Welcome to English as a Second Language podcast number 1270, Cold and Frozen Treats.
This is English as a Second Language podcast episode 1270.
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This dialogue is between Miranda and Luca about eating things that are cold and sweet.
Sounds good to me.
Let's get started.
Mmm, I could really go for an ice cream sundae right now.
I was thinking more like a cup of hot cocoa.
Forget that.
A banana split with ice cream and lots of chocolate sauce topped with whipped cream.
Mmm.
I like chocolate too, but hot chocolate sounds much better.
Oh, maybe we could run to the store for some popsicles and ice cream sandwiches.
Those would really hit the spot.
Some mulled cider is more like it for me.
If only we had a snow cone machine.
We could make our own snow cones.
How about a hot toddy instead?
No way.
Do you think the frozen yogurt store is still open at this hour?
You do know that it's the middle of winter, right?
I know, but I can't help it.
I need to cool off.
Hot flashes again?
That's right.
I wonder if the pool is frozen.
Miranda begins our dialogue by going.
That sound mmm, is one we make when something either smells good or tastes good.
Miranda says, I could really go for an ice cream sundae right now.
Miranda isn't smelling or tasting anything right now.
She's thinking about it.
She says she could go for an ice cream sundae.
The expression to go for something here means to be excited about the idea of doing something or eating something.
When someone says I could go for a hamburger...
He means, I really feel like eating a hamburger.
I would like a hamburger right now.
The expression is really, I could go for.
He could go for.
The word could is important here.
That indicates that it's something you want to eat or something you want to do.
Miranda could go for an ice cream sundae.
S-U-N-D-A-E.
Notice the spelling of the word sundae.
That word is pronounced the same as the first day of the week sundae.
S-U-N-D-A-Y.
But it's spelled different.
A sundae is is a kind of dessert, a sweet thing you eat after the main meal that is made from one or more types of ice cream.
A sundae usually has something else with it in addition to the ice cream, such as nuts, fruit or some kind of candy.
On top, An ice cream sundae might have a liquid form of sugar called syrup, or at least syrup made with sugar.
Syrup is a liquid that you pour over something else.
It's usually sweet.
Luca says, I was thinking more like a cup of hot cocoa.
Luca is thinking of eating something different or actually drinking something such as a cup of hot cocoa C-O-C-O-A.
Cocoa here refers to a powdered chocolate, a form of chocolate that you use for cooking or, in this case, for making a chocolate drink, usually combined with hot water or perhaps hot milk.
Miranda says, forget that, meaning, no, that's not a good idea.
She continues, a banana split with ice cream and lots of chocolate sauce topped with whipped cream.
Mmm.
Notice again she makes that sound, mmm, which indicates something that would taste good.
Miranda now has the idea of eating another kind of dessert called a banana split.
I used to love eating banana splits when I was a child.
A banana split is made by taking a banana and cutting it in half the long way and putting those in a dish.
And then you take three, what we would call scoops, S-C-O-O-P-S, of ice cream.
A scoop of ice cream is like a little ball of ice cream.
And you take one scoop of vanilla flavored, one scoop of chocolate flavored and one scoop of strawberry flavored ice cream.
And you put them in the dish in between the two pieces of banana.
Then you usually put some chocolate sauce, which is a liquid you pour over the ice ice cream, as well as some whipped cream.
Cream is a form of milk or something that you would get from milk that's very fatty.
You whip it, you add air to it, basically so that it's very light, and you put it on top of the banana split.
Luca says I like chocolate too, but hot chocolate sounds much better.
Hot chocolate is a sweet drink made by melting chocolate into hot milk and then mixing it with sugar and vanilla.
Cocoa and hot chocolate are basically the same thing.
Cocoa is made usually from powdered chocolate, chocolate that is dried and put into very small pieces.
Hot chocolate is often made directly from, say, a bar of chocolate.
Luca wants some hot chocolate.
Miranda says oh, maybe we could run to the store, meaning go to the store for some popsicles and ice cream sandwiches.
Those would really hit the spot, she says.
A popsicle P-O-P-S-I-C-L-E-S is made by taking juice or some combination of juice and water and freezing it onto a little stick.
