1The Bob and Rob Show Study GuideLesson 67date: Jan 13, 2007file name: bobrob 01-13-07file length: 27:11

Show notesChocolate, glorious chocolate and chockies1. This week, the topic was that brown sweet that many say isbad for the teeth.

Some Quotes about chocolateAll I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesnt hurt!Lucy Van Pelt In Peanuts, by Charles M.Schulz

Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you dont need an appointment - Unknown

Dont wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate isnt like premarital sex. It will notmake you pregnant. And it always feels good Lora Brody, author of Growing Up On The Chocolate Diet

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what youre going to get.Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks from the movie Forrest Gump)

Commercial

Jello chocolate puddinghttp://www.kraftfoods.com/jello/

Phrasal Verbs and Idioms"to break off"1) To separate something from something else (by force) e.g: I broke off a piece of chocolate and gave it to

my girlfriend.2) to stop speaking or doing something before you have finished saying it or doing it, respectively e.g: As I

walked in the bar, the conversations broke off and silence filled the place..3) to end a relationship (between countries as well as people) e.g: A) America broke off relations with North

Korea. B) They were engaged for 5 years when they decided to suddenly break it off.

Idioms Make a mintTo make a lot of money e.g:1) I think you can make a mint if you know several languages, have an MBA, and know the right people.2) My uncle made a mint investing in real estate.

Bonus Idiom: to be in mint conditionTo be as good as new or nearly in perfect condition e.g:1) My car is 5 years old but it is still in mint condition because I hardly ever drive it.2) Even though the car is used, it is in mint condition, so I would buy it.

2Email Bag / Grammar BluesKen asked about the phrase and yet. Basically, it is similar to but. The main difference is that butessentially refers to contrast, whereas and yet refers to comparison. EG:

Its so close and yet so far.Rob is British but his parents are Italian.

Both Sides of the Pond(US) chocolate chip cookies (UK) chocolate chip biscuits(US) toss ones cookies / puke up (UK) chunder / puke up(US) graham cracker (UK) digestive biscuit

SongHopes And Chocolates by Richard Tafilaw. See more at www.richardtafilaw.com/

Show transcriptBOBHi, it's the Bob and Rob Show. This is Bob.

ROBAnd, this is Rob. How are you doing?

BOBDoing good today, Rob. How are you doing?

ROBNot bad, not bad. I don't have a cold anymore, so I'm over the winter blues.

BOBOver the winter blues. I tell you, if you ever have the blues, you know what, I have a good remedy2.

ROBWhat's that?

BOBEat a little chocolate.

ROBThat's a good idea.

BOBI'm a chocoholic3.

ROBAre you?

BOBThat means: I love chocolate.

ROBRight, right.

BOBIn fact, that's what we're talking about today, ladies and gentlemen. We're talking about chocolate. Chocolate,chocolate - you know I don't know who said it but - chocolate is cheaper than therapy, and you don't need anappointment.

ROBRight, right, that's excellent.

3BOBLucy Van Pelt said - what did she say?

ROBShe said: "All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then, doesn't hurt." Lucy van Pelt in"Peanuts."

BOBThat's by, Charles Schulz.

ROBThe little girl in "Peanuts"?

BOBYea, the cartoon. "Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate, isn't like pre-marital sex; it will not make you pregnant, and it always feels good." That's by, Laura Brody, author ofGrowing Up on the Chocolate Diet. How about you, are you a chocoholic, Rob?

ROBI do like chocolate, but I very seldom eat it. "Seldom do I eat it," so a good bit of "inversion" in there, Bob.

BOBGood for you.

ROBNo, I like it, but I eat protein bars these days. Two or three a week.

BOBThat's not chocolate, though.

ROBIt's chocolate, man4.

BOBIt's got some chocolate mixed in, but you gotta5 have solid chocolate.

ROBIt's not real chocolate, yea. What about you, Bob, do you eat a lot of chocolate?

BOBYea, I eat too much.

ROBWell, it does have a lot of calories, right?

BOBI'm a chocoholic.

ROBIt makes you fat, doesn't it?

BOBWell, I don't eat that much, and I try to eat dark...

ROBI'm not saying youre fat, or anything.

BOBI'm not.

4ROBI know your not.

BOBI try to eat dark chocolate; dark chocolate is actually healthy, it's good for you.

ROBYou see, I don't actually like dark chocolate. I prefer regular, plain, milk chocolate - taste wise.

BOBIt does taste a little better, but it's not as healthy as dark chocolate because dark chocolate has more of theantioxidants.

ROBWow, that's a new word.

