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ESLPodcast English Café 129
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TOPICS
Famous Americans: Norman Vincent Peale; Japanese internment camps;
Farewell to Manzanar, straightforward, to tap into, made by versus made of
versus made in
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GLOSSARY
Protestant – a Christian who is not Catholic
* Protestants believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that they can have a
personal relationship with him.
denomination – a religious group that has slightly different beliefs than do other
groups in the same religion
* Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Pentecostals all represent
different Christian denominations.
affiliation – a connection or relationship with an organization, movement, or
group of ideas
* What is your political affiliation: Democratic, Republican, or Independent?
interplay – the way that two or more things work together and/or affect each
other
* The interplay of temperature, rainfall, and soil quality affects plant growth.
technique – a specific way to do something; method
* The tennis player is learning a new technique for hitting the ball with more
strength.
affirmation – a statement that something is true; a statement that one believes
something
* Dennis said that he believed the business would be a success, and he showed
his affirmation by writing us a check for $2,000 to help us get started.
civilian – non-military; not related to the army, navy, or other parts of the military
* The soldiers enjoy putting on their civilian clothes and spending time in town on
the weekends.
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to betray – to do something to lose another person’s trust; to do something so
that another person can no longer trust oneself; to be disloyal
* Ida felt betrayed when her boyfriend kissed her best friend.
ancestry – one’s family history; where one’s family came from in the past
* Bernice is studying her family’s history and has traced her ancestry to Portugal
in the mid-1600s.
to mitigate – to make something, especially a risk, less serious, harmful,
damaging, or important
* Wearing a seatbelt can mitigate your risk of being hurt in a car accident.
internment camp – a place where Japanese and Japanese Americans were
sent to live in California, Oregon, and Washington during World War II
* Were any of your grandparents sent to live in the internment camps?
memoir – a book about one’s life, experiences, and memories
* One of my favorite memoirs is Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom.
to tap into (something) – to use a resource or ability
* They have decided to tap into their savings to buy a new car.
made by (someone) – a phrase used to show who made something, or who was
the creator or producer of something
* Hal’s office walls are covered with artwork made by his young children.
made of – a phrase used to show what something consists of, or what its
ingredients or parts are
* Most cakes are made of flour, milk, eggs, and sugar.
made in – a phrase used to show where something is made
* Many of the toys that American children play with are made in China.
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WHAT INSIDERS KNOW
Famous Preachers
In the United States, there are many famous Christian “preachers” (religious
leaders). These individuals are very “charismatic” (with the ability to attract other
people and make them want to admire and listen to oneself) and they attract
many people to Christianity.
One of the most famous preachers is Billy Graham. He is a Baptist and an
“evangelical Christian,” or a Christian who tries to get other people to become
Christian, often by “preaching” (speaking on religious topics) in front of large
audiences. He has many radio and television programs, and he is “credited”
(publicly acknowledged) for having “converted” (made to become part of a
religion) more than 2.5 million people to Christianity as a result of hearing him
speak. He has also been a “spiritual” (relating to faith, religion, and spirit)
“advisor” (a person who provides advice and suggestions) to U.S. presidents.
When magazines create lists of the most-admired people in America, he is
usually near the top of the list.
Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr. were both famous Baptist ministers
and “civil rights leaders” who fought for equal treatment for black Americans.
They are more famous for their civil rights work than for their “ministry”
(preaching), but their beliefs and teachings were based on their religious faith.
Tammy Faye Messner was a different kind of famous preacher. She was a
“televangelist,” or a Christian who uses the power of television to try to share
information and faith with people of all religions, encouraging them to become
Christian. There are many televangelists, and some television channels show
their programs all day long. Tammy “founded” (created) the 700 Club, perhaps
the most well known Christian television program.
