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TOPICS
Ask an American: College Life in the U.S., all but, specialty vs. speciality, to cut
someone off, Don’t be a…, moonshine
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GLOSSARY
class size – the number of students in one class; the number of students taught
by one teacher
* It’s not fair to teachers to keep increasing class size without giving them more
support and help.
roughly – approximately; close to what it is, but not exactly
* I’m not sure how many guests stay in our hotel each weekend. I would say
roughly 50.
As a matter of fact… – a phrase used to introduce additional information that
emphasizes an idea or point that has just been made
* Sheila had a terrible time on our ski trip last weekend. As a matter of fact, she
said she never plans to ski again!
vast majority – large majority; mostly; much more than 50%
* A vast majority of Americans eat too much junk food and are overweight.
ghetto – poor part of town, usually with a lot of crime
* If you think this is a bad neighborhood, you should see the ghetto I grew up in.
It was much poorer and more dangerous.
arena – sports stadium; a large place where athletes play sports in the center
and people sit in rows on all sides to watch
* All of the fans in the arena stood up and cheered when the two teams came
onto the field.
military base – a place owned by the government where military people live and
work
* Be sure to have your military ID with you if you want to get onto the military
base.
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student loans – money students borrow from the bank to pay for college or
university costs
* My biggest concern after I finish graduate school is paying off my student loans.
to pay back – to return money that is borrowed, usually by making small
payments regularly over time
* When I pay back my car loan, I plan to sell my car and buy a motorcycle.
all but – everything or everyone except; all things are possible or acceptable but
not this
* All but Cathy is here for the meeting, and she should be here any minute.
specialty (British English: speciality) – an area of study or skills that one is an
expert at
* We always go to this bakery because their specialty is lemon cake, and that’s
my favorite.
to cut someone off – to stop someone before they are finished; to move quickly
and dangerously in front of another car while driving
* Dora wouldn’t stop talking and I finally cut her off so that other people could
give their opinions.
Don’t be a… – Don’t behave like a (something or someone), usually something
or someone undesirable or disliked
* Don’t be a slob. Clean up after yourself and don’t make a mess.
moonshine – alcohol that was illegally made or made at home
* Come over to my house tonight and you can help me make moonshine in my
bathtub.
Prohibition – a law from 1920-1933 that made it illegal to make or to sell alcohol
* Prohibition made it difficult for bars and many restaurants to remain in business.
Appalachia – a part of the eastern U.S. along the Appalachian Mountains
* They bought a small house in Appalachia so that they could enjoy living in the
mountains.
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WHAT INSIDERS KNOW
Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland is a famous American “composer” or writer of music. He wrote
many different types of music that combined modern music with American “folk”
(traditional) styles. He was born in 1900 and lived until he was 90-years-old. He
was well known for writing music that was performed in “concerts” (performances
in front of an audience) as well as for movies.
One of his most well known musical works was the “score” or music for a “ballet”
(a type of classical dance) called Appalachian Spring . He wrote it in the early
1940’s and it “premiered” (was first performed for the public) in 1944.
Appalachian Spring tells the story of American “pioneers” or people who were the
first to explore or go to live in different parts of the United States. The main
characters are a group of pioneers, including a young married couple and a
religious preacher, who travel to a part of Appalacia to start a new life and to live.
Even though the ballet isn’t performed very often now, the music is still very
popular for “orchestras” (a large group of musicians playing instruments).
Aaron Copland’s music for Appalachian Spring won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in
1945. The Pulitzer Prize is one of the most important and prestigious prizes
given for the arts, including music, in the United States.
He is also known for many other musical works, including the Fanfare for the
Common Man. This is a short piece written for “brass” (musical instruments
made of brass that you play by blowing into it) and “percussion” (musical
instruments played by hitting them with your hand, with sticks, or with other
things). This is his most popular work, and it is also one of the most recognizable
pieces of music written in the “20 th Century” (the years 1900-1999).
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast's English Café, episode 66.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast's English Café, episode 66. I'm
your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, wishing you a very happy New Year on this first
week of the new year, 2007.
Because it's a new year, we have some new things for you here on the English
Café. We thought we would do some experiments and try some new things.
We've received lots of suggestions, and one of those suggestions is to try to get
other voices on the podcast to listen to, and today we're going to do a little bit of
that.
If you have a suggestion or a comment, you can email those to us at
eslpod@eslpod.com. As always, you can download a Learning Guide for this
podcast on our website, just go to eslpod.com.
Our topic today is going to be about college and college experiences in the
United States, and as usual, we'll also answer a few of your questions. Let's get
started.
Our first segment - our first part - today is going to be something that I'm going to
call “Ask an American,” where we interview or talk to someone and try to answer
questions that you might have of an average or typical American - if there is such
a thing as an average person in a country! This is a good way for you to get to
hear other voices. It's also a way for you to ask questions, not just about
language but other things that you want to hear about, and that's what we're
going to do today.
One of the ways that we're going to do this is that I'm going to ask other people
who have podcasts - different types of podcasts - some of these general
questions.
Our first American that we're going to ask a question of is Rob, who is the host of
a podcast about podcasting. He interviews other podcasts; he's also interviewed
me on his podcast. If you go to our website and look under the “What's New”
section, you can find the information to listen to his interview about me and ESL
Podcast. So, I thought would be nice to interview Rob and ask him a question.
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The question that I asked Rob to answer is one that many people have
suggested that I talk about on the podcast, and the question is tell me about your
university experience - your college experience. What are some things you liked
and what are some things that you didn't like?
Rob is going to tell us about his college experience. He's going to speak a little
faster than I do normally, but don't worry about that. We're going to listen to it
once, and then I'll go to back and explain some of the things he talks about.
He's going to talk about where he went to school; he's going to talk about what
kind of school it was; who ran the school - who was in charge of the school. He's
going to talk about what some of the famous things are of his university, and he's
going to talk about some things he didn't like about his college experience. It is
about a three and half - four minute answer, so we'll listen and then we'll come
back and we'll talk about it. Here's Rob.
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Hello. This is Rob, host of the Podcast 411 podcast, and co-author of the book,
“Tricks of the Podcasting Masters.”
For my undergraduate degree, I went to the University of Dayton, which is in
Dayton, Ohio. University of Dayton, while the name might not sound like it, is
actually a Catholic university, and unlike most Catholic universities, it is not a
Jesuit school. It is actually a Marianist school, although I can't really remember
what the difference is between a Marianist school and a Jesuit school, other than
to say Dayton is one of three or four major Marianist universities, compared to
the hundreds of major Jesuit schools.
What I really loved about the University of Dayton was the size of the school and
the class size. There's about 6900 undergraduate students, which is roughly
about the same size as the University of Notre Dame, which meant the University
was large enough that you didn't know everybody that went there, but small
enough that you did know your professors.
At UD, which is what we call the University of Dayton, the average class size was
roughly 15 to 18 students. As a matter of fact, the largest class anywhere on
campus was a hundred (100) students. The vast majority of classes were 15 to
18 students, and I had a couple of engineering classes that were actually only
three or four students, so you really got to know the professors.
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