BOBAntioxidants, A-N-T-I-O-X-I-D-A-N-T-S, and those are the things that help prevent cancer, and also,apparently, dark chocolate lowers blood pressure. So, a little dark chocolate, it has medicinal value. It's like atonic; a little chocolate will actually make your healthy.

ROBJust like red wine as well, I guess.

BOBAnd, they go really well together. Take a nice Cabernet Sauvignon with some dark chocolate, it's a matchmade in heaven6."

ROBSounds good.

BOB"A match made in heaven."

ROBThat's a good quote.

BOBLet's tell our listeners a little bit about the history of chocolate, in case they don't know.

ROBOkay. So, Christopher Columbus, apparently, he's believed to be the first European to discover chocolate.

BOBGood for Chris, thank you, Chris.

ROBAnd, a few decades later during his conquest of Mexico, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez - well, hefound the Aztec Indians using cocoa beans to prepare a drink called "chocolatu," meaning "warm liquid."

BOBSo, hot chocolate.

ROBRight. And Cortez, who described the chocolatu as "the divine drink which builds up resistance and fightsfatigue," and his countrymen, they conceived of the idea of sweetening the bitter drink with cane sugar.

BOBSo, at first, hot chocolate didn't have any sugar in it. Yuk!

5ROBIt was the Spanish who put the cane sugar in it. And, the recipe for the sweet and frothy beverage underwentseveral more changes in Spain, where newly discovered spices; such as, cinnamon and vanilla, were addedas flavorings. That's the history of it.

BOB At first chocolate was restricted to the nobility. So popular did chocolate become that in, 1657, the firstof many chocolate houses - now there's a house I'd like to live in - was established to serve the drink to thegeneral public. Later in America even Thomas Jefferson extolled7 chocolates virtues describing "thesuperiority of chocolate for both health and nourishment."

ROBWow! Okay.

BOBGo, Thomas.

ROBAnd then mass productions of chocolate began with the invention of the cocoa press in, 1828, and it did a lotto improve the quality of the beverage by squeezing out parts of the cocoa butter, the fat that occurs naturallyin cocoa beans. And, in the middle of the last century -actually no, we're in the 21st century, so wow...

BOBTwo centuries ago.

ROBIn the middle of the 19th century, so in the 1850's, two significant discoveries revolutionized the chocolateindustry. In, 1847, an English company introduced solid eating chocolate - which I guess, is what we havetoday - and the public could enjoy chocolate eaten out of the hand, as well as in the form of a drink. Thirtyyears later in Switzerland Daniel Peter found that milk could be added to chocolate to make a new product,appropriately named, milk chocolate.

BOBRob, doesn't this make you feel like having a chocolate bar?

ROBYea, it does, actually.

BOBBy the way, we need to break for a commercial.

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BOBOkay, there's Jell-O Chocolate Pudding.

ROBExcellent, sounds nice.

BOB

6Chocolate anything. Actually, I explained a little bit at the beginning about how dark chocolate is healthy, and Iwant to make sure our listeners - and I want to make sure you know that, Rob, so I've got a public serviceannouncement here about - well, I don't know if it's a public service announcement - it's talking about howchocolate can be a healthy part of your diet. Okay, let's listen to it.

PSA: This day and age, healthy dieting and exercise is popular, but what some people don't know is that theycan enjoy a holiday treat without guilt if it is done sensibly. Dr. Sharon Robinson, nutrition specialist with theTexas Agricultural Extension Service says it's perfectly fine to have a piece of chocolate. People just need tolearn to balance treats with their lifestyle.

For most people who are able to balance a healthy diet and physical activity, there is no reason not to enjoy asweet treat now and then. Balance is the key.

Robinson says chocolate is at the top of the food pyramid, along with condiments9. And like mayonnaise andketchup, it is okay to enjoy limited amounts.

Instead of going for the large three pound box of chocolates, perhaps just two truffles. For example, a personmight choose to make chocolate-covered fruit - such as strawberries,cherries and orange slices.

Chocolate has a great flavor, and can be used to supplement healthy foods for a great tasting treat.

Go ahead and indulge in a little bit of chocolate this Valentine's Day. With a regular program of healthy eatingand exercise, your body - and your taste buds - will thank you. From College Station, Texas, I'm JenniferRegar.

BOBThere you go, Rob, no more excuses. You eat your chocolate, okay.

ROBOnly dark chocolate.

BOBAnd by the way, if anyone wants to send a chocolate donation to me youre more than welcome to do that.

ROBWe'll greedily accept it.

