用英語學英語訓練：Do you drink soup or eat soup 湯是喝還是吃
現在，即使在英語國家裡也有一個有趣的話題在討論，這個問題就是：
Do you drink soup or eat soup?
In the Chinese food language, we always say Drink soup, right?
Now the question is how about in the English food language, do the English speaking people eat soup or do they drink soup?
很顯然，湯到底eat還是drink，我們就沒有必要把它僅僅侷限於“語法”討論，也不是什麼“固定搭配”討論，我們真的要問：西人對湯，他們到底是eat還是drink?
我們現在要訓練的，是我們具備用英語表達一下這個話題，這才是真正讓我們收益的地方：你知道嗎？你要問英美人：Do you drink soup or eat soup?
讓十個人回答起來，恐怕他們的答案都是模稜兩可的。
1) URead 體驗英語：
If you are asking the question：Do you drink soup or eat soup?
then the answer does not depend on how thick the soup is, the answer depends on how you get it to your mouth.
If the soup is served in a bowl and you use a spoon then you eat soup. If the soup is served in a glass or in a mug and you put that directly to your mouth,then you drink soup.
Even if plain clear chicken soup is served in a bowl, you eat it. And some rather thick soups are sometimes served in glasses.
你可千萬不要把上面的英語翻譯成中文就算“學習英語”了。
我們是訓練“用英語說英語”能力的。
完成這個訓練，你就可以用英語跟英語為母語的老外談談Do you drink soup or eat soup?
話題了。
2) UTalk 自己跟自己說英語，使用英語：
1. 讀完“全文”，我們使用英語：
Well, to eat soup or to drink soup, this is a question that has two different answers：Even a native English speaker sometimes says I eat soup, and sometimes
says I drink soup.
這就是你以後有機會跟人討論這個話題時必須能說一說的英語，不要一開口就說：It is wrong to say drink soup, 也不能一開口就說：It is only correct to say eat soup.
2. 讀到does not depend on how thick the soup is以及 clear chicken soup時，“說英語”：
Well soup can be very thick, or soup can be very clear.But to be thick or to be clear is not the answer to eating or drinking.
那是什麼呢？
3. 讀到the answer depends on how you get it to your mouth.
If the soup is served in a bowl and you use a spoon then you eat soup. If the soup is served in a glass or in a mug and you put that directly to your mouth,then you drink soup時，以後我們有機會跟人討論這個話題，我們找到“使用英語”表達的“依據”了：
Well it is not being thick or being clear soup that answers the question. It is HOW you put the soup to,and into your mouth(serve the soup) that decides everything：
You use a spoon(remember this, you use a spoon) to serve the soup from a bowl, you eat the soup. But if you serve the soup from a glass, or from a mug(茶缸), without a spoon, then we say you DRINK your soup.
看到沒？這不是一個“語法問題的答案”，也不是一個“固定搭配問題”的答案。這是一個怎麼“用”湯怎麼決定是eat還是drink的問題。英美人自己都會一頭霧水的！
3. 讀到If the soup is served in a bowl以及If the soup is served in a glass以及thick soups are sometimes served in glasses中反覆使用的serve一次詞時，使用英語，說英語：
Well when we talk about food English, we can use the word "serve" to mean "eat". So ,we don't say eat food, we say serve food.We don't say eat bread, we say serve bread.We don't say drink tea,we say serve tea.
為了給大家提供以後用英語討論：Soup, do I eat you, or do I drink you這個話題時能用英語談的更多，我們再提供一段有關英美人自己在討論是說eat soup還是drink soup這個他們自己都"兩可"的英語，希望你看完後，不要！千萬不要用來做英譯漢翻譯練習了事，相反，你能從中“自己跟自己說英語”：
我在這裡只做個示範“引子”：
Well even native English speakers themselves are debating(即discussing,talking about), arguing(即discussing, talking about) about one should eat soup or drink soup.
體驗英語如下：
Do you eat or drink soup? It is now the cause of much debate around the office.
Hanne, Norwich, UK
You eat it from a soup dish, but you drink it from a mug.
Geof Walker, London, UK
Definitely eat. We don't seem to have this problem with other liquid food stuffs. No one would suggest that we drink gravy, or ketchup or baked beans in sauce, so why soup?
Seth, Edinburgh, Scotland
Surely you slurp it, particularly in the office?
Anthony Lappin, Rome, Italy
Surely it depends if you're using a spoon or not? If you use a spoon you're eating, if you're slurping it out of the bowl (or indeed mug) then you are drinking it.
Jill, Reading, UK
Does it not depend on the consistency of the soup i.e. how lumpy it is, or how many "bits" it has in it?
Katherine, London, UK
Probably both. If you chew the soup, you are eating it. If you swallow it without chewing, you are drinking it (or about to choke).
Stephen Grasser, Salluit, Canada
Does a baby eat or drink its milk? As it's a liquid you might say "drink", but as it is food, as opposed to drink, you should perhaps say "eat".
Richard, Twickenham, England
You sup soup at supper, I suppose.
Steven Beercock, Enna, Italy
I would say you eat soup, I do because I always eat it with bread. However, what does it matter? Our minds are not wide open and we can't seem to accept the fact that we just consume soup in any way we please.
Steve Millington, Worcester, UK
In Africa, you eat soup with fufu or garri or pounded yam. So we call eat 'eat soup.' You use your fufu to collect the soup and eat it, though some people drink or lick the remainder of their soup when their fufu is finished. But generally you eat soup.
Obinna Udenwe, Abakaliki Nigeria
Usually I just spill it. Haha
kevin wilson, peterhead scotland
You eat and drink soup, especially if you have chunks of meat and veggies in the soup you would eat them, and finally slurp up the broth.
clarence hodges, jr., st. louis, missouri Repbulic of Korea
I think we normally drink soup without any solid food in addition but eat it with other solid foods.
Fafa, keta ghana
I'd say you drink soup but if you have chewable stuff inside such as corn or pieces of chicken, then you eat it!
Alex, Dallas, USA
food is anything solid or liquid which when taken not the body, provides it with various nutirents essential for growth. We eat food. Soup is food and therefore logically speaking we eat soup
paakwesi, kpando ghana
You eat soup from a bowl with a spoon, you can drink soup from a mug, hence "cuppa soup". But my wife still thinks she's right, she thinks you drink it.
Reece , Oxford, UK
It depends. If there's nothing to 'chew', then we drink it. However, if there are other things, such as veggies and/or meat that can be chewed, we eat it. Here in the states, we always have our soup served with some kind of bread or crackers, but you don't have to eat that if you don't want to. Soup/stews and breads just go together for us here in the states. I had a friend from the UK here in Chicago who couldn't get used to that.
Julie, Chicago USA
My Kindergarten kid, being confused, asked me this while doing her homework the other day. I thought for a while and assuming that she is yet to be familiar with other alternatives like 'have', I answered 'eat'. But the next day her teacher refused to accept it. Now if I challenged it, my kid might become more confused, I guess. What should I do now? FYI English is not widely spoken here.
MI Khaled, Dhaka Bangladesh