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
You’re listening to ESL Podcast’s English Café number 129.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast’s English Café episode 129. 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. You can download this episode’s Learning
Guide; we have a Learning Guide for all of our current episodes that gives you
additional help in improving your English, including a complete transcript of this
episode. You can also take a look at our ESL Podcast Store, with additional
courses in English.
On this Café, we’re going to continue our series on famous Americans, focusing
today – talking about today Norman Vincent Peale, who was a very famous
author – writer – in the 20 th century. We’re also going to talk about the Japanese
internment camps and a famous book about those camps, called Farewell to
Manzanar. We’ll explain what that is all about. As always, we’ll answer a few of
your questions as well. Let’s get started.
As I mentioned, this Café begins with a continuation of our series on famous
Americans. We’ve talked about several famous Americans on the Café in the
past. Today we are going to talk about a man named Norman Vincent Peale.
Norman Vincent Peale was born in the state of Ohio in 1898. Ohio is in the
eastern part of the United States, next to Pennsylvania and Indiana. Peale
became a famous Protestant preacher. The word “Protestant” (Protestant) is a
general term for a Christian who is not a Catholic. The word “Protestant” comes
from the verb “to protest,” which means to oppose something – to be against
something. Protestants separated from the Catholic Church in the 1500s – the
16 th century. Today there are many types of Protestants. You may have heard
of Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, and other denominations. A
“denomination” is a religious group. These are all types of Protestants, then.
The majority of Americans are Protestants of one type or another, those who are
religious that is. For many years, American culture was described as “white
Anglo-Saxon (meaning coming from England) Protestant,” or simply by the
acronym “WASP” (WASP) – white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
Norman Vincent Peale was a Protestant preacher. A “preacher” is a religious
leader who speaks in front of people who belong, usually, to a church. The
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preacher is there to instruct the people – to tell them about their religion so that
they can become stronger in their religious faith, or religious belief. A preacher is
similar to a minister, a pastor, a priest, a rabbi, or an imam; these are all religious
leaders, and a preacher is like those in the sense that he or she is the leader of a
certain religious group.
Norman Vincent Peale was raised, or grew up, in the Methodist church and
became a Methodist minister when he was 24 years old. The Methodists were
one of these many Protestant groups in the United States – they still are.
Norman was a minister; a “minister” is like a preacher. Ministers are leaders of
their religious groups; we sometimes called these groups “congregations.” A
“congregation” is the members of a specific church, usually a small group
relatively. Norman changed his religious affiliation later in life. An “affiliation”
(affiliation) is the connection that you have with a certain organization or a certain
group of people. ESL Podcast has an affiliation with the Center for Educational
Development, for example; we are connected to them. Norman changed his
religious affiliation and began to work as a pastor at the Marble Collegiate
Church in Manhattan, which is part of New York City. So, he began to work as a
pastor – a preacher or minister – at this church in New York.
He was a very successful preacher and he attracted many new members. To
“attract” means to bring people toward something or someone, usually because
they are very interesting or appealing. The church where Norman was the pastor
attracted many new members, in fact, it grew from just 600 members in their
congregation – their group – to more than 5,000 members during the 52 years
that Norman worked as a pastor in that church.
Norman became very interested in the “interplay,” or how things work together, of
religion and psychiatry. “Psychiatry” (psychiatry) is the study of mental illnesses;
it’s the study of the human mind and how it affects the way we act. Norman’s
popularity grew, and eventually he started a radio show and a television show
and began to write many books. He became very famous in the 1950s. His
most famous book is called The Power of Positive Thinking; it was published in
1952. Most Americans of my father’s generation, and my generation, have heard
of Norman Vincent Peale and The Power Of Positive Thinking.
What is positive thinking? According to Peale, “positive thinking” is the ability to
be “optimistic,” or always to think positively. For example, if I hear that it is going
to rain, I might say, “Oh, good! The rain will help my flowers in my garden grow
better.” This would be an example of positive thinking, because I’m thinking
about the good things that may happen. An example of negative thinking would
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