BOBDark chocolate, please. Okay, let's do some phrasal verbs and idioms, Rob. What do we have today for aphrasal verb?

ROBFor phrasal verbs we're going to look at "break off," or "break something off."

BOBLike, "break something off" from a bar of chocolate?

ROBRight.

BOBBreak off some chocolate.

ROBYea, break off some chocolate. Break off a piece of chocolate and stick it in your mouth.

BOBBreak off, okay, break something off, or break off something. You know, another way that can be used, is to

7break off a relationship. So, there's the physical break off like, chip something off, but then, "break off arelationship," so "we broke things off, we broke off our relationship, we separated."

ROBIt could be either when they're still boyfriend girlfriend, or even at the engagement level.

BOBBroke off the engagement at the last minute.

ROBWe don't really use it for married couples, though. We wouldn't say...

BOBNo, that's true.

ROBIt's only for pre-marriage relationships.

BOBFor married couples - they get divorced, or they ended.

ROBOr, we would say, "broke-up."

BOBBroke up, that's true. Broke up. Okay.

ROBBut, another meaning is "to stop someone from doing something suddenly" before you have finished.

BOBOh, that's right.

ROBTo stop speaking. For example, sometimes when we go in the office and the other guys - the colleagues there- they suddenly break off they're conversation as we enter.

BOBI don't think we're very popular. So, that basically means "to stop speaking suddenly"?

ROBRight, yea, yea. Or, to stop doing something.

BOBSo, when the police walked into the bar people broke off their conversations.

ROBThat means "they stopped talking."

BOBWell, that's great. We've got some idioms today - and I tell you, when I start thinking about chocolate andeverything I associate with chocolate - and our idiom today is "mint." M-I-N-T Now of course, when I saw mint,I thought chocolate mint - with chocolate chip ice cream - mint chip ice cream ...

ROBThat's really good, isn't it?

BOBOh my gosh! Mint and chocolate goes really well, but mint M-I-N-T can also mean "money."

8ROBYes, it can.

BOBAnd, that's what we're talking about today with our idiom. Our idiom today is "make a mint," it means "to makea lot of money." For example, "my uncle made a mint investing in real estate."

ROBRight, that's good.

BOBWhat's our bonus idiom today?

ROBThe bonus idiom is "to be in mint condition." So, for example, "even though the car is used, it's in mintcondition, so I'd buy it."

BOBOkay. You'll put that in the study guide?

ROBYes, or the results of "in mint condition."

BOBOkay, let's leave those mints behind, and go into some Grammar Blues. I'm feeling down, I ain't got nochocolate in this town. Making me feel bad, spinning me around - I gotta better just shut up.

ROBAll right. Too much chocolate.

BOBSo, Grammar Blues today, we actually have a good question from one of our listeners named Ken. What washis question?

ROBWell, he asks about the use of a particular phrase, "and yet."

BOBThat means "but." For example, "we're so close, and yet so far."

ROBRight. "Very close" meaning "in the distance" sense.

BOBSo, he wants to know what's the difference in "yet," and "but"? For example, "he's so healthy, and yet so sick."Maybe he's in good shape, but he has cancer.

ROBRight, right. So, perhaps another one might be something like, "it was a cold day, and yet I felt quite warm."

BOBYes, or the difference "It was a cold day, but I felt warm." And the difference between, "and yet,' and "but,"basically "and yet" emphasizes comparison, where "but" focuses more on the contrast. They kind of have thesame meaning, but "and yet" is more emphasizing a comparison - a comparative aspect, where "but" putsmore emphasis on a contrast.

ROBYes, of course, and they're both conjunctions, and they both naturally join sentences together.

BOB

9Anyway, Ken, there you go. We did this Grammar Blues for you.

ROBI'll give you another example, Bob. My sister has been on a diet for ages, and yet she can't seem to lose anyweight10

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BOBAh, that's a good one. Okay, that's been the Grammar Blues. Bringing us down... Okay, let's do AncientJapanese English Study Secret.

ROBAncient Japanese Study Secret.

BOBWe gotta a nice email - this is actually a combination of Email Bag, and Ancient Japanese English StudySecret - from Alexander, from Russia, and he says, "by the way, I've spread word about your show in Russia."

ROBThank you, very much, Alexander.

BOBYes, thank you. "I've studied in many prominent schools in Moscow, and everywhere, and I recommendpeople to check up on your show. Later some students and teachers told me they like the show too. With thehelp of your show I've passed the IELTS.

ROBThe IELTS.

