Imagine standing on a rubber raft and sticking a really long straw into a pond in hopes of sipping a soft drink buried on the bottom.
想像站在橡皮艇上，用一条很长的吸管伸到水池里，期望能喝到深埋于池底的一种软饮料。But the original Coke is still at the heart of the company's operations, accounting for 70 percent of all its soft drink unit sales.
但是最初的可乐仍然是公司运营和发展的中心部分，可口可乐的销量占其整个软饮料销售量的70%。Someone told me to go to a convenience store and see how much a soft drink or a tube of toothpaste costs.
有人告诉我有个便利店可以知道软饮料或者牙膏得多少钱。'You know what, ' I said to her , 'I'll give you ten dollars if you bring me a soft drink.
我对她说：“你如果给我拿一杯软饮料来，我给你十块钱。”Now the company's soft drinks compete with giants like Coca-Cola, not just in Peru but in other Latin American countries as well.
如今，这家公司生产的软饮料不仅在秘鲁国内，甚至在其它拉美国家与可口可乐等国际巨头竞争。The soft drink giants seems to just be Tweeting for the fun of it.
这个软饮料巨人似乎只是因为好玩才发微的。He has no qualms about ordering wine or soft drinks instead of Korea's fiery spirits , de rigueur among the old guard .
就餐时，他们会点葡萄酒或软饮料，而不是保守派认为依照礼节必点的韩国烈酒，且不会为此感到不安。Unluckily, we could buy nothing but some soft drinks on the train.
不幸地，我们可能买在火车的有些软饮料。I never taste any strong drink but sometimes have a bit of soft drink.
我从不尝烈性酒，偶尔喝点软饮料。