Is there anyone that hasn’t eaten an ice cream cone? It’s the perfect treat on a hot day. It’s cold and delicious, and most importantly, you don’t need a dish or a spoon. But where did the cone come from? There are many stories, but one of the best says ice cream cones were invented by Charles Menches in the US. He and his brother sold ice cream from a truck, and they usually sold it in dishes. However, at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, the ice cream vendors started to run out of dishes. Thinking quickly, Charles bought a bunch of baked waffles and rolled them into cones. As a result, on this date in 1904, the ice cream cone was born.
歷史上的今天 7月23日…
有人沒吃過冰淇淋的嗎？冰涼美味的冰淇淋是大熱天裡最棒的甜點，更重要的是，你根本不需要用到盤子或湯匙。但冰淇淋的甜筒是怎麼來的呢？它的由來眾說紛紜，但最精彩的一個版本說是美國的查爾斯．曼徹斯發明了甜筒冰淇淋。他和他兄弟原本開著貨車賣冰淇淋，而且通常是裝在盤子裡販售。但是在1904年的聖路易斯世博會上，那些賣冰淇淋的攤販都開始用光了盤子。腦筋動得快的查爾斯於是買了一堆烤鬆餅，並把它們捲成圓錐狀。結果在1904年的今天，甜筒冰淇淋就這麼誕生了。
知識大補帖
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世界上關於吃冰的最早文獻可回溯至西元前2000年的中國。據說當時宮中的御廚為了讓皇帝（emperor）消暑，於是建造冰屋及地窖，用以將冬天的雪保存下來，等到夏天才讓皇帝食用。義大利龐貝古城（Pompeii）的考古研究上也發現，當時的商店流行一種將融雪拌入蜂蜜製成的冰沙，這項發現則成為義大利最早的吃冰紀錄。但是人們到底是在何時將冰加入牛奶、乳酪等製成現今我們所熟知的冰淇淋（圖，資料照片）則無切確的紀錄可尋。
單字片語
◎conen.（裝冰淇淋的）錐形甜筒；圓錐體
˙an ice cream cone 甜筒冰淇淋
◎spoon
n.湯匙體
◎vendor
n.小販
˙a street vendor 路邊小販
◎run out of…
用光……
例：Cheryl ran out of money while on vacation and had to use her credit card.（雪柔渡假時把錢都花光了，所以她只好刷卡。）
◎a bunch of…
大量的……
˙bunch n.大量，大批
例：Maria made a bunch of cookies for her boyfriend on Valentine’s Day.（瑪麗亞在情人節那天烤了一堆餅乾給她的男友。）
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