BOBThe IELTS, and advanced exam in English. This December I've taken the CEP exam. My technique was suchthat I listened to each show many times, and a number of them I knew by heart." He learned them by heart.That's amazing. "Now I use the phrases, idioms and collocations11 from those shows very often, andsometimes when I speak English, I have the feeling that I pronounce the words and phrases with the sameintonation as Bob and Rob, which makes my speech very natural so that is close to native speakers ofEnglish." Wow!

ROBThat's fantastic!

BOBI think that our Ancient Japanese Study Secret today is: listen to the show many times, over, and over, andover.

ROBThat's a good idea - over and over.

BOBI know it's pretty hard to listen to Rob more than once.

ROBYes, of course.

BOBNo, actually, I think it's the other way around. I could not imagine anyone listening to me for extended periodsof time. That's how I studied Japanese, I listened over, and over to the same thing until I actually absorbed12

it.

ROBRight. You acquired the language. I think that's amazing, Alexander, because - and congratulations by theway - the IELTS test is extremely difficult, and it's sounds like you've done a great job there, so well done.

BOBAlso, a little piece of chocolate before a test can...

ROBStimulate the brain cells13.

BOB

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That's been Ancient Japanese English Study Secret. Okay, Both Sides of the Pond. "Chocolate chip cookies,"what would you say in the UK?

ROBWell, we call cookies "biscuits," so we call them "chocolate chip biscuits."

BOBAll right. How about - in English we have an expression "to toss one's cookies." "To toss one's cookies"means to "throw up, to vomit. "To toss one's cookies," do you say that in the UK?

ROBNo, we'd say "puke up," or "chunder."

BOB"Chunder, okay. We say "vomit or, throw up, or puke," but the idiomatic expression is "toss one's cookies."

ROBAll right, that's in the States.

BOBPreferably, chocolate chip cookies.

ROBSo, you can get the taste a double time.

BOBWell, it's better going down than coming up. In the States, we have these things called "Smores." You getgraham crackers, and you put a marshmallow and a piece of chocolate inside and you wrap them up inaluminum foil, and you bake them in the oven, or you can put them in a campfire in the hot coals, and theymelt. We call them "Smores," S-M-O-R-E-S, they're delicious. Do you have those in the UK?

ROBWe do, but we don't call them Smores. I think, we have just one particular brand which we call WagonWheels14. But, I think that's an American company.

BOBOkay, and do you call them "graham crackers," the crackers, the sweet crackers that you put on the outside?

ROBNo, we call those "digestive biscuits."

BOBThat sounds terrible.

ROBWe dip them into tea15, as well.

BOBOh, you do?

ROBYea, they're good.

BOBDigestive biscuits, that sounds very medical.

ROBThey digest very well; they're good, they're tasty.

BOBHow about - do you have peanut butter cups in the UK? A wonderful candy in the US, it's peanut butter with achocolate coating on the outside?

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ROBI don't know.

BOBOh, those are good, those are great. Chocolate and peanut butter, again, a match made in heaven.

ROBI'm not so keen on peanut butter.

BOBHow about Hershey Kisses? It's chocolate that looks like little drops - Hershey Kisses they call them in theUS. Just little drops of chocolate - well call them "a kiss."

ROBI'm not sure.

BOBMaybe, you can put a picture in the study guide?

ROBYea, I'll check that out.

BOBThose are good too. Um, I'm getting hungry.

ROBJust to add one more element for Both Sides of the Pond. Bob, you said "Moscow," when you were readingout Alexander's email.

BOBMoscow?

ROBOh yea, that's the American pronunciation.

BOBDo you have a problem with that?

ROBI don't have any problem...

BOBAre you (beep) with me? Sorry, I shouldn't say that.

ROBBeep, beep.

BOBAre you screwing with me?

ROBWe say, "Moscow" The American way is "Moscow."

BOBInteresting. Like, a cow. Thanks, for humiliating me, Rob.

ROBNo, I was just pointing out the differences in pronunciation that we have.

BOBOkay, so it's not my fault?

ROB

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No.

BOBOkay, I just wanted to make sure. Announcements.

ROBThank you very much everybody for your donations, and if you enjoy our show and youre a regular listener,please think about becoming a member, or making a donation.

BOBI think it's a good deal.

ROBYou get great detailed study guides...

BOBAnd they help support the show.

ROBThey help support the show, for sure.

BOBAnd, you do a great job with the study guides.

ROBThanks, Bob.

BOBWe do it together, but you do a lot of it.

ROBAnd, your mom, too.

