In this mini episode, you will learn the expression “an acquired taste.”
Episode 385 of the Everybody ESL podcast is a mini episode that teaches you the expression “an acquired taste.” Send your questions about English and your comments and suggestions to EverybodyESL@gmail.com! (And let me know if you’d like to record the introduction to a future episode.)
Intro
“Hi, everyone! This is Red, from Fujian, China. And you’re listening to Everybody ESL.”
Welcome to episode 385 of Everybody ESL, the podcast for everybody who wants to improve their English, practice their English, or just learn more English. My name is Ben, and I have a mini episode for you today, where I am going to teach you about one English topic. You can subscribe to the Everybody ESL podcast at Apple podcasts and wherever you find your podcasts. If you like Everybody ESL, leave it a good review so other people can find out about it too. And if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for me, please send an email to EverybodyESL@gmail.com. Okay! Let’s get on with this mini episode.
The episode
In this episode, I am going to teach you an interesting expression. The expression is “acquired taste.” Acquired taste.
That’s spelled a-c-q-u-i-r-e-d, t-a-s-t-e. Acquired taste.
What is an acquired taste? An acquired taste is something that you do not enjoy at first, but then later—after you have more experience with it—you do enjoy it. Something you don’t enjoy at first, but something that you come to enjoy later.
Imagine a food that you enjoy the very first time you try it. You put this food in your mouth, and right away you say, “Oh, this is delicious! I love this!” That is not an acquired taste. That is an example of something you enjoy or appreciate from the very beginning.
But now, imagine that you try some new food, and you do not like it. You don’t enjoy it. You don’t appreciate it. It just doesn’t seem good to you. But then, for some reason, you try it again. And maybe again. And then you realize that you do like it. You have come to like it. You have developed a good feeling about it. You have developed a preference for this thing.
We would say that that thing—that food, in this case—is an acquired taste.
An acquired taste is not always a food or a drink. Really, it can be anything. Any food or drink or activity or even a person. If there is something—or someone—you do not like at first, but then after you try it more, or get to know it a little bit better, or have more experience with it ,or spend more time with it, you realize that now you like this thing, or you appreciate this thing, or you enjoy it. Or now it tastes good to you. It didn’t taste good before, or you didn’t like it before, or you didn’t appreciate it before, but now you do.
That is acquired taste, an interesting and useful expression that I think you should know.
Outro
This is the end of episode 385 of Everybody ESL. Remember: if you have questions about English, or if you have comments for me, or if you would like to record an introduction that I can play at the beginning of future episodes—the same way Red recorded the introduction you heard at the beginning of this episode—send an email to EverybodyESL@gmail.com. I’ll be back soon with a new episode. And until then, keep going, keep practicing, and keep learning. I’ll see you soon. Goodbye!