A1-20 / CEFR A1 / EPISODE 20

What Do You Like?

Sharing ice cream preferences

SceneOutside an ice cream shop.

Frank and Tina taste their ice creams outside a shop. — Select the illustration to view it at full size in a new tab.

Narrator

Frank and Tina talk about food. They want ice cream.

フランクとティナは食べ物の話をしている。二人はアイスクリームを食べたい。

Tina01

Do you like ice cream, Frank?

アイスクリームは好き、フランク？

Frank02

I do. Vanilla is my favorite.

好きだよ。バニラがお気に入りなんだ。

Tina03

Vanilla? That's so plain!

バニラ？すごく地味ね！

Frank04

Plain is good. Plain is safe.

地味なのがいい。地味は安全だ。

Tina05

I like strawberry. It's pink!

私はストロベリーが好き。ピンクだもの！

Frank06

Of course. You love pink.

そうだよね。君はピンクが大好きだ。

Tina07

Try a bite of mine. Just one!

私のをひと口食べてみて。ひと口だけ！

Frank08

...The pink one is better.

…ピンクのほうが、おいしい。

Tina09

Did Frank just say pink is better?!

フランクが今、ピンクのほうがいいって言った？！

Frank10

Tell no one.

誰にも言わないで。

WORDS & CONTEXT

Words & context

“plain”

Plain means simple or without decoration; for food, it can also mean without added flavoring. Tina uses it critically about vanilla, but Frank treats simplicity as a virtue: Plain is good. Plain is safe.

“Tell no one.”

Tell no one. is a more emphatic, slightly theatrical alternative to Don't tell anyone. Frank has admitted that the pink ice cream tastes better and, feeling embarrassed, asks Tina to keep it secret.

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STORY English with optional Japanese translations

Words & context

“plain”

“Tell no one.”