How the popsicle was invented | Moments of Vision 11 - Jessica Oreck

翻译人员: Riley WANG 校对人员: Lipeng Chen

In a Moment of Vision...

灵光一现…

It's 1905, Northern California.

1905年，加利福尼亚州北部。

Frank Epperson is eleven years old.

一个11岁的孩子，Frank Epperson

He's sitting on his front porch making a sort of DIY drink

坐在走廊，正在自己制作饮料，

that's very popular at this time.

这种饮料在当时非常流行。

He has just poured a sugary soda powder into a glass of water

他把含糖的小苏打粉末融到一杯水里，

and is mixing enthusiastically with a wooden stir stick.

并用一根小木棍使劲搅拌。

We don't know exactly how the next 24 hours play out,

我们不确定之后的24小时 Frank去哪儿玩了，

but we can imagine that something catches Frank's attention

但是我们能想象到 某件事转移了他的注意力，

and he abandons his drink mid-stir.

使得他把这饮料扔在了一边。

After a cold Bay Area night,

一个凉爽的夜晚之后，

Frank rediscovers his mix drink the next morning.

Frank又想起了 只搅拌到一半的饮料。

It's frozen solid.

它已经被冻成固体。

But instead of throwing it out,

但Frank并没有扔掉它，

Frank pulls the icy block of soda out of the glass by the embedded stir stick

而是把它连着搅拌棒拿了出来，

and, in a moment of vision, licks it.

就在此时，他舔了一下这个冰柱。

Delighted by his invention,

他为自己的发明而感到惊喜，

Frank begins making the frozen treat for friends,

并且开始拿这种冰柱款待朋友们。

and as he grows older,

长大之后，

begins selling them as Eppsicles,

Frank开始售卖这种冰柱，

a contraction of his last name and the word icicle.

他将其称为Eppsicles， 这是他姓氏和棒冰“icicle”的结合。

It is rumored that later,

之后有传言道，

Frank's own kids dubbed the icy delicacy Pop's 'cicle.

是Frank的孩子称这种冰为“Pop's 'cicle”.

Others claim the name is a combination of lollipop and icicle.

其他人则认为这个名字是 棒棒糖“ lollipop”和冰柱“ icicle”的结合。

Regardless where the name comes from, the popsicle is here to stay.

不管名字的来历如何， 这就是我们所吃的冰棒。

Approximately 2 billion popsicles are sold each year.

而每年大约有20亿支冰棒被卖出。