Conversation 32 - Excerpt

Surveyor: …Now, the legal drinking age in this state is eighteen. Do you drink alcohol at all?

Junior: Uh, yes, I do. Sometimes.

S: And have you been drinking alcohol since you turned eighteen, the legal drinking age?

J: Yes- I started on my eighteenth birthday, as a matter of fact.

S: How often do you consume alcoholic beverages?

J: Oh, um…it’s hard to say….

S: Do you consume some quantity every day?

J: Huh? Oh, no. No- maybe once or twice a week, average.

S: And what is your beverage of choice?

J: Oh, I drink beer usually. Occasionally wine. I don’t like, uh, um, hard liquor.