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ENGLISH CAFÉ – 97
TOPICS
Atlanta, Michael Moore, to have versus to have got, singular versus plural verbs
with percentages, sort of versus kind of
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GLOSSARY
Deep South – the southeastern part of the United States, usually Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina
* We took a road trip through the Deep South and heard people in different areas
speak with different southern accents.
metropolitan area – an urban area with many people living in it; a city and the
surrounding lands with a big population
* Approximately 150,000 people live in Eugene, but about half a million people
live in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area.
resident – a person who officially lives in a specific area
* At state universities, students who are residents of that state pay less than do
students who are residents of other states.
peach – a sweet, round fruit that is yellow on the inside, has red and yellow skin
covered with small hairs, and has a large pit (seed) in the center
* This peach is delicious, because it is sweet and juicy.
host – the people, organization or government that organizes and pays for an
event
* Moscow was the host of the Olympics in 1980.
civil rights movement – the period of time in the U.S. during the 1960s when
African Americans and other racial minority groups loudly asked to be equal to
white Americans
* Martin Luther King, Jr. was an important leader in the civil rights movement.
segregation – the practice of keeping two races separate; the practice of
keeping whites and African Americans away from each other, so that they go to
different schools, use different entrances, ride in different parts of buses, etc.
* During segregation, many water fountains were labeled “whites only” and other
people weren’t allowed to drink there.
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relocation – the practice of moving oneself and one’s family to a new city, often
to accept a new job in a different location
* Some large companies will pay for their employees’ relocation expenses when
they want them to begin working at a different office in another part of the
country.
racial makeup – the mixture of different racial groups in a population; the
percentage of Caucasians (whites), African Americans, Hispanics (Latinos),
Asians, Native Americans, and other groups living in a certain area
* The racial makeup of this city changed significantly after the major industries
closed their factories.
documentary – an educational film; a film that is created to educate and inform
viewers about a particular topic
* Super Size Me is an interesting documentary about the dangers of eating too
much fast food.
plant – factory; a large building where things are made
* When the automobile plants closed in Detroit, many people lost their jobs.
commercial – financial; related to buying and selling products and services;
related to making money
* In this city, most of the stores and big businesses are in the commercial area
downtown.
critical success – a work of art, song, book, or movie that receives positive
reactions from professionals in that field
* Lynn has been publishing books for 10 years, but it wasn’t until she published
her latest book that she received critical success.
sicko – a person who is mentally ill or evil and enjoys doing things that are bad
or hurt other people
* That man is a sicko. He likes to yell at young children to make them cry.
pharmaceutical – medicinal; related to medical drugs; related to making and
selling medicines
* Do you think that pharmaceutical companies should be allowed to advertise
their products on TV?
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WHAT INSIDERS KNOW
Mockumentaries
The word “mockumentary” is a combination of the word “mock” and
“documentary.” “To mock” means to laugh at something, and a “documentary" is
an educational film. Therefore, a “mockumentary” is a movie that seems like a
documentary about something in real life, but it is actually “fiction” (not true).
Many mockumentaries are “satires,” meaning that they use comedy to “criticize”
(say bad things about) something or someone.
One famous mockumentary is This is Spinal Tap , which was filmed in 1984. It is
about a fictional heavy-metal rock band called Spinal Tap, and it shows the crazy
lives of the “band members,” or the people who are in the band. Although the
movie is about a fictional band, it is really “satirizing” (using satire to talk about)
famous bands, like Iron Maiden and The Rolling Stones.
Another well-known mockumentary is Best in Show (2000), which is about five
people who participate in a “dog show.” A “dog show” is a competition to see
which owner has the best, most beautiful, or most talented dog. The dog owners
are often “obsessed” (thinking about something too much) with their dogs. In this
movie, the obsession of the dog owners is “exaggerated,” or made bigger than it
actually is.
The Blair Witch Project is a mockumentary “horror film” (scary movie) that was
filmed in 1999. It is about a group of film students who are trying to make a
documentary about a “legend” (old story) of a local “witch” (a woman who makes
bad magic). The students get lost in the forest where they are filming, and are
attacked by the witch. Their bodies are never found, but the cameras and film
are. Although it is a mockumentary, it seems very real, which is what makes it so
scary.
