Стр.110 Unit 10 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 11 класс
- Why are some people so interested in celebrities? Discuss in pairs.
- T073 Listen to the first part of a lecture about celebrity. Are the statements true or false?
- To be a celebrity, you have to do something else apart from being famous.
- Richard Branson was not famous until he tried to go round the world in a balloon.
- Shakira was famous before her songs were translated into English.
- Kings and queens do not qualify for celebrity status.
- The first modern celebrities were film actors.
- The Hollywood film industry grew during the Great Depression.
- Look at the notes that Beth and Leo made during the lecture. Why are Beth’s notes easier to follow?
- Read Train Your Brain and check your answers to Exercise 3.
- Rewrite Leo’s notes using Train Your Brain.
- T074 Listen to the rest of the lecture and make your own notes. Then swap notes with a partner and compare the techniques you have used.
- In groups, discuss what you would do or say if you could be famous for just fifteen minutes.
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- False
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3. Beth’s notes are easier to follow because they are better organised: she uses a main heading, sub-headings, bullet points and abbreviations, so the information is clearer and shorter.
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CELEBRITY
What is a celebrity?
• definition: a person widely recognised in society who commands public and media attention
• being famous is not always enough
• need something to start media interest, e.g. public figure like Branson going round world in balloon
National vs. global celebrities
• each nation has its own celebrity system
• people may be unknown abroad
• most global celebrities: actors, musicians, religious and political figures
• can cross over from national to global, e.g. Shakira: well-known in Spanish-speaking world before becoming internationally famous
How and when were the first celebrities created?
• before the C20th, celebrity status was restricted to biblical and mythical figures and royalty, e.g. pharaohs of ancient Egypt
• film industry invented the modern personality
• first truly global celebrity: Charlie Chaplin
• entertainer from south London; famous in Hollywood in the 1920s and 30s
• mass media made celebrity culture a national pastime in the USA
• during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Hollywood thrived; approx. 80 million people a week went to the cinema
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CELEBRITY
How do people become celebrities nowadays?
• film stars, sports people, supermodels, international musicians
• authors, journalists, even lawyers
• celebrity families, e.g. the Jacksons, the Clintons
• reality TV shows, e.g. Big Brother
• chefs, gardeners, interior decorators with their own shows
• fame may be short-lived
• Andy Warhol: “In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.”
Advantages and disadvantages of being a celebrity
• advantages: a lot of money; freedom to do what they want; can stay in the public eye longer
• disadvantages: cannot escape the public eye; private lives suffer; marriages may end in divorce; child celebrities may have problems becoming well-balanced adults
Why are people obsessed with celebrities?
• celebrities provide human faces and human dramas
• people live out their fantasies through them
• people resent celebrities and are fascinated by their downfall
• celebrities help people start conversations and bring people together
• obsession may be primal, one of our most basic instincts
