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ESL Podcast English Café 148
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ENGLISH CAFÉ – 148
TOPICS
American Cities: San Francisco/Bay Area; the ACLU; using ‘back’ to refer to the
past; failure versus error versus mistake
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GLOSSARY
image – a picture; a representation of something that people can see
* The image we have of Arizona is that it is a hot and dry place.
strait – a narrow piece of water that connects two larger bodies of water
* The ship sailed through the strait from one sea to the other.
bay – a body of water that is mostly surrounded by land and connected to an
ocean
* We stayed in a hotel on the bay that overlooked the water.
living expenses – things that one must pay for to survive, like housing, food,
transportation, and electricity
* Jamal bought a new car that he couldn’t afford and is now having problems
paying his living expenses.
steep – having a strong angle; rising or falling sharply (very much)
* On the tour, we had to walk up several steep hills to get to the museum.
cable car – a car that carries many people and that gets its power from a long
wire or the track (metal lines) on the ground
* The cable car passes our apartment every day and the children like to wave at
the passengers.
liberal – not having traditional opinions and beliefs; not conservative
* Liam’s parents didn’t like Liam’s girlfriend because they thought her views
about having a family were too liberal.
costume – special clothing that one wears to look like someone or something
else
* We are all supposed to wear a costume to the party so that no one will know
who we are.
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civil liberties – rights or freedoms that people should have, allowing them to do
what they want, and when and how they want to do it
* If a person or organization tries to take away your civil liberties, you can take
them to court to try to stop them.
litigation – legal action; lawsuit
* Do you think there will be litigation against our company because we haven’t
paid our bills, or do you think we will be able to find another solution?
to lobby – to speak and to meet with political representatives to try to change
their opinions and get them to vote certain ways
* A group of parents met with state representatives to lobby for stronger laws to
protect children.
to infringe upon (something) – to limit something or to go against the law or
someone's rights
* Telling the students that they can’t publish their opinions in the school
newspaper infringes upon their right to free speech.
back – in the past time; in a former location; referring to a time in the past or a
place you have been in the past
* Back in 1985, I had a haircut that I thought looked good, but I now realize
looked silly.
failure – not unsuccessful; without success
* The coach of our team told us that we needed to play better because failure
was not an option.
error – something that is not correct; inaccurate; a mistake
* There’s an error in the letter I received from the government. I was born in
1975, not 1935!
mistake – something that is not correct; an error caused by poor thinking,
carelessness, or not having enough information
* Telling Monica about the surprise party was a mistake. We wanted to keep it a
secret but she’s told everyone about it!
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WHAT INSIDERS KNOW
“I Left My Heart in San Francisco” by Tony Bennett
A well known song that people think of when they think of the City of San
Francisco is “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Most Americans know the
version sung by the classic singer Tony Bennett. In fact, this song is considered
his “signature song” (a song that a singer is closely identified with). Even though
the song was not written for him, he recorded it in 1982 and it became a “hit”
(very popular). His recording won many awards, including two Grammy Awards,
which are the most prestigious American music award given each year.
The song became the “anthem” (official song) of the City of San Francisco. “To
leave (one’s) heart (somewhere)” means that you miss that place and it is the
place you love the most.
Here are a few lines from the “chorus” (main section of a song that is repeated)
of the song:
I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don't care
The last line mentions the “fog,” which is the thick cloud in the air when the air is
wet. San Francisco is known for its “dense” (thick) fog and its “chilly” (a little
cold) temperatures.
If you visit San Francisco, you may also leave your heart there. Hopefully, you
will return and find it again, even in the fog!
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
You’re listening to ESL Podcast’s English Café number 148.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast’s English Café episode 148. 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, in the
U.S.A.
You can visit our website at eslpod.com. While you’re there, download the
Learning Guide for this episode, an 8 to 10 page guide we provide for all of our
current episodes that gives you some additional help in improving your English.
You can also take a look at our ESL Podcast Store, which has some additional
business and personal English courses, as well as our ESL Podcast Blog, where
we provide even more help to increase your language proficiency.
On this Café, we’re going to continue our American Cities series by focusing on
the City of San Francisco. We’re also going to talk about a well known
organization called the ACLU, what they do, how they try to protect different
types of civil liberties, or rights, as they see them. And as always, we’ll answer a
few of your questions. Let’s get started.
We begin this Café by talking about another popular Americans city, San
Francisco, and the area around San Francisco called the Bay Area. A “bay”
(bay) is when you have ocean that goes into the land; it’s almost as though
there’s a “U” in the land – a U-shaped space where there’s water and land
around it. The Bay Area is located about six hours or so from Los Angeles –
takes about six hours to drive to the City of San Francisco and the other cities
that are in the area. San Francisco is actually “isolated,” or separated from the
other cities by water on the north, west, and east. So there are many bridges to
get into the City of San Francisco from the areas around it.
Perhaps the most famous image of San Francisco is the Golden Gate Bridge.
You might have seen this. An “image” is a picture or a visual symbol of
something. An image of San Francisco would be something that most people
can see in their minds, at least most Americans would think of when they think of
San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge is a very common image for the city,
but it isn’t actually golden – it’s not made of gold, it’s not a gold color. It is a long,
beautiful, red bridge actually, that spans (or goes across) a strait. A “strait”
(strait) is a narrow piece of water that connects two larger bodies (or two larger
sections) of water. In this case, the strait connects the Pacific Ocean and the
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San Francisco Bay. Remember, a bay is water that is mostly surrounded by land
and is connected to the ocean. Here in Los Angeles, we have the Santa Monica
Bay.
The State of California was founded (was begun) after they discovered gold in
Northern California, and so even today the state is sometimes called the Golden
State. So, Golden Gate Bridge relates to that historical event of discovering gold,
not the color of the actual bridge.
The San Francisco Bay Area, which most people call simply the Bay Area, is one
of the richest (or wealthiest) parts of the United States. There are many large
technology companies that are based in the Bay Area. You probably have heard
of Google and Apple; many other companies – large computer companies are in
what is called the Silicon Valley. This is an area that is next to San Francisco, in
the southern part of the Bay Area.
People who live in the Bay Area make more money than most people in other
parts of the country. But San Francisco is also a very expensive place to live; it
has some of the highest living expenses in the U.S. Living expenses are things
that we must pay for to survive, like housing, food, transportation,
electricity…coffee, cable television – all the important things in life! Buying a
home in San Francisco is very expensive, extremely expensive, so even though
people there make more money than people in other parts of the country, they
still have a hard time making enough money to cover (or to pay for) all of their
living expenses.
San Francisco is famous for its hills (small, you could call them little mountains).
San Francisco, like Rome, is built on a series (or set) of hills. Many of these hills
are very “steep” (steep), meaning they go up and down very quickly, so that the
angle of the hill (going up it or down it) is very sharp – very high. It’s difficult to
walk up these hills, and driving in San Francisco is something of a challenge,
something that is difficult to do because there are so many hills. One of the most
famous streets that you can drive on in San Francisco is Lombard Street. This is
a street where the road curves back and forth many times as it goes down the
hill. Many years ago, when I was young, my mother took a trip to San Francisco
and brought back pictures of Lombard Street. I didn’t see it myself for many
years later.
San Francisco is also famous for its cable cars. A “cable car” is an old type of
public transportation that was once popular in almost every city, even in Los
Angeles. A cable car is sometimes called a “trolley” (trolley). A cable car (or
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