【2015-12-11，五】ESL Podcast 1163 – Types of Religious Leaders

Get your thinking caps on for this episode, in which we teach you how to address different kinds of religious leaders. Tags: Daily Life Audio Index: Slow dialog: 1:34 Explanations: 3:37 Fast dialog: 17:41 Mary: I feel like an idiot! Alexei: Why? What happened? Mary: I just called the bishop over there “pope.” Alexei: That’s not so bad. You gave him a promotion. At least you didn’t call him “rabbi.” Mary: Don’t laugh! When I agreed to work at this interfaith conference, I didn’t know I’d need a crash course in identifying religious leaders from their dress. Alexei: It can’t be that hard. That man over there is clearly a cardinal and the woman next to him is probably a minister by the look of her clerical collar. Mary: What about the man in robes over there? Alexei: He’s probably a lama or a guru. He’s definitely not an imam, but I’m not entirely sure how I would address him. Mary: See what I mean? I keep saying the wrong thing. Alexei: These religious leaders don’t expect laypeople like you and me to know as much as they do about religious dress. Mary: That’s what you think! I called that man over there “preacher” and he gave me a dirty look. Alexei: No wonder. He’s the caterer. Script by Dr. Lucy Tse