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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 02
Section 2 -I'd like to meet...

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Section 2 - I'd like to meet...
This section begins when the counter on your audio player is on (approximately) 02.00

Section 2 is based on someone talking about somebody or something they like. It helps you to practise speaking for a little bit longer – for example, when you're explaining something, or telling people something about yourself.

Suggestion: The best way to practise is with a friend who speaks English or is also learning English. However, if you can't find someone, you can send us a paragraph in English.

You listened to Yasmin talking about why she would like to meet Shakira.

Is there a famous female singer – alive or dead - that you’d like to meet? If you can think of someone, make some notes to answer these questions:

What’s her name?
What nationality is she?
If she isn’t alive now, when did she live?
What are some of her most famous songs?
Which of her songs are your favourites?
Is she famous for other things too?
Why do you like her?
Do you admire her? Why?
What would you like to talk to her about?
What questions would you like to ask her?

Now put your notes together to write a paragraph about the person and why you’d like to meet her. Go to the bottom of the page to do this.

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Yasmin: Oh, I’d like to meet Shakira.
Ravi: Shakira. This’ll be interesting. Can you tell us something about her?
Yasmin: Sure. She’s a singer – and a dancer too – she’s from Colombia and she sings in Spanish and English.
Tess: And why did you choose Shakira to talk about today?
Yasmin: Erm, for quite a lot of reasons. First, I think she’s a fantastic singer. I just fell in love with her voice the first time I heard her sing. It’s so different. And then, … she writes her own songs – she wrote her first song when she was only eight I think. I love singing and I write my own songs too, so I understand how difficult it is – and I’d love to sit down with her and write a song together. I’m sure she could teach me a lot.
Tess: Can you play any musical instruments?
Yasmin: The guitar and the piano. In the beginning she wrote songs and sang in Spanish, and she was very famous in Latin America, but she didn’t speak English, so she had to learn it. And I think she learnt it really well. I admire her because she didn’t just translate her old songs from Spanish to English – she wrote new ones in English. It isn’t easy to write songs in a foreign language, but her words are great I think. She still sings in Spanish too – she records two versions of her songs, one in English and one in Spanish. Another reason I like her is because she’s a mixture of different cultures, and that makes her music interesting. Her mother is from Colombia but her father is Lebanese, so there’s a lot of Arabic influence in her music – and not only Arabic – there’s Indian, Brazilian, Iranian - she’s interested in all sorts of music. And I think she’s a nice person too. Her videos are very, well you know, sexy, but I don’t think she’s really like that – she’s got four dogs and she likes working in her garden, and she doesn’t drink alcohol and she doesn’t smoke.
Ravi: Thanks Yasmin. Erm, one more question. What would you like to talk to Shakira about, if you could meet her?
Yasmin: Oh, lots of things. Like I said before, I’d like to ask her about how she writes her songs. And I’d like her to teach me how to dance. She’s an incredible dancer.
Tess: She certainly is!

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At 15 Jul 2009 15:28 Patricia wrote:

As a good Colombian I'm very proud not only for our singers but for our music as well.There are a lot of rhythms with which our musicians make a sort of fusion and the results are interesting.That is the case of Shakira and Juanes who are singers,producers,composers and dancers in the Shakira's case.I think the Shakira's dancing and her movements are very peculiar.Even though their styles are different both of them are involved in charity work specially with children.

At 14 Jul 2009 10:58 Nancy wrote:

I like to meet Bono the singer of rock band U2. He real name is Paul David Hewson, he born in 10 May 1960. He is Irish. He is very famous because he is a singer an he does charity work for Africa and many other causes. Bono had been nominated for Noble Prize of peace in 2005 and 2006. I'll like to meet him because I think he is very intellegent, good person and he make things for make a better world.

At 3 Jul 2009 02:38 Ingrid wrote:

I'd like to meet Juanes. He's from Antioqui,Colombia; he's an excellent singer and he's a man that make charity with the people that need, moreover he sings in spanish and he isn't how rest of the singers of Latinoamerica who begin to sing in english and copy the performance of the artist of the world, because this is that identify to Juanes and Colombia. Besides he'd won much awards and he'd been in places with nobody had imaginaed. I love him and he makes me feel proud of their work and my country.

At 19 Jun 2009 13:47 ouseem wrote:

I like Asalah. She is a nice singer from Syria.She travelled to many Arab countries to sing. She has a lot of fans in Egypt. I fell in her love just I heard her voice. I love all her songs. I admire her because her videos are fantastic and also no sexy so I respect her. She is not only good at songs but she is also good at cooking.I'd love to meet her to ask her about her family and how always she looks smart and beautiful.

At 15 May 2009 06:59 shabana wrote:

The most famouse lady I 'd like to meet is Mohtarma Banazir Bhoto.She comes from Pakistan .She is not more with us .I feel so bad when I heard news about her death the she assasinated.I liked to meet her .I really impressed by her way of logical talked and the way she dressed .She has done a lot of things and developements in Pakistan for poverty ,she eliminates vadara system in the district of sind.She was not only a great leader but also a great mother .I want to be a leader like her but I am very poor in English,her English was very good. Really now in Pakistan there is no one as good as she was.Now only I can pray for her "May Allah bless on her and give a place in Jannat."

At 24 Jan 2009 12:27 paul campal wrote:

hello i thing that it is good for us to learn english and to have tips doing at home . Thank you .

At 12 Dec 2008 10:40 Elena Aguaron Ruiz wrote:

The famous person alive IÂ´d like to meet is Madonna. She comes from North America and has italian roots. I think she lives in England now, eventhough she has got houses around the world. She is known as the Queen of Pop, therefore she is very rich. She started singing at the very young age of 18, I think. She went to New York with very little money and started singing with a band. She had a song hit number one and then the fan fever for Madonna started. She is already 50 years old I think and she has plenty of numbers 1 in her musical career. She is famous because of her endless reinventions, that is going form one style to another in every single, expressing herself and being very proffesional about her productions and styles. She is very good at recycling the underground urban vibes and then adapting them to her style. Latelly I found amazing the fact that she has done a very impressive career supporting poor causes and adopting her child, and also setting up NGOÂ´s and giving lots of her money to stop racism and poverty around the world, and also supporting latelly the cause of global warming. As a woman myself, I found Madonna really inspiring and really get simple words of wisdom form her songs, as she is now follower of some sort of religion, and wisdom is always good.