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Study Skills
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Deadline: Tuesday, November 13, 2012; 12:00 GMT
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Another big Picture Call, with nearly two weeks to assemble more eclectic images for yet another school text book for the Middle Eastern market.
As usual for this part of the world, please ensure that in your photographs there are
no women and men together
no women looking at the camera
no bare arms, legs or chests
We are aware these strictures offend some of our members, and we're sorry about that. We hope that through education these attitudes may soften in time.
F500
STUDY SKILLS Hispanic male student working with a partner in pair work in class
F501
UNIT OPENER A large gathering of family, including several generations, at a reunion, e.g. sharing a meal, preferably not portrait style but more random; OR Family of animals, such as ducks following mother or family of bears
F502
Family photo of Japanese family: father (Yoshi), mother (Junko), young son (Haru), and young daughter (Fumi) Parents behind, kids in front.
F503
Family of father, mother, one son and two daughters, girls are school-age but son is not, 4 years old or less
F504
Family of father, mother, two daughters, one 16 and one around 8
F505
Family of father, mother, two sons (one university age-18-20, one high school age-14-16) and one daughter (middle school-10-12)
F506
Two teens looking at family photos on a single smart phone. If screen image visible, show boy standing in front of house.
F507
STUDY SKILLS A language group working together happily in class
F508
UNIT OPENER Large collection of things a young person might collect, e.g baseball cards, mugs, keyrings, frogs, etc — no figures that might offend the Middle East
F509
A closed compact umbrella
F510
change to a key (typical house door key)
F511
A flash drive
F512
An English dictionary
F513
A unisex hairbrush
F514
A general interest magazine
F515
A funny looking but cute soft toy cat, not black
F516
Student hand holding cell phone that shows reminder “Meet with Dr. Jones at 3:00” [photoshop reminder onto screen]
F517
A hand highlighting some text in a notebook (green or yellow)]
F518
Student patiently waiting at bus stop, relaxed, plenty of time
F519
An opal necklace, focus on opal
F520
A stuffed animal - echidna
F521
A beret, no person
F522
A maneki neko, sillo, not in Japan but a gift. I have no idea what this could mean.
F523
STUDY SKILLS Black female student writing in a vocabulary notebook, or notebook / entry itself
F524
UNIT OPENER Scene of a large crowd at a sale event at a store; signs show that it’s a sale. Could be slightly more abstract to ensure processing time is longer / more scope for interaction and negotiation
F525
A customer and a salesclerk in a clothing dept of a department store – background not important
F526
A cool looking T-shirt w/ interesting graphic, no people
F527
A bottle of perfume
F528
A large Persian rug
F529
A hand pointing to a necktie some distance away, maybe hanging on the back of a chair
F530
A hand holding a pair of dangling earrings
F531
A hand pointing to some sneakers in distance
F532
A hand holding a tennis racket
F533
A handbag (US=purse)
F534
A microwave
F535
A pair of shoes – the lace-up type that look quite unisex
F536
Cool high top canvas sneakers
F537
Cool watch
F538
Cool patterned shirt
F539
Cool cell phone
F540
Cool sunglasses
F541
STUDY SKILLS group of students in seminar – 6-10 students approx, preferably focus should be on one of the students, can be talking or listening
F542
UNIT OPENER Overhead shot of a supermarket or street fair /market with focus on food (not people). At least some of the food should be identifiable, so focus more on fresh fruit and veg, dairy, fish, bread etc and less on canned or jarred foods
F543
(or collage) The following items seen in a shopping basket or on belt at checkout. Each food item is clearly identifiable but has no words on items: a bag of dried beans (see through plastic), a bunch of bananas, carton of milk (show happy cow on packaging)
F544
cup of Japanese green tea
F545
black Russian caviar
F546
thin Omani-style bread
F547
Close-up shot of creamy vanilla ice cream
F548
Close-up shot of well-known chewy sweets, e.g. Starburst, opened up but sitting on wrapper, OR beef jerky
F549
Close-up shot of thin crispy cracker being broken
F550
Close-up shot of oily French fries in cone; show grease
F551
street food: jerk chicken ideally on grill
F552
street food: the Gatsby sandwich from South Africa full of chips
F553
street food: a German pretzel with salt on it
F554
street food: Brazilian cheese bread balls
F555
street food: halo-halo from the Philippines with fruit, shave ice, condensed milk, sweet beans
F556
street food: Canada style poutine French fries with cheese and brown sauce or gravy on top
F557
A very bony cooked fish
F558
Very fatty cooked meat, not bacon
F559
Very crusty baguette being opened
F560
Very buttery popcorn, show butter being added
F561
(If room) a schlubby male lounging on a couch watching TV, holding remote control, junk food nearby, OR a humorous illustration to depict a couch potato
F562
Plate of nachos, as made from home, showing chips, cheese, meat, beans, salsa – no sour cream or guacamole
F563
UNIT OPENER People on a roller coaster in a loop, seen from below
F564
Person running/jogging
F565
Person cooking
F566
Person walking for relaxation
F567
Person chatting online
F568
Person doing calligraphy as hobby
F569
Person building a model airplane as hobby
F570
Hands (gender to remain unknown) building a simple robot (as a hobby)]
F571
A geocache in a plastic bag or small box, seen under tree root or other hiding place
F572
A collection of English bilingual dictionaries in varied languages
F573
“food carving” showing a fruit or vegetable carved into something creative
F574
person ice-skating
F575
person playing badminton
F576
two young adults (same gender) talking to each other, looking interested in conversation
F577
collection of pretty seashells
F578
UNIT OPENER: Close-up of a Google-style city map, perhaps Manhattan OR Ariel shot looking down on Manhattan or other large city
F579
a bookstore (exterior shot)
F580
a post office (needs to be recognizable, can have post office sign, or not )
F581
a bus stop with bus there
F582
The Sydney Fish market; show variety of fish on display
F583
The interior and stage of the State Theater in Sydney
F584
Kangaroos or koalas at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo; make clear they are in a zoo
F585
Pretty plants and grounds at Sydney’s Royal Botanical Gardens
F586
People looking at sharks or rays or other fish at Sydney Aquarium
F587
Sydney Tower (show before they added the ugly sign “Westfield” to top of it)
F588
Rides at Luna Park in Sydney
F589
Olympic Park stadium in Sydney
F590
Guess!
