idols and celebrities. an ideal person does not exist every individual has positive and negative...
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Heroes
• have every country• are important
personalities • become idols for
many genertion• include politicians or
artists
Heroes
• are also people who have difficult or challenging jobs
• are volunteers in regions of war or natural catastrophes
• are rescuers, fire-fighters, soldiers or doctors
War heroes
• died for the ideas they believed in
• defended their country
• fought for peace• saved many people´s
lives
During adolescence
young people • often search for a
unique idnetity• want to resemble their
idols• sports players, rock
stars, film and television performers become role models
Idols
• are well-known in society
• are usually young, always look good and stylish
• have own fashion designers and stylists
• are often in the mass media
Idols
• are often criticised• Their popularity
doesn´t last very long time
• Mass media inform about idols´lives and create various scandals
Pop idol
• Is the most famous talent contest to find the best young singer in the country
• Viewers vote for their idols by mobile phone text messages
Fictional heroes
• are heroes from books, films or plays
• are admired by generations of readers
• are handsome, strong, brave or violent
• possess superhuman characteristics
• Most of us admire people who are not at all famous but are ordinary
• Still, they are idols for us because they represent certain human traits which we admire
• Our parents, grandparents, siblings or friends are often idols for us for their love, help, friendship, support and courage to fight against difficulties in life
Are the following words taken from the text nouns, adjectives or verbs? Make sentences talking about your idols and celebrities and use these words.
• Ideal • Idol• Courage• Challenging• Unique• Admire
• Resemble• Fictional• Ordinary• Behaviour• Difficulty• Possess
Match the sentences.
• Respectable is somebody who ...
• Selfish is somebody who...• Friendly is somebody who...• Brave is somebody who...• Smart is somebody who...• Violent is somebody who...• Charismatic is somebody
who...
1. has got many friends.2. possess an extraordinary
ability to attract.3. is clean and neatly dressed,
someone who is clever.4. is of good character and
reputation.5. is brutal or agresive and
behave this way.6. cares too much about himself
and not enough about others.7. is courageous under difficult
or dangerous conditions.
Read the facts below about a very famous actor. Can you guess who is it?
He created many famous movie characters that are physically very strong. He was born in a family which had an Italian background. Facial defects, which existed from his birth, left him with speech problems. He was a sickly child who suffered from rickets. His younger brother, Frank, became a movie actor. He attended about 12 schools from which he was expelled for bad behaviour. At the age 15, he moved to Philadelphia. He stayed there with his mother and her new husband.
He became more intrested in sports, which helped him to build up his body. In 1969, he moved to New York where he had a variety of odd jobs. He finally decided to become an actor. It bebace a successful career for him. Many people remember him best for the roles of Rocky and Rambo. The movie First Glood was one of the bloodiest movies of its time. The film Rocky, whose scrtipt was also written by him, was his first major success.
Which of the following information is NOT mentioned?
• Marital status• Family backround• Health problems• Friendship• Interests• Work experience• Ups and downs
Talk about Sivester Stallone. What is he admired for? What kind of a hero is he? Why is he an idol for many young people, especially men?
• He is famous/well-known because ...
• He is admired for ...
• He became famous when ...
• He played roles of ...
• I like him because …
• I don´t like him because ...