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Unit 20: The Cult of Celebrity
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- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
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- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
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- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
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Session 1
Play the fame game, learn some new vocabularyand take a look at tenses in a celebrity style, as we take a look at the past, present and future lives of some veryfamous people.
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Activity 3
Spot the celebrity
Are you fascinated by the lives of famous people? Which famous people do you like most - andhave you ever wanted to be famous? A person who is well known or famous is known as a celebrity and some people think today's society is obsessedwith celebrity culture – watching, following and sometimes trying to copy the lives of celebrities. And some people will do anything just to have their 'five minutes of fame'.
Take a look at the celebrities in the picture. How many of them can you name?
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To do
The people in this photo are very famous. Learn some celebrity-related vocabulary as you work out who they are. Look in the vocabulary box to find the meaning of the words in the game which have an asterisk* next to them.
Who's who?
6 Questions
Do you know your celebrities? Match the description ofeach celebrity with the correct picture. Look at the vocabulary box for the meanings of words with asterisks* next to them
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Do you know your celebrities? Match the description ofeach celebrity with the correct picture. Look at the vocabulary box for the meanings of words with asterisks* next to them
Hint
It's not Lady Gaga
Question 1 of 6
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This famous American actress also directs* films and played the video game heroine Lara Croft
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Do you know your celebrities? Match the description ofeach celebrity with the correct picture. Look at the vocabulary box for the meanings of words with asterisks* next to them
Hint
In 2013, he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller* 'Argo'.
Question 2 of 6
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Some say this American actor is the most handsome* man in the world.
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Do you know your celebrities? Match the description ofeach celebrity with the correct picture. Look at the vocabulary box for the meanings of words with asterisks* next to them
Hint
We know her by her stage name*.
Question 3 of 6
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She is a flamboyant* American singer and songwriter.
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Do you know your celebrities? Match the description ofeach celebrity with the correct picture. Look at the vocabulary box for the meanings of words with asterisks* next to them
Hint
He was in the romcom* 'Notting Hill'
Question 4 of 6
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He is a British actor who has appeared in many romcoms*
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Do you know your celebrities? Match the description ofeach celebrity with the correct picture. Look at the vocabulary box for the meanings of words with asterisks* next to them
Hint
He acted alongside Hugh Grant in the film 'Bridget Jones's Diary'
Question 5 of 6
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He is also a British actor. He won an Oscar for his role* in the historical drama 'The King's Speech'.
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Do you know your celebrities? Match the description ofeach celebrity with the correct picture. Look at the vocabulary box for the meanings of words with asterisks* next to them
Hint
She also appears in a lot of classical dramas
Question 6 of 6
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She is an English actress who was born in 1985 and starred* in the film 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.
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This famous American actress also directs* films and played the video game heroine Lara Croft
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Some say this American actor is the most handsome* man in the world.
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She is a flamboyant* American singer and songwriter.
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He is a British actor who has appeared in many romcoms*
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He is also a British actor. He won an Oscar for his role* in the historical drama 'The King's Speech'.
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She is an English actress who was born in 1985 and starred* in the film 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.
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Did you manage to spot the celebrities? These people have worked hard to become hugely successful. In the next activity we'll meet someone who isn't a celebrity - butshe would love to be famous. Find out what she's doing to make her dream come true.
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Session Grammar
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Session Vocabulary
asterisk
the name for this symbol: *audition
(as a noun) a short performance where you sing, dance, or act, so thatthe person who is watching youcan decide if you are good enough to perform in a film, play, or concertcelebrity
famous person, particularly in sport, music or filmcelebrity culture
(here) the lives and activities of people who are famous and the people who are interested in themdirects
(here) takes chargeof making a film and tells actors and technical staff what to dofascinated
very interestedin someone or somethingfive minutes of fame
(idiom) being famous for a short period of time (but not literally five minutes!)flamboyant
dressing or behaving in a way that gets noticed by other peoplehandsome
physically attractive; good looking (usually referring to a man)obsessed
always thinking about, or being too interested in, someone or somethingrole
the character played by a particular actor in a film or playromcoms
informal name for romantic comedy filmsstage name
name a performer uses instead of their real namestarred
was a main actor in a film orplaythriller
exciting story, usually about danger orcrime
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