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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 06
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) 02mins.20secs

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 Vanessa talking about Frida Kahlo.
Is there a famous artist that you can write about? If you can think of someone, make some notes to answer these questions:

What’s his/her name?
Where is he/she from?
What kind of art does he/she produce? Painting? Sculpture? Photography?
Is he/she very famous?
Is his/her art very expensive to buy?
Why do you like him/her?
Which work is your personal favourite?
What do you know about his/her life?

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

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Ravi: OK. In this part of the podcast we ask people a simple question – which famous person, dead or alive would you like to meet? And we ask them to explain why. So let’s say hello to this week’s guest, Vanessa, from Cambridge.
Tess and Ravi: Hi Vanessa.
Vanessa: Hello. It’s great to meet you both.

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Tess: Now it’s time to answer the question. So Vanessa, which famous person, dead or alive would you like to meet?
Vanessa: Frida Kahlo, the painter.
Ravi: OK. I’ve heard the name – there was a film wasn’t there? But I don’t know anything about her.
Vanessa: Yeah, It was a good film – with Salma Hayek – she was Frida.
Tess: Yeah, great film. Loved it.
Vanessa: Frida Kahlo was Mexican, she was born at the beginning of the century and she died in the 1950s. When she was nineteen she was in a horrible bus accident. She had terrible injuries – I won’t describe them all, but she had to have a lot of operations, and she was in bed for a long time. She liked painting, so her mother bought a mirror and put it over her bed. So she started painting pictures of herself – self portraits. And she never stopped painting after that.
Tess: The pictures are a bit strange though aren’t they. I’m not sure I’d like one in my living room.
Vanessa: Well yes … and no. Some people think that she was a surrealist, like Salvador Dali – that she painted dreams – but that isn’t true. She painted her life – all the things that happened to her. And her life was a bit strange – or let’s say ‘unusual’ – so the pictures are ‘unusual’ too. They’re her life – her paintings tell her story. Because of the accident she couldn’t have children – and you see that in her pictures too. I love her. Madonna collects her paintings – she once said that she couldn’t be friends with anyone who doesn’t like Frida Kahlo. She’s incredibly famous now – one of her paintings – ‘Roots’ I think it was – was sold in 2006 for five and a half million dollars.
Ravi: Five and a half million dollars! I wouldn’t mind that in my living room.
Vanessa: Well yes – I think Frida would be very surprised too. That’s what I’d like to tell her if I could meet her – how famous she is now, and how much people – especially women – love her work.
Tess: She’d probably like to see the film too.
Vanessa: Yes – that’s true. It would be really interesting to hear what she thinks of it.
Ravi: I think I’m going to look at some of her pictures on the internet. You’ve got me interested now.
Vanessa: And try and see the film if you get the chance – it’s called “Frida”.
Ravi: I will. Thanks a lot for that Vanessa – and good luck with your law course.
Vanessa: It was a pleasure. Thanks a lot.
Tess: Yes, thanks Vanessa. That was great. And don’t forget that we’d like to hear from you. Why not write and tell us about who you’d like to meet? You can send your own or you can look at what other people have sent in by checking out our website.

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At 20 Mar 2009 08:41 saw wrote:

Britney Spears is not my favourite singer but she ie the most artist I would like to meet. She is a queen of pop music but that's not related of what I want to meet her. She becomes my inspiratiion after I watched MTV programme "Britney Spears: Behind the sence". In that programme, She revealed the whole story of her failure marriage, her mistakes and nanother vitions of life. I got a lot of things from her words. I indeed love her sentence "I made a mistake and everybody staring at me eventhough it should better called GROW UP".

At 20 Mar 2009 08:37 Jiw wrote:

I'd like to meet Teacher Chaloemchai Kositpipat who is very good at art.He comes from Thailand. His produce works of art paintings and paintings on the walls of temples. Now he's designing a temple in the North of Thailand. His art is very expensive to buy because someone want to hang his picture in their home or their office. I like him because he's goog at drawing and I want to discuss with him about his opinion because he has a different thinking.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:35 P2P Poii by Pat wrote:

Tic Krinsea, was a famouse artist in Thailand. He also does the media jobs on TV program as well. The piece of works that he sole them out weren't too expensive, the people could afford to buy them. I'd like to meet him if it is possible and interview him about his works of art and ask him where to gets his inspiration. Finally, I need him to estimate all of his works, what level they are going to be and how much quality it is.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:34 Luck wrote:

