Why the siren call of the ice cream truck is hard to resist
Cost of Living

Why the siren call of the ice cream truck is hard to resist

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 14, 202627 min

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Of course you do. It's the ice cream truck.

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You know that sound. Of course you do. It's the ice cream truck. And it doesn't take a lot of amplification or volume to get this timbre to go a long distance and penetrate walls and bounce off flat

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surfaces so that people can hear it coming. Ah yes, the siren song of the ice cream truck. It can be hard to resist. And that's not an accident. Hi, I'm Paul Haverstrud. Welcome to the Cost of Living. On a hot summer day, ice cream kind of sells itself.

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It's cold. It's delicious. And then there's the call of the ice cream truck, which, as it turns out, is backed by some sweet science.

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