for sucking up liquids
dilute /daɪˈluːt/ B1	verb - to make a liquid thinner or weaker by adding water or another liquid
Tom Collins /tɒm ˈkɒlɪnz/ A1	noun - a cocktail made with gin, lemon juice, sugar, and soda water
aversions /əˈvɜːrʒənz/ B2	noun - a strong dislike or repugnance

Key Grammar Structures

• I have a problem I'm going to confess to you today.

  ➔ Present continuous for future plans ('going to')

  ➔ The phrase 'I'm going to confess' uses 'going to' to express a future intention.

• I tell you guys all my secrets.

  ➔ Present simple for habitual actions

  ➔ 'I tell' indicates a habitual action, something the speaker does regularly.

• what should I be drinking instead?

  ➔ Should + be + V-ing for suggestions

  ➔ 'Should I be drinking' uses the modal 'should' with 'be + V-ing' to suggest an action.

• are there things that you hate?

  ➔ Present simple question form

  ➔ The question 'are there things that you hate?' uses the present simple question form with 'do/does/are.'

• it's odorless, colorless, flavorless by law.

  ➔ Comma use for listing adjectives

  ➔ The commas between 'odorless, colorless, flavorless' separate the adjectives in a list.

• maybe now we could make some drinks with the things we've learned.

  ➔ Modal 'could' for possibility

  ➔ 'Could make' uses the modal 'could' to express possibility or suggestion.

• it's a great kind of drinking in the lawn drink.

  ➔ Use of 'kind of' for approximation

  ➔ 'Kind of' is used to soften the statement and indicate approximation.