It is difficult to give a description of 1 because they vary from state to state and city
to city. Some towns allow the sale of very weak, 2 , known as "three-two" beer. Some
places 3 of any alcohol on Sundays, not
only in bars but also in shops. You may find a locked bar over the alcohol
shelves. In many parts of America, you are not allowed to drink
alcohol 4 . That is, you may not sit in
a park or 5 drinking beer, and you
cannot even take a nice bottle of wine 6 . In some public places, people can be seen taking drinks from cans 7 . These are not cans of Coca-Cola. 8 you are not allowed to drink alcohol while
driving, or even 9 container in the car.
Some bars 10 only for beer and wine.
Others are also allowed to sell spirits and thus, as Americans say, " 11 ". Many bars have a
period 12 , often longer than an hour,
when they sell drinks with prices 13 .
This is usually around 5p.m. and may be only 14
of the week. Legal drinking age varies from
state to state but is generally 15 .
Some states permit 16 at 18 but spirits
only at 21. Others permit the consumption only of "three-two" beer from 18 to
21. 17 , in some parts of the USA,
young people 18 , marry, raise children,
keep full-time jobs, be tried in courts as adults, join the army and even buy
guns but not 19 . In some places 18 to
21 year olds are allowed into bars but not allowed to drink.
Another even more interesting aspect of American drinking-age laws is that in
some places people 20 are not even
allowed to sell alcohol.