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ENGLISH CAFÉ – 93
TOPICS
American cities: Las Vegas; Google and privacy on the Internet, red tape, to
catch lightening in a bottle, pronouncing ordinal numbers
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GLOSSARY
privacy – a person’s right to not have personal information shared with others
* Please respect my privacy by not reading my mail or email.
personal data – information about a person, such as name, address, telephone
number, email address, social security number, and credit card number
* I learned my lesson. I’ll never enter my personal data on a website again
unless I’m sure that I can trust the company.
to compile – to put many things together; to take things from different places
and use them to make one larger thing, like a list or report
* The researchers compiled information about average income for more than 20
countries.
to protect – to take care of something or someone; to not let bad things happen
to something or someone
* Sienna protects her children on the busy street by holding their hands when
they cross the street.
to leak – to accidentally let private information become public; to unintentionally
let someone see something that he or she shouldn’t have seen
* When we learned that the bank had accidentally leaked our credit card number
to other companies, we closed the account.
user – a person who uses something, especially a computer program
* Are you a Mac or a Windows user?
harsh – strict and severe; unkind; difficult and unpleasant
* The thief received a harsh punishment of 20 years in prison for stealing a CD.
allegation – accusation; a statement that another person did something wrong or
against the law
* The senator made an allegation that the company wasn’t paying its taxes.
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to legalize – to make something legal; to make a law allowing something to
happen
* Do you think that marijuana and other drugs should be legalized?
gambling – betting; playing games to win or lose money based on chance
(probability)
* Some people are addicted to gambling and spend all their money on games.
casino – a place where people play gambling games, winning or losing money
* This casino gives free drinks to people who are gambling.
glamorous – very fancy, beautiful, exciting, and unordinary
* Stephie looked glamorous on her wedding day, with a beautiful dress and very
expensive jewelry.
chapel – a small room that is used for weddings and/or funerals, often in a
church
* They decorated the chapel with yellow and white flowers for the wedding.
red tape – bureaucratic delays; the governmental processes and administrative
procedures that make it slow and difficult to get something done
* You have to cut through a lot of red tape to open a new restaurant.
to try to catch lightning in a bottle – to attempt to do something that is very
difficult; to try to get control of a difficult process or natural force
* Jacomo is trying to catch lightning in a bottle with his first movie.
thunder – loud noises in the sky that happen during a storm when there are
bright flashes of light (lightning)
* In Washington, D.C. in the fall, there is thunder almost every afternoon.
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WHAT INSIDERS KNOW
Getting Married in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas, people can get married quickly, easily, and inexpensively. Some
people choose to have simple “wedding ceremonies,” or the actions and words
that are used to get married. But other people go to Las Vegas to have a
“themed wedding,” or a wedding that is based on a specific idea.
Some of the most popular Vegas weddings are Elvis weddings, where the
wedding ceremony is led by an “Elvis impersonator,” or a person who dresses,
speaks, and acts like Elvis Presley, who was a famous U.S. rock-and-roll singer.
Other people choose to have their wedding led by a “Madonna impersonator,” or
a person who dresses, speaks, and acts like the singer Madonna. These themed
weddings have music from those musicians, too.
Other people choose to have an “Egyptian wedding,” where King Tut leads the
ceremony, or a “Camelot theme wedding,” where everything is medieval and
King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, or Merlin the Magician leads the ceremony.
Other people choose to have a “gangster wedding” where everyone dresses like
members of the “mafia” (crime organization) and the godfather (the lead of a
crime organization) leads the ceremony. There are many different kinds of
theme weddings, and you’re sure to find the one you want in Las Vegas.
People who are willing to spend more money can choose to get married in a
helicopter, at the nearby Grand Canyon. They can even get married while
“skydiving,” or jumping out of planes with “parachutes” (large pieces of fabric held
to one’s back that fill with air and let one land safely).
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
You're listening to English as a Second Language Podcast's English Café
number 93.
This is English Café episode 93. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you
from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles,
California.
On this Café, we’re going to talk about privacy on the Internet – a recent story
about Google. We’re also going to talk about another American city as part of
our series on American cities. This one is going to be about Las Vegas, or as
most people call it, simply, “Vegas.” And as always, we’ll answer some of your
questions. Let’s get started.
Our first topic today is privacy on the Internet. “Privacy,” you may guess, comes
from the word “private,” when you are keeping something secret from someone
else. Privacy on the Internet has to do with – is related to – keeping your
personal information secret so that other people do not see it, use it, or steal it.
There was an article recently in a business magazine; this one is called Forbes
(Forbes). Forbes is a large business magazine owned by someone whose last
name is Forbes, a very rich man. He actually ran for the presidency of the United
States a few years ago, not successfully. Forbes has an article called “Can a
Search Engine Know Too Much?” A “search engine” is something like Google or
Yahoo that you use to find things on the Internet.
One of the problems, of course, of the Internet is that sometimes your personal
information – we may say your “personal data” (data) – your personal information
is given to other people without your permission. Some people have been saying
that Google, one of the largest search engines in world, has been giving away
some of its secret, private information about the searches that you do online.
There was a company who published a report saying that Google has compiled a
lot of information about its users, but it does not do a very good job of protecting
personal data. When we say they’ve “compiled” (compiled), we mean that they
have put together – they have collected. “To compile” is to collect and organize.
“Users” are the people who use their website. Some people say that they have
compiled – Google has compiled a lot of information about people who use their
website, but it doesn’t do a very good job of protecting that information – that
personal data.
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This has been a very harsh criticism of Google. Google has a very high
reputation as being one of the best places to look for information on the Internet.
When we say it has been “harsh (harsh) criticism,” we mean that it has been
serious criticism – it has been tough criticism.
Google denies these allegations; they “deny,” they say it isn’t true. “Allegations”
are like accusations – when someone says that you did something wrong. It may
not yet be proven, so we call it an “allegation.” For example, when someone is
arrested, say, a famous person – I don’t know – Paris Hilton, for example – just
an example – there are allegations that she did something wrong. Well then, that
person goes to the judge – to the court – and they determine whether they are
guilty or innocent – whether they did it or not.
The case of Google is interesting because they have denied these allegations,
saying that the report that criticizes them – that had harsh criticism of them – is
“inaccurate,” it’s wrong, and they have defended themselves. They say that they
have not leaked any information about their users, or given the information to
other people. When we say you “leak (leak) information,” we mean that
information leaves your company, in this case, but not by design – not on
purpose, it’s an accident. So, “leaking information” here would mean that people
are able to find out your personal search information without Google giving them
permission to do so.
So, it’s been a very interesting case for Google, trying to defend itself against
these allegations – these accusations. Google says that they respect people’s
privacy. Notice the verb there, “respect,” that’s a word we often use when we are
talking about issues of privacy.
Well, let’s move on to talk about a very different topic, and that is one of our
American cities: Las Vegas, Nevada.
Las Vegas is located in the southern part of the state of Nevada. Nevada is
basically a desert state; it’s very hot in the summer, very dry. Like Arizona and
New Mexico, and most of Utah – those are states in the western part of the U.S.
– Nevada is very much a desert state. However, Nevada is a very popular place
for people to take a vacation, mostly because in Nevada they have legalized
gambling. “Legalized” means it is “legal,” the government says it’s okay.
“Gambling” is when you bet money on something, cards or horses or just about
any other sort of game, and you try to win money by betting on a certain thing
that you hope will win.
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