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Feifei: Hello I'm Feifei and this is The English We Speak.
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Neil: And hello I'm Neil.
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Feifei: Neil, I wonder if you could help me.
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I'm trying to find something on this map.
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Neil: Oh yes, map reading - I'm good at that.
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What are you trying to find?
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Feifei: Well, I went to a gig last night and
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saw this new singer - he was amazing.
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Neil: Thanks for inviting me! Anyway,
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what's that got to with a map?
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Feifei: Well, afterwards everyone was talking about it
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and saying the gig was so good that
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it will 'put him on the map'.
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But... I just can't find him on here.
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Neil: Put the map away Feifei - you won't find him there.
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When we say someone will be 'put on the map'
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it means they will become famous
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or become more prominent - but not on a map!
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Feifei: Right! Actually Neil, I've heard about
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a new restaurant I ate at being 'put on the map'.
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Neil: Yes, something as well as someone can be put on
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the map - or in other words, become famous, popular
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or well known.
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You must have eaten at a good quality restaurant for it
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to be put on the map!
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Feifei: I did! Let's tuck into some examples shall we?
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Examples: Her first exhibition at the Tate gallery
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has put her on the map as a serious modern artist.
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This great tasting food has really put this
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new restaurant on the map.
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Hosting the Olympics has put this city on the map
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as a great place to come for a holiday.
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Feifei: So that's to put someone or something
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on the map - to become famous,
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popular or more prominent.
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I suppose it suggests that becoming famous means
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you are now important enough for your name
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to be seen or heard by everyone.
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Neil: That's right. In the old days when a place was
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too small and unimportant it wasn't
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shown on a map - but when it became more important
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it was 'put on the map'.
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Feifei: Right. Anyway Neil, let me look
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at that map again...
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Neil: OK.
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Feifei: Look! That singer I saw really is on the map -
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right there. Neil: Really? What was he called?
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Feifei: 'Man-chester'
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Neil: Manchester. Of course!
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Both: Bye.
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