Английский язык. Пятьдесят тем для продолжающих. Уровень В1 - стр. 3

1. Who are the famous people in the twenty-first century?

2. Most people don’t know pop stars and film stars, do they?

3. Do a lot of people know politicians and writers?

4. What famous people are known all over the world?

5. What makes these people famous?

6. Most of the famous people are in banking business, aren’t they?

7. Where can you often see stars?

8. What do many magazines like to tell about?

9. What does being famous mean?

10. Do famous people get a lot of money?

11. What sort of problems do famous people have?

12. What are the photographers that follow famous people called?

13. What happens when a famous person goes shopping?

14. Why can’t a famous person have a quiet meal in a restaurant?

15. Can famous people distinguish between a real friend and an enemy?

16. Who is one of the most famous people in the world?

17. Did many newspapers criticize Diana during her lifetime?

18. Could Diana lead a normal life?

19. Why do the press like scandals about a famous person?

20. What should you remember when you dream about being famous?

Training 1

Most famous people are in the world of show business. These are pop stars, film stars and TV presenters. You can see show-business stars on the covers of many magazines. Newspapers, magazines and the Internet tell about the lives of famous people. Famous people get a lot of money for their work. Being famous means wealth, an enviable life style and power.

Training 2

Being a famous person means that you don’t have a private life. If you go shopping or to a restaurant everybody knows you. There are a lot of photographers that follow you around. The most annoying ones are paparazzi. Paparazzi always wait outside your house just to take photographs and then sell them to a newspaper. And there is no better story for the tabloid press than a scandal about a famous person!

It is really easy to find out who are the best and worst teachers. I guess most teachers are good. They are not bad, they are not excellent, but they are good and they give good lessons. And the best teachers are always very strict, but they make their lessons really interesting. You work hard and they don’t accept any sort of low quality homework. They pack a lot into the lessons. They talk to us as adults, as intelligent adults. They expect that we can understand what they are explaining, work fast, come up with questions and think for ourselves. I think the other teachers that are good, but not brilliant, are a bit too easy-going. You can give in poor homework and not learn anything. Our History teacher is one of the really good teachers. He gets us all arguing and discussing. That is really great. You have to read, try to think and analyze. So that is interesting. And this is the same with the English Literature classes. We analyze all the characters, the author and the style. It is interesting too. And the worst teacher. She teaches Religious Studies. She talks about religion and the Bible as if it is all a fairy story. And she can’t keep discipline. We do terrible things in her classroom. I think she is in the wrong profession. She can’t make the lessons interesting. I suppose the best teachers have a strong character and they are really interested in their subjects. My Mum can remember every teacher. It is something you never really forget. At the moment one of the worst teachers for me personally is our Maths teacher. That is not because she is a bad teacher. It is because I am bad at Maths. So I think she is a good teacher but just not for me.