Name: Put someone on the map: The English We Speak
Uploaded: 2018-08-02T09:15:05.000Z
Duration: 2 min 32 s
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Feifei: Hello I'm Feifei and this is The English We Speak.

Feifei: Neil, I wonder if you could help me.

I'm trying to find something on this map.

Neil: Oh yes, map reading - I'm good at that.

Feifei: Well, I went to a gig last night and

Feifei: Well, afterwards everyone was talking about it

Neil: Put the map away Feifei - you won't find him there.

When we say someone will be 'put on the map'

or become more prominent - but not on a map!

Feifei: Right! Actually Neil, I've heard about

a new restaurant  I ate at being 'put on the map'.

Neil: Yes, something as well as someone can be put on

the map - or in other words, become famous, popular

You must have eaten at a good quality restaurant for it

Feifei: I did! Let's tuck into some examples shall we?

Examples: Her first exhibition at the Tate gallery

has put her on the map as a serious modern artist.

This great tasting food has really put this

Hosting the Olympics has put this city on the map

Feifei: So that's to put someone or something

I suppose it suggests that becoming famous means

you are now important enough for your name

Neil: That's right. In the old days when a place was

shown on a map - but when it became more important

Feifei: Look! That singer I saw really is on the map -

right there. Neil: Really? What was he called?