Tequila is a strong clear alcoholic drink from Mexico, made from the blue agave — a big spiky desert plant that looks like a giant aloe. The heart of the plant is roasted, crushed and the juice fermented, then distilled, which is why it is strong: usually about 40% alcohol, in the same class as whisky or vodka, not like beer or wine.

Tequila Tequila（龍舌蘭酒） is是 a strong clear alcoholic drink from Mexico一種來自墨西哥、烈度高又透明的酒精飲料, made from the blue agave用藍色龍舌蘭釀成 — a big spiky desert plant that looks like a giant aloe那是一種長滿刺、像巨大蘆薈的沙漠植物. The heart of the plant這種植物的心 is roasted, crushed and the juice fermented會被烘烤、壓碎，讓汁液發酵, then distilled再拿去蒸餾, which is why it is strong這就是為什麼它的酒精濃度高: usually about 40% alcohol通常大約40%, in the same class as whisky or vodka跟威士忌或伏特加同一個等級, not like beer or wine不像啤酒或葡萄酒.

Two things you should know about how people talk about it. First, it is famous for being drunk fast — a small glass swallowed in one go, often with salt licked from the hand and a slice of lime bitten afterwards — so in English tequila often carries the smell of a wild night out, and when someone says "there was tequila involved", they are explaining why the evening went strange.

Two things you should know about how people talk about it關於人們怎麼談論它，有兩件事你該知道. First第一, it is famous for being drunk fast它以喝得很快聞名 — a small glass swallowed in one go一小杯一口氣喝下去, often with salt licked from the hand and a slice of lime bitten afterwards常常先從手上舔一口鹽，喝完後再咬一片萊姆 — so in English tequila often carries the smell of a wild night out所以在英文裡tequila常常帶有瘋狂夜晚的味道, and when someone says "there was tequila involved"當有人說"there was tequila involved", they are explaining why the evening went strange他們是在解釋為什麼那個晚上會變得那麼離譜.

Second, good tequila is not that at all: it is sipped slowly like a fine whisky, and can be expensive.

Second第二, good tequila好的tequila is not that at all完全不是那樣: it它 is sipped slowly like a fine whisky會像品嚐上等威士忌一樣慢慢啜飲, and can be expensive而且可能很貴.

It is also the base of the **margarita**, the most famous cocktail made with it. Note it is a countable-ish word in a bar: "two tequilas" means two glasses of it.

It它 is also the base of the **margarita**也是margarita（瑪格麗特）的基酒, the most famous cocktail made with it那是用它調出來最有名的雞尾酒. Note注意 it is a countable-ish word in a bar在酒吧裡它算是半可數的字: "two tequilas" means two glasses of it"two tequilas"指的是兩杯這種酒.

Say it teh-KEE-la — the qu sounds like k, and the middle is the loud part.

Say it teh-KEE-la唸法是teh-KEE-la — the qu sounds like kqu的發音像k, and the middle is the loud part重音在中間那個音節.