Since I'm not very interested in Art, I don't know much about any artists at all, so I would choose to meet my friend, May who is really good at art. She isn't famous in the public but very famous in our school.She doesn't sell her drawings so I always have them for free.May draws really quickly but very beautifully. My favorite is the picture of 3 cats which she gave me for my 11th-birthday.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:34 james wrote:

The person i would like to meet is Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo Da Vinci is a kamous artist. He's Italian but he was born in France He was talented at painting when he was young He created a lot of wonderful work of art like painting or sculpture His work of are valuable

At 20 Mar 2009 08:33 Mum wrote:

If I could meet a famous artist,I would like to meet Leonardo Davinci because he was one of the most interesting artists in the world.He did a lot of masterpice works such as Monalisa,the young woman portrait.Furthermore,he was as specialised in the human anatomy as his drawing skill.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:33 poi wrote:

I would like to see Davincci. He 's painting Monalisa which is expensive picture. I like Davincci because his paint is very important. I read the Davincci Code. It has a lot of paintings by Leonardo Davinnci the painting the monalisa. For me i like Monalisa because she is very a beautiful woman. When i see her it's like she looking at me and smiling at me.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:31 pang wrote:

I would like to meet Boyd Kosiyaphong. He is a famous composer in Thailand. Because of the license of his songs, They may be expensive. I think he is not only a good composer but also a family man.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:29 Ple Plai wrote:

I would like to meet Chalermchai. He is Thai. He produces many kind of art such as paintings, drawings, buildings temples for example, Longkhun temple. He's very famous in Thailand, every Thai person knows him. His works of art are very, very expensive to buy. I like him because he's very inspired and has power when he said. I like all of his work. He lives in the northern Thailand and now he's building a temple in Cheangrai by himself with some amazing work of art.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:28 Nok wrote:

I would like to meet Chalermchai who is a famous artist in Thailand. He lives in Chiangrai. Most people know him because his characteristic. He speaks loudly and use a lot of body language. He always says art comes from our soul. His misterpiece is Watrongkun in Chiangrai, Thailand. Watrongkun shows the belief in Buddhist. Morever it also teach Buddhist to be a good person. Don't miss it on your vacation.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:28 Toe_y wrote:

I want to meet J.K. Rowling.She is a famous writer.Hermost famous books as the Harry Potter,there are 7 books in this series.She is british.Her birthday is July,31(the same day as Harry Potter).She has a daughter fro her ex-husband,and now she maried to a doctor and they have chrildren.She is very rich now, someone said she is richer than queen Elizabeth.I want to meet her and ask her to sign her name in my book. :)

At 20 Mar 2009 08:28 pang wrote:

I would like to meet Boyd Kosiyaphong. He is a famous composer in Thailand. Because of the license of his songs,they may be expensive. I think he is not only a good composer but also a family man.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:28 TAEW wrote:

I would like to meet Zaha Hadiz,she is an interior architect. She designs modern building such as Fire house work. If I met her I would ask âwhat is your inspiration ?â. Itâs always different to other people but itâs also useful.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:26 magali wrote:

The artist I would like to meet is Andy Warhol. He produces painting and sculptures with usual objects, He's very famous and his art is very expensive. I like him because he gives a different aspect of American society, he's very modern and his art is colourful. I saw an exhibition by him in France. My favorite work is the screenprint of Marylin Monroe.

At 20 Mar 2009 08:25 Nok Law TU wrote:

I'm thinkng of a Thai famous artist. He's Mr.Chaloemchai. He's from Thailand. He produces Thai paintings. He's very famous in Thailand. I think if most people think about a Thai artist, it will be him. His works are very expensive. I like him because of his great work of arts. Now,I don't know much about him. I'll find more information about him if I have free time.

At 9 Nov 2008 12:28 Katja Kohler wrote:

I would like to meet Alexander Rozenbaum. He is a famous russian singer. He comes from St. Petersburg so he has a lot of songs about his home city. His specific is, he write his songs - text an music self. He plays gitar and piano very good. He is very famous in Russian, and his concerts are very full. A.Rozenbaum is very long on the stage (about 30 years) and very produktiv. He produced very many albums already. His CD's are't very expensiv but not often to buy. I like him, becouse his music is very nice and the texts of songs have a lot of esthesia. Unfortunatly I have not a lot of Information about his privat life. But I know, he is married, has one doughter. Last year he was a delegate of russian Parlament. So he is very famous and chrismatic person.