The Story of Jack Frost - January 10, 2025

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1. 0:08Now, from VOA Learning English, it's time for words and their stories.
2. 0:18If this is your first time with us,
3. 0:21this program explores words and expressions commonly used in American English.
4. 0:29We take a look at where they come from and how best to use them.
5. 0:35So, as winter officially comes to half the world,
6. 0:40today we celebrate an expression that means winter is coming.
7. 0:46When temperatures drop and a cold snap comes, that means one thing, Jack Frost has arrived.
8. 0:56Jack Frost represents the coming of dark, cold days.
9. 1:00He is the personification of winter, a human form of winter weather.
10. 1:08So when we say Jack Frost is nipping at your nose,
11. 1:13we mean that you feel the cold, icy effects of winter on your face.
12. 1:20When a frost or deep freeze comes, you had better bundle up.
13. 1:26You should wear enough clothing to stay warm.
14. 1:30Now, Jack Frost does indeed bring the cold of winter, but he can also create beauty in nature.
15. 1:39Some traditions claim that Jack Frost is responsible for leaving ice and snow on windows,
16. 1:47trees, the ground, anywhere it will stick.
17. 1:52While we know frost is a natural event,
18. 1:56it is fun to think that an imaginary creature named Jack Frost,
19. 2:02or another name in some other cultures, changed the world into a winter wonderland.
20. 2:09That is what poet Hannah Flagg Gould must have been thinking when she wrote a poem called The Frost.
21. 2:18Here are parts of that poem.
22. 2:22The frost looked forth, one still clear night, and he said, Now I shall be out of sight.
23. 2:30Then he went to the mountain and powdered its crest.
24. 2:34He climbed up the trees, and there boughs he dressed, with diamonds and pearls.
25. 2:41With all of its beauty and extremes,
26. 2:46winter is a great subject for songs and poetry.
27. 2:51But now, let's listen to how we use these wintery expressions in conversation.
28. 3:02Brrr! It is freezing outside.
29. 3:05This cold snap came out of nowhere.
30. 3:09I don't care how cold it is.
31. 3:11I'm going on a hot date.
32. 3:13Is that all you're wearing?
33. 3:16You need to bundle up, or Jack Frost will be nipping at more than your nose.
34. 3:22Oh, I'll be fine.
35. 3:25I'm wearing my new coat.
36. 3:27That is not a winter coat.
37. 3:30I mean, it looks great, but it's much too thin.
38. 3:34You will catch a cold.
39. 3:36I know, you can wear my new down coat.
40. 3:40It keeps you warm up to minus 30 degrees Celsius.
41. 3:46I'm going on a date, not exploring the Arctic Circle.
42. 3:51Thanks, but I'm not wearing that big, thick black coat.
43. 3:56Besides, the taxi will take me from door to door.
44. 4:00But what if something goes wrong?
45. 4:02What if the car skids on the ice and is involved in an accident you'll have to walk to the restaurant
46. 4:10you might freeze to death no I won't I'll just call an uber to come and get me and what
47. 4:18if that vehicle runs out of fuel then you'll have to walk
48. 4:22to get more no the uber driver will I'll just call another car what if
49. 4:28that new uber driver is a pregnant woman and she goes into labor.
50. 4:33You'll have to help.
51. 4:35You'll have to wait outside in the cold until help arrives and the roads are already covered
52. 4:41with five centimeters of snow.
53. 4:44It could take the ambulance an hour to get to you.
54. 4:47If you're wearing that thin coat, you'll catch your death.
55. 4:50The EMTs will find you frozen solid like a block of ice.
56. 4:54stop stop you win give me your coat good decision here's my ride
57. 5:02don't forget gloves a hat and a scarf okay goodbye have fun
58. 5:09and that's the end of this words and their stories until next time I'm on a Mateo