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Alcohol and the law • In many parts of America, you are not allowed to drink alcohol in a public place. And in many states you are not allowed to drink alcohol while driving, or even have an opened alcohol container in the car.
• Legal drinking age varies from place to place but is generally between 18 to 21. Some places permit the consumption of beer at 18 but spirits only at 21. Others permit the consumption only of “three-two” beer from 18 to 21.
• Some bars have a
license only for beer
and wine. Others are
also allowed to sell
spirits and thus, as
Americans say, “mixed
drinks”.
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The Legal Drinking Age
Wine varieties
• Wine(葡萄酒)
In bars wine can often be bought by the glass. Don’t be misled by names, such as “Chablis” is used to refer to white wine and “Burgundy” to red. Americans seem never to have heard of white Burgundy.