And then you take the popsicle after it is frozen and you can lick the frozen juice or juice and water combination.
A popsicle is usually about oh, I don't know six, maybe five, six inches long and about maybe an inch around.
An ice cream sandwich is is a dessert made by taking a piece of ice cream basically, or some ice cream, and putting it in between two frozen chocolate cookies or two frozen pieces of chocolate, almost like a chocolate cake.
It's not exactly like a cookie.
It's more soft than a cookie.
Popsicles and ice cream sandwiches are the sorts of desserts that children often like because they're very sweet.
I don't think I've had a popsicle or an ice cream sandwich in many, many years.
Miranda thinks that those two things, however, would really hit the spot.
S-P-O-T.
The expression to hit the spot means to be very satisfying when you are hungry.
If you are very hungry and then you have a good meal, you might say at the end that really hit the spot.
It made you full so that you're no longer hungry anymore.
And usually it tasted good.
Luca is not thinking of cold drinks.
He's still thinking of something hot.
He says, some mulled cider is more like it for me.
The phrase is more like it for me means is something that I would want more.
Luca wants some mulled, M-U-L-L-E-D, cider, C-I-D-E-R.
Cider is made from fruit.
It's the juice of a fruit.
Mold cider is apple juice that is heated and has cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and other spices in it.
Miranda says, if only we had a snow cone machine.
A snow cone.
C-O-N-E is a paper cup that has small pieces of flavored ice, usually ice that is chopped up in very small pieces and then has colored sweetened liquid poured over it, a kind of sugar that is poured over it.
You'll sometimes see snow cones sold at outdoor events during the summertime.
Miranda thinks that they could make their own snow cones.
But Luca wants instead a hot toddy, T-O-D-D-Y.
A hot toddy is a hot drink made with some kind of alcohol, such as rum or whiskey, added to hot water, honey or sugar and perhaps some other kind of flavoring.
Miranda says, no way.
Do you think the frozen yogurt store is still open at this hour?
Frozen yogurt, Y-O-G-U-R-T, is a dessert similar to ice cream, but it's made with yogurt instead.
Luca says, you do know that it's the middle of winter, right?
The middle of winter means that it is in one of the cold months, such as January, February or March.
Miranda says, I know, but I can't help it.
I need to cool off.
Miranda is hot for some reason, and therefore she needs to cool off.
She needs to lower her body temperature.
Luca asks, hot flashes again?
A hot flash F-L-A-S-H are when you suddenly feel very hot, even though the temperature in the room or outside has not changed.
Hot flashes is something that happens sometimes to women who, when they get older, go through something called menopause M-E-N-O-P-A-U-S-E.
It's a certain time of a woman's life when her body's hormones begin to change.
I won't explain it all here.
Miranda says that's right, meaning yes, she is having hot flashes.
Then she says, I wonder if the pool is frozen.
A pool.
P-O-O-L here refers to a swimming pool, an area frozen that is full of water that you can swim in.
Miranda is asking if the swimming pool is frozen, F-R-O-Z-E-N.
Frozen is when water becomes a solid.
If the pool is frozen, the water inside of the pool has frozen and therefore you cannot swim in it.
Miranda is so hot, she's thinking of swimming even when it is very cold outside.
Now let's listen to the dialogue, this time at a normal speed.
I could really go for an ice cream sundae right now.
I was thinking more like a cup of hot cocoa.
Forget that.
A banana split with ice cream and lots of chocolate sauce topped with whipped cream.
Mmm.
I like chocolate too, but hot chocolate sounds much better.
Oh, maybe we could run to the store for some popsicles and ice cream sandwiches.
Those would really hit the spot.
Some old cider is more like it for me.
If only we had a snow cone machine.
We could make our own snow cones.
How about a hot toddy instead?
No way.
Do you think the frozen yogurt store is still open at this hour?
You do know that it's the middle of winter, right?
I know, but I can't help it.
I need to cool off.
Hot flashes again?
That's right.
I wonder if the pool is frozen.
We can't give you any frozen yogurt, but we can give you some excellent English lessons thanks to the wonderful scripts written by our own Dr Lucy Say.
From Los Angeles, California, I'm Jeff McQuillan.
Thanks for listening.
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