This Cafe begins with a continuation of our series on American presidents. Today we are going to talk about the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan

This Cafe begins with a continuation of our series on American presidents. Today we are going to talk about the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan. As some of you may know, Ronald Reagan came to fame that is he became famous originally as an actor. He was born in the state of Illinois in 1911. Illinois is located in the Midwest part of the United States. Reagan moved to Los Angeles as a young man, after graduating from college. He moved here to pursue an acting career. To pursue means to go after something, to try to get something. And Reagan wanted to become an actor. His best-known films were probably Knute Rockne, All American – that was the name of the movie about a famous football coach. He also made a movie called Kings Row, and Bedtime for Bonzo, all of which were made in the 1940s and 1950s. Reagan was not just an actor. He was actually a leader of the actors in the actor’s union what’s called the Screen Actors Guild Guild. The Screen Actors Guild is basically the union or the organization for actors and actresses. He also became a spokesperson for a large company called General Electric. A spokesperson or a spokesman is someone who often gives announcements about the company, but here it really means someone who appeared in commercials and advertisements for this company.