2014-12-06

【Aiden in English】

        There's nothing like ice cream. There's nothing like being with friends. And there's nothing like having an ice cream with friends. Today, our soccer team was invited to Christopher Dock High School (CDHS) for an ice cream party hosted by Montgomery United Soccer Club. Not only I was excited for ice cream, I was also really pumped to be with my buds.

        When Mom and I arrived at CDHS and entered the cafeteria, I saw many, many familiar faces among the sea of people. Most of the kids had come. But as I took one last scan of the cafeteria, I identified only a few teammates there. I realized that I was one of the first on my team and people were already beginning to trickle out the doorway.

         As Mom and I waited for the team to get here, the cafeteria was less and less crowded. Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore. Mom sensed my impatience and let me go to get ice cream. I was so bored that I even forgot about the ice cream. At that moment, I felt a little stupid inside to ignore the main reason of coming here. I looked around, saw a long, long time of people, and talked with some of my other friends who joined and hopped in line. The line inched forward, however, time flew as m friends and I chatted and chirped away like blue jays on the first day of spring. As I got closer to the place where ice cream was being served, I noticed four different kinds of ice cream. People scooped ice cream out of buckets into small bowls and placed them on the table like a buffet. There were vanilla, chocolate, and some flavors that looked like PB and Cookies & Cream. I took my usual flavor of Cookies & Cream, added some chocolate and M&M's, and headed to the table where my friends were hanging out.

        We devoured our ice cream and an idea then smacked me in the face. At that time, I was almost finished my bowl of ice cream. Thus I looked in the topping’s session and spotted what I was looking for, Reese’s PB Shell. There was barely anyone in line now, so I held up the bottle and squeezed with all my might. The thick and sticky chocolate syrup squirted from the bottle, looking even more delicious than I thought.  I stopped after completely submerging the Cookies & Cream ice cream. Then, I waited for the magic to happen. You see, a chocolate shell was the syrup…… before it’s squirted out of the bottle. The sticky substance dried and became a hard chocolate shell, hence the name, and gave the extra blast of awesomeness to go on top of the ice cream.

        Just like what the Reese's PB Shell does to ice cream, friends give you a blast of awesomeness to your life.

【红霞译文】

        天下没有什么东西会比冰淇凌更加好吃，世上也没有什么事情能比故人欢聚更为开心，与朋友把盏言欢共享冰淇凌盛宴，那可是人生中无以伦比最大的幸福。今天，我们足球队前往克里斯托弗码头高中，应邀参加由蒙哥马利足球联合俱乐部举办的冰激凌聚会，冰激凌吊人胃口，跟老相识重叙友情同样令我意气风发。

        当我和妈妈抵达克里斯托弗码头高中学生食堂时，茫茫人海中出现许多熟悉的面孔，多数人早已入席就坐。可等我仔细端详才发现本队球员到场的寥寥无几，想不到自己竟打了头阵，后续大军尚在有条不紊地从大门挺进。

        我们静心等待其他队友，食堂里已不像刚来时那么多人，终于我耗得耐不住性子。妈妈有所察觉，建议我不如先拿点冰激凌来吃。我因为兴趣索然，竟然傻乎乎地站在原地连到这里要干什么都忘得一干二净。我环顾四周，看见等候冰激凌的队伍很长，索性拽上几位朋友边聊天边排队。我们凑在一起，犹如开春头一天的蓝喜鹊，叽叽喳喳叫个没完。随着走近放置冰激凌的柜台，我终于看清楚到底有哪些种类。冰激凌被盛在小碗里并摆放到桌上，共有香草、巧克力、还有看上去像花生酱和饼干奶油等四种风味。我要来平常爱吃的饼干奶油冰激凌，先将表面撒上巧克力块，再点缀巧克力豆，然后端着碗径直朝哥们集中的那儿走去。

        大伙儿狼吞虎咽，突然我计上心头。就在这个时候，自己碗里的冰激凌已吃得差不多了。于是，我放眼甜品柜台，目光聚焦在“丽丝”花生酱壳。眼下正好无人排队，我拿起瓶子对着冰激凌用力挤压，被挤出来的巧克力糖浆又稠又粘，似乎比想像的还要馋人，直到饼干奶油表面被裹得严严实实，我方才松手停止挤压。接下来只要稍候些许，奇迹就会出现。现在你明白了吧，所谓的巧克力壳无非就是糖浆……在被挤出瓶子之前，这样粘稠的东西干了之后随即变成巧克力硬皮，其名称的确强烈渲染了点缀在冰激凌之上的甜点魅力。

        正如“丽丝”花生酱壳有助提高冰激凌口感，朋友同样能给你的生活带来无穷快乐。