Hi everybody!
My name is Shauna and this is the American English Podcast.
My goal here is to teach you the English spoken in the United States.
Through common expressions, pronunciation tips, and interesting cultural snippets or stories,
I hope to keep this fun, useful, and interesting.
Let's do it!
Hello!
Welcome back!
This is episode 207.
And before we jump in, I'd like to give a quick heads up.
The next episode will be the second part of this one.
And in it, we'll be talking about one of the strangest disasters in US history.
The Great Molasses Flood.
Yeah, a real flood of molasses.
It happened in Boston in 1919.
And if you think you heard me wrong, yes, I said molasses.
Do you know what molasses is?
It's that thick, dark, sweet syrup that sort of looks like honey and is very, very sticky.
I use it to make Christmas cookies and gingerbread.
Anyway, imagine that.