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ESL Podcast English Café 146
English as a Second Language Podcast
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ENGLISH CAFÉ – 146
TOPICS
Famous Americans: Annie Leibovitz; home shopping cable channels and
celebrity product lines; come versus go; via versus through
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GLOSSARY
portrait – a painting or photograph of a person, sometimes with the entire body,
but often just from the shoulders up
* In the living room, there is a portrait of my grandmother as a young girl.
the arts – the study or practice of music, theater, dance, drawing, painting,
photography, and similar fields
* When you start college in the fall, will you study the sciences or the arts?
big break – something that happens that makes you suddenly become much
more successful in your career
* Michael wanted to become a professional baseball player and he got his big
break when the coach for the city’s team saw him play at a high school game.
to be named – to receive a position; to receive a new job or position title
* Dr. Jeff McQuillan was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year.
chief – head; lead; most important; main
* There are several mechanics fixing cars in this garage, but I always bring my
car to the chief mechanic.
celebrity – famous person; a person known by many people, such as an actor,
singer, or sports star
* Gina has a book with the autographs of over 50 celebrities!
channel – a television station; one of the numbers that you tune into when you
are watching TV
* Which channel is showing the old movies with Cary Grant?
cable – television channel that is sent to homes through cables, or long wires
* Will the soccer match be on a network or cable channel?
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host – a person who is on every episode of the show, presenting or introducing
the contents of the show
* The host of the show announced that there will be a surprise guest on this
week’s show.
product line – a group of products that have a similar design, brand (or name),
and purpose, such as a type of makeup or perfume.
* This product line of luxury cars will be marketed to business people.
affiliated with – connected to; with a connection to
* Our summer school program for high school students is affiliated with the
university.
name recognition – having a name that is well known by most people; having a
famous name
* We need a big star with good name recognition for your annual charity show if
we hope to make a lot of money.
via – by way of; by a route that touches or passes through
* Should we fly to New York City via Denver or Atlanta?
through – in at one end, side or surface and out the other
* The children crawled through the bottom of the boat and came out the other
end.
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WHAT INSIDERS KNOW
The National Portrait Gallery
One of the main “attractions” (things or places to see) in Washington, D.C. is the
museums and galleries “administered” (maintained; managed) by the
Smithsonian Institution. One of these is the National Portrait Gallery. This
museum is an art gallery with a “collection” (group) of pictures, paintings, and
images of famous individual Americans.
The gallery is located in the third oldest “federal” (national) buildings in
Washington, D.C. It was built between 1836 and 1867. The National Portrait
Gallery has been there since 1968.
Part of its “permanent collection” (items always on display) are the portraits of the
American presidents. The Gallery has the country’s only complete collection of
U.S. presidential portraits outside of the White House. The permanent collection
also includes portraits of important Americans of the 20 th century. These include
major cultural, scientific, and political “figures” (people).
The museum also features portraits of famous artists, performers, and sports
figures. In its “Bravo!” collection, you will find portraits of famous actors and
composers (writers of music) such as John Wayne and Leonard Bernstein. If
you are a fan of sports, be sure to visit the “Champions” collection. You will find
portraits, “artifacts” (objects from history), and “memorabilia” (collected objects of
historic importance) of athletes who have “distinguished themselves” (shown
themselves to be important and successful) in many areas of sports. These
collections also include “video clips” (short films) related to artistic and sport
performances that are historically important.
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
You’re listening to ESL Podcast’s English Café number 146.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast’s English Café episode 146. I’m
your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational
Development in the beautiful City of Los Angeles, in the State of California.
Do we have a website? Yes we do! Go to eslpod.com. When you’re there, you
can download a Learning Guide for this episode, an 8 to 10 page guide we
provide for all of our current episodes that gives you lots of additional help in
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sample sentences using those words in different context, additional explanations
of vocabulary that we don’t discuss on the audio episode, comprehension
questions, cultural notes, and a complete transcript of everything we say. You
can also take a look at our ESL Podcast Store, as well as our ESL Podcast Blog,
where several times a week we give you even more help in improving your
English.
On this Café, we’re going to continue our series on famous Americans; this time
we’re going to talk about Annie Leibovitz, who’s a famous photographer –
sometimes controversial photographer. Then we’re going to focus on home
shopping cable channels and celebrity product lines. You may have these in
your country; these are television channels that just sell things. It’s an interesting
phenomenon; we’ll talk about it. As always, we’ll answer a few of your questions
as well. Let’s get started.
This Café continues our series on famous Americans. Today we’re going to talk
about a very well known photographer, by the name of Annie Leibovitz. Leibovitz
is a portrait photographer; at least that’s what she’s most famous for. A “portrait”
is a painting or a photograph of a person, sometimes the entire body of the
person, but often just from the shoulders up, that is, the shoulders, the neck, and
the head. That’s a portrait photograph. In the past, before people had cameras
– before photography, famous people and rich people would often ask artists to
paint their portraits. Today, in many countries, there are portrait galleries, which
are art museums where you can go and see famous portraits from the past.
There’s a famous gallery in Washington, D.C., the National Portrait Gallery,
where you can see a lot of portraits like this. Annie Leibovitz really continues this
tradition with photography; most of her famous portraits are of rich and famous
people.
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Annie was born in Connecticut in 1949. She became interested in the arts when
she was a high school student. When we talk about “the arts,” we usually mean
music, theater, dance, drawing, painting, photography, and similar fields. Annie
actually began writing and playing music. After she finished high school, she
went to the San Francisco Art Institute, which is a very famous school for the arts
here in California, up in Northern California in San Francisco.
Annie traveled to Japan, and while she was taking pictures on that trip, she
became very interested in photography. She practiced her photography for
several years, improving her photography skills while she worked at many other
jobs. At the beginning, then, she wasn’t able to be a full-time, professional
photographer; she couldn’t make enough money – a common problem with many
artists.
Annie’s big break as a photographer came when she began working for Rolling
Stone magazine, which is a magazine about rock groups and popular culture.
She began there in 1970. A “big break” is something that happens that makes
you suddenly much more successful in your career. For example, an actress
might get her big break the first time she acts in a movie, or a singer might get
his big break the first time he performs in an opera. As I said, Annie’s big break
was to begin working for Rolling Stone magazine.
In 1973, Leibovitz was named the magazine’s chief photographer. To be
“named” something means to receive a position and receive a new title – a new
name for what you do. Annie was named the chief photographer; “chief,” here,
means the head or the lead – the most important. The chief photographer at
Rolling Stone is the most important photographer for the magazine.
During the ten years that she was the chief photographer there, she took portrait
photographs of many famous musicians and other “celebrities,” or famous people
such as actors and singers. In 1983, Leibovitz left Rolling Stone and began
working for another magazine called Vanity Fair , which is mostly a magazine
about “fashion,” or clothing styles, and politics. She continues to work there
today.
Some of Annie’s portraits have become important parts of American pop culture.
Perhaps her most famous photograph was a portrait of John Lennon, who, as
you probably know, was a member of The Beatles. It was a photograph of him
together with his wife, Yoko Ono. John Lennon liked the photograph so much he
made Annie promise to put it on the cover of the magazine. Five hours later,
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