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Speaker 1: The other day someone asked me what's a classic American food?

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The beloved hot dog is the first thing that comes

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to mind. Whether you get one from a street vendor

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with mustard or grill one at home with your favorite toppings,

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the hot dog is the quintessential American food. Let's discuss.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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This is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven thirty five American Dogs.

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In episode seven thirty four, we looked at summers in

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the USA and if there is one food that reminds

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me of summer, it's a high dog. Hot Dogs go

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with summer like peanut butter goes with jelly. And I

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think it's safe to say that the hot dog is

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one of the most classic foods in the United States,

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especially during the summer. Whether you're at a baseball game,

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a family barbecue, or a Fourth of July picnic, you're

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likely to find hot dogs being served. This simple, yet

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satisfying food has a rich history and a beloved place

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in American culture. The story of the hot dog in

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the States begins in the late eighteen hundreds. It seems

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that German immigrants brought sausages to America and they quickly

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became popular in cities like New York and Chicago. And

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although there's a lot of debate about how the name

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hot dog came about, one explanation goes like this. It

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seems that in the early nineteen teen hundreds, the sausages

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were originally called duckshuned sausages, and vendors at baseball stadiums

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started selling them in buns made of soft bread. Hot

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duckshuned sausages seems like a mouthful for a vendor to say,

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so they began calling them hot dogs as a fun,

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catchy name. These days, hot dogs are more than just

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a food. They're a symbol of summer and American leisure.

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Each region in the US has its own style of

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preparing and serving hot dogs with different toppings and flavors,

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from the classic New York hot dog with mustard and

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sauerkraut to the Chicago style dog with onions, relish, and pickles.

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There's a hot dog to suit every taste. And now

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let's check out the key vocabulary from this lesson. The

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first word is classic. Something that is a classic is

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a traditional or standard example of something which is very popular.

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For example, there's nothing like a classic hot dog with

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mustard and ketschup on a sunny day. Hot Dogs are

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a classic food at summer barbecues in baseball games, the

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New York style hot dog is a classic choice for

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anyone visiting the city. And who better to buy a

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hot dog from in New York than a vendor. A

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vendor is a person or a company who sells something

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in a public space. Here are some examples. At the

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baseball game, we bought hot dogs and popcorn from a vendor.

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There are a lot of street vendors selling hot dogs

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in New York City. In the morning, you can find

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coffee vendors, and then lots of other vendors at lunchtime.

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The next word is toppings. Toppings are foods that are

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added on top of other foods to enhance the flavor.

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For example, pepperoni and sausages are popular toppings for pizza

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in New York. Some common hot dog toppings include mustard, ketchup,

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and onions. The ice cream shop has a variety of

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toppings from chopped nuts to eminem candies. And finally, we

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have the adjective beloved. Something or someone that is beloved

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is deeply loved or cherished. Here are some examples. Hot

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dogs are a beloved food at summer picnics across the country.

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Shohei o Tani is one of the most beloved baseball

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players these days. John Lennyan's beloved wife, Yoko, turned ninety

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one this past February. Keep in mind the best way

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in a sentence that's true for you or true in

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