今天我们来聊聊做冰淇淋

jīn tiān wǒ men lái liáo liáo zuò bīng qí lín

Today we are going to talk about making ice cream

以前，我做过卖冰淇淋的生意

yǐ qián ，wǒ zuò guò mài bīng qí lín de shēng yi

I once had a business selling ice cream

所以那时候研究了很多做冰淇淋的方法

suǒ yǐ nà shí hou yán jiū le hěn duō zuò bīng qí lín de fāng fǎ

So at that time, I researched many ways to make ice cream

还买过Ben & Jerry's的冰淇淋制作书

hái mǎi guò Ben & Jerry's de bīng qí lín zhì zuò shū

I also bought Ben & Jerry's ice cream making book

我做的不是麦当劳那种软冰淇淋

wǒ zuò de bú shì mài dāng láo nà zhǒng ruǎn bīng qí lín

What I made was not the soft-serve ice cream like McDonald's

而是意大利那种硬冰淇淋

ér shì yì dà lì nà zhǒng yìng bīng qí lín

But the hard ice cream like the Italian kind

通常在商场里有这种冰淇淋的小店

tōng cháng zài shāng chǎng lǐ yǒu zhè zhǒng bīng qí lín de xiǎo diàn

Usually, there are small shops selling this kind of ice cream in shopping malls

但是太贵了，一个球就要几十人民币

dàn shì tài guì le ，yí gè qiú jiù yào jǐ shí rén mín bì

But it's too expensive, one scoop costs tens of RMB

普通人一个月的工资也就几千人民币

pǔ tōng rén yí gè yuè de gōng zī yě jiù jǐ qiān rén mín bì

An ordinary person's monthly salary is only a few thousand RMB

我自己做冰淇淋用的是家用冰淇淋机

wǒ zì jǐ zuò bīng qí lín yòng de shì jiā yòng bīng qí lín jī

I use a home ice cream maker to make ice cream myself

它其实就是两个功能，冷冻和搅拌

tā qí shí jiù shì liǎng gè gōng néng ，lěng dòng hé jiǎo bàn

It actually has two functions: freezing and stirring

做起来挺简单的

zuò qǐ lái tǐng jiǎn dān de

It's quite simple to make

我整理了很多的口味配方

wǒ zhěng lǐ le hěn duō de kǒu wèi pèi fāng

I have sorted out many flavor recipes

最受顾客欢迎的口味是

zuì shòu gù kè huān yíng de kǒu wèi shì

The most popular flavors among customers are

芒果，糯米，牛油果，薄荷，红茶等等

máng guǒ ，nuò mǐ ，niú yóu guǒ ，bò he ，hóng chá děng děng

mango, glutinous  rice, avocado  , mint, black tea, etc.

当时我做了好多的尝试

dāng shí wǒ zuò le hǎo duō de cháng shì

At that time, I did a lot of experiments

买各种各样的食材来做成冰淇淋

mǎi gè zhǒng gè yàng de shí cái lái zuò chéng bīng qí lín

I bought all kinds of ingredients to make ice cream

味道都很不错

wèi dào dōu hěn bù cuò

The taste was all very good

现在我也会做给家人吃

xiàn zài wǒ yě huì zuò gěi jiā rén chī

Now I also make it for my family to eat

可惜那个店倒闭了

kě xī nà ge diàn dǎo bì le

It's a pity that the shop closed down

可能有几个原因

kě néng yǒu jǐ gè yuán yīn

There may be several reasons

第一是位置不好，周围的人很少

dì yī shì wèi zhì bù hǎo ，zhōu wéi de rén hěn shǎo

First, the location was not good, there were few people around

第二是我要照顾两个孩子，没有时间守店

dì èr shì wǒ yào zhào gù liǎng gè hái zi ，méi yǒu shí jiān shǒu diàn

Second, I had to take care of two children and had no time to stay in the shop

第三是我没有经验，一开始连卖什么都不知道

dì sān shì wǒ méi yǒu jīng yàn ，yī kāi shǐ lián mài shén me dōu bù zhī dào

Third, I had no experience; at first, I didn't even know what to sell

冰淇淋只是尝试的产品之一

bīng qí lín zhǐ shì cháng shì de chǎn pǐn zhī yī

Ice cream was just one of the products I tried

但却是卖得最好的

dàn què shì mài de zuì hǎo de

But it was the best-selling one

也许等我老了，有足够的闲钱

yě xǔ děng wǒ lǎo le ，yǒu zú gòu de xián qián

Maybe when I get old and have enough spare money

还会开一个美好的冰淇淋店吧

hái huì kāi yí gè měi hǎo de bīng qí lín diàn ba

I will open a wonderful ice cream shop again