BOBAnd, my mom, she does the transcripts. Thanks mom. Also, if you have any questions email us, and we're atthe bobandrobshow.com. If you got anyone you think might be interested in our show, let them know.

ROBYea, good idea.

BOBWe're always looking for more listeners. And the song today, well, it's called, "Hopes and Chocolates" by,Richard Tafilaw. He was nice enough to give us permission to use his song, and if you want to learn moreabout him, you can find him at www.richardtafilaw.com. R-I-C-H-A-R-D T-A-F-I-L-A-W We'll put a link in theshow notes and on the blog. It's a really nice romantic song.

ROBSo, is it kind of pop?

BOBNo, it's a folk song. It's nice, yea. "Coming up the walk, it's like I'm floating on the air / Holding ontochocolates, in hopes that you'll be there."

ROBNice, nice, nice, nice.

BOBAnd, I think we should end with, probably, the greatest chocolate quote of all.

ROBOkay. The greatest chocolate quote of all time.

BOB

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You know this. Have you seen Forrest Gump, the movie with Tom Hanks?

ROBI have seen the movie. He's a great actor.

BOBMaybe, you can even do the accent?

ROB"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." Does that sound like ForrestGump?

BOBThat's great, and you know what? I think the Bob and Rob Show is like a box of chocolates. You never knowwhat you're going to get on this show. Anyway everyone, I gotta go have some chocolate, it's been too long. Igotta go have some chocolate. Let's go. Take care everyone, we'll see you next week. Bye, bye.

ROBAll right. Take care everybody. Bye, bye.

Song: Something touches me each time you laughDraws my energy to your behalf.Need to hold you, want you warm and nearTime will wear me but Ill persevere.Through the seasons and their timeless turns_Something touches me each time you laughDraws my energy to your behalf.Need to hold you, want you warm and nearTime will wear me but Ill persevere.Through the seasons and their timeless turns_Ill uphold you and your kind concerns,_Share my licorice whenthe movie slows_Tender solace when the last rose goes.

Let me marry you and carry you awayHold the light for you and brighten up the fray.Oh what witches, oh what dragons we will slayEvery day Evry daySomething touches me each time you laughDraws my energy to your behalf.Need to hold you, want you warm and nearTime will wear me but Ill persevere.Through the seasons and their timeless turn _Ill uphold you and your kind concerns, Share my licorice whenthe movie slows Tender solace when the last rose goes.

Let me marry you and carry you awayHold the light for you and brighten up the fray.Oh what witches, oh what dragons we will slayEvery day Evry dayLets go looking for the straight and true_And leave behind this mindless ballyhoo Keeping step to our owndrums and fife_Well march together through this trial of life.Teach our children what is wrong or right_When to leave and when to stand and fight. Fill our fields with ourbest songs and seed_But take no more than what we truly need.

Let me marry you and carry you awayLift the light for you and brighten up the fray.Oh what witches, oh what dragons we will slayEvry day Evry day

Coming up the walk its like Im floating on the airHolding on to chocolates and the hope that youll be there.

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Extension and Review Study*note: we encourage you to respond to the questions and readings by posting on the new discussion board(Login using your Bob and Rob Show membership username and password)http://englishcaster.com/discussionboard/

1/ Bob and Rob talked about chocolate on this show. Do you like chocolate? How often do you eat it? Do youbelieve the recent scientific research that some chocolate may be healthy for you? What is your favoritesnack?

2/ Do you have Hersheys Kisses or Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups in your country? Do you have anythingsimilarly unique?

3/ What is something you own that is still in mint condition. Describe it in a way that you are trying to sell it.What do you think is the quickest way to make a mint? Will you try to follow these plans in the future?

Glossary 1 Chockies = slang for chocolates. The singular is chocky2 Remedy = cure, medicine that will make you better.3 Chocoholic = other combinations are alcoholic, workaholic and shopaholic.4 Man = slang for friend or guy.5 gotta = you have got to.6 match made in heaven = expression meaning a perfect match, or they go together perfectly.7 Extolled = proclaimed, espoused.8 Luscious = delicious9 Condiments = powder or liquid used to give a special taste to food. So, salt is a condiment.10 lose any weight = the opposite is gain weight, or put on weight.11 collocations = words that go together, for example, commit a crime.12 Absorbed = like a sponge, to take something in (phrasal verb take in).13 brain cells = Or as Agatha Chrisities Hercule Poirot used to say, the grey matter.14 Wagon Wheels = these are ready to buy smores style biscuits. They are not toasted over an open flame.15 dip them into tea = dipping or dunking biscuits into cups of English tea is very common in the UK.