F591
Sydney’s Bondi Beach
F592
exterior of Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building
F593
a sign post with lots of small signs pointing in different directions
F594
a passer-by giving directions to a lost tourist on the street
F595
A video arcade
F596
UNIT OPENER Wall of TVs in a shop all showing different shows
F597
scene of contestants in a quiz or game show
F598
scene from a cartoon or a period drama
F599
a young man (or two) watching television, either clearly absorbed or clearly amused by what he’s watching
F600
two or more people, preferably adults and children mixed, laughing - we don't need to see why, but they are having fun at what they are doing
F601
a suitcase being weighed on a machine at an airport
F602
scene from a nature programme – e.g. somebody holding some kind of creature
F603
scene from a chat show
F604
a couple or family watching the TV
F605
one or two people relaxing either reading books or magazines (or one of each)]
F606
Three male roommates in front of TV, looking at screen or remote, trying to decide what to watch, ideally show listings on screen or don’t show screen
F607
STUDY SKILLS A female Asian student looking overwhelmed with too much to do in her studies, and the opposite — looking clearly in control of all her study tasks
F608
UNIT OPENER Wall planner for a month or year with post-it notes all over, dates circled, notes, highlighted areas etc to show planning ahead
F609
Woman working in an office, giving a presentation or in team meeting
F610
Male friend cooking dinner for another male friend at home
F611
2 sisters in a modern art museum or a coastal beach drive
F612
A Korean man with his parents and grandmother (more are OK) having a Korean meal in a restaurant (no dogs)
F613
Person sweeping or vacuuming floor at home
F614
Person putting groceries into cupboard
F615
(a) two young adults (friends of same gender) on either end of a telephone conversation
F616
(b) two young adults (friends of same gender) on either end of a telephone conversation
F617
a young adult studying, with book, papers and/or laptop, but obviously distracted and daydreaming about something else
F618
two or more people buying a ticket at a ticket office – could be for a cinema (‘Movie Theater’ if visible) or a baseball game
F619
Concept pyramid
F620
UNIT OPENER close up of column of water about to hit person’s (child’s?) face during Songkram festival OR close up of people covered in powdered paints in Indian festival
F621
Photo of an American football college or pro game as seen on TV
F622
Image that shows/states “Thanks” at the end of a presentation
F623
Photo of dried coloured Indian corn
F624
Painting of Native Americans and Pilgrims at first Thanksgiving
F625
Photo of a Thanksgiving spread, showing roast turkey, corn, pumpkin pie and cranberries
F626
Photo of a calendar showing month of November with the fourth Thursday circled
F627
a family celebrating Thanksgiving in a traditional way – not too ostentatious
F628
Photo of Thais cleaning home for Songkran or singing and dancing on street during Songkran
F629
Photo of Thais clearly not during Songkran, e.g. swimming at beach
F630
Photo of Thais throwing water on others during Songkran (not water guns)
F631
A decorated car with “Just married” sign on it
F632
If possible, photo of an April Fool's trick – nothing extreme, e.g. an office full of balloons, or someone with a paper fish stuck on their back, as in France/Italy
F633
Person planting a tree or decorating a paper bag to reuse it
F634
STUDY SKILLS Calm male student taking an exam
And please make sure you include the reference code for each image in your keywords e.g. F555, with no gaps between letters and numbers.
Please consider donating some small sum to the Dear Leader's efforts to grow a moustache to help cancer charities in Movember: http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3577837 I am sure he will thank you nicely. And it's a very worthwhile cause.
Kind regards,
Jacqui Norman
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