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
You're listening to ESL Podcast's English Café number 97.
This is ESL Podcast's English Café episode 97. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff
McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in
beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Visit our website at eslpod.com, and download a Learning Guide for this episode
that contains all of the vocabulary, definitions, cultural notes, additional
definitions, sample sentences, and a complete transcript of this episode.
In this Café, we're going to talk about the city of Atlanta. We've been talking
about famous cities and places in the U.S. Today we'll talk about Atlanta,
Georgia; what it is famous for, what Americans know about it. We're also going
to talk about a filmmaker – a controversial filmmaker – someone who makes
documentary movies by the name of Michael Moore. Michael Moore is well
known in the United States; we'll talk about him and his movies. As always, we'll
answer a few your questions as well. Let's get started.
Our first topic today is the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta is the capital and the
biggest city in the state of Georgia. Georgia is located in the southeast part of
the United States; it's what we call a part of the “Deep South.” When people talk
about the “Deep South,” they mean the states in the southeast part of the U.S.,
states that were part of the “Confederacy,” part of the United States that tried to
separate during our Civil War back in the 19 th century. The Deep South has the
reputation of being very conservative politically and religiously.
Atlanta, and the surrounding areas around it, is a big city. The metropolitan area
of Atlanta has over five million people. When we say the “metropolitan area,” we
mean the main city plus all of the smaller cities or suburbs around it. So, Los
Angeles is a city, but there are many other cities around Los Angeles. We would
talk about the metropolitan area as being all of those cities and suburbs together
in a single “region,” or area.
Atlanta has grown a lot in the last ten years or so. They have increased their
population by almost, or slightly more than, a million people. They have a million
more residents than they did ten years ago. A “resident” (resident) is someone
who lives in a certain place.
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There are several different names that people know Atlanta by, one is the “Big
Peach.” A “peach” (peach) is a type of fruit. Georgia is called the “Peach State,”
because there are many peaches that are grown in Georgia. People also call the
city of Atlanta “Hotlanta,” combining the words “hot” and “Atlanta” together. To
say it's “Hotlanta” means that it is popular – that people want to go there; that it's
cool; that it's growing. It is definitely true that it is growing very quickly.
Atlanta is probably best known for being the host of the 1996 Summer Olympic
Games. The “Olympics” are the every four-year sporting competition among
nations. Atlanta was the host of the Olympics. We say they're the “host” (host),
we mean that's where they are taking place. In 2008, the Summer Olympics will
be hosted by Beijing, in China. Atlanta was the host of the Olympics in 1996.
Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics twice, in 1932 and in 1984.
Atlanta was, or became, popular, during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
The “civil rights movement” was when blacks – African Americans – began to
demand their rights – began to oppose discrimination against them. Many cities
in Deep South, especially in the 1960s, were segregated. To “segregate” means
to separate, so there were separate places for blacks and whites. Blacks
couldn't use certain public places, for example. That's called “segregation,” when
you divide or segregate people on their race – on the color of their skin.
Atlanta, however, was never a very strong area when it came to segregation, and
this made it popular for African Americans. In fact, it became a very popular
relocation destination. To “relocate” means to move from one city to another, or
one place to another. So many blacks, or African Americans, moved to Atlanta
that it became a city with a majority of black residents back in 1972. Since 1974,
all of the mayors of Atlanta have been black, as well as most of the leaders in the
city.
Today, we talk about the racial makeup of cities. The “racial makeup” means the
percentage of people of different races in a city. In Atlanta, the racial makeup is
about 60% black, 33% white, an increasing number of “Latino,” or Hispanic
Americans, and a smaller percentage of Asian Americans.
When you ask people about Atlanta, the typical association, however, is not
necessarily with any of the things we've talked about, except, perhaps, the
Olympics. Atlanta is famous for two things, I think, for many Americans; at least,
this is true for me. One is its professional sports team, the Atlanta Braves; it's a
professional baseball team.
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