Popsicles – szókincs, videó, hallás utáni szövegértéses feladat

A videó megnézése után, válaszoljatok a következő kérdésekre.

1. Who invented popsicle and how old was this person that time?
2. What had he wanted to do originally?
3. What happened to the drink?
4. What did he do with his ’drink’?
5. What did he do later on?
6. What was this product called at the beginning and why?
7. What did others claim about the name of the product?
8. How was the name ’popsicle’ born according to rumors?

keys/megoldások:

1. Frank Epperson, he was eleven years old.;
2. He had wanted to make a sort of DIY drink that was very popular at this time. He poured a sugary soda powder into a glass of water and mixed it enthusiastically with a wooden stir stick;
3. It became frozen-solid due to the low temperature at that night.;
4. Instead of throwing it out, he tasted/licked it.;
5. Frank began making the frozen treat for friends, and as he grew older, began selling them as Eppsicles.;
6. It was called Eppsicles, a contraction of his last name and the word icicle.;
7. Others claimed the name is a combination of lollipop and icicle.;
8. Frank’s own kids dubbed the icy delicacy Pop’s ‘cicle.