IDOLS AND CELEBRITIES 1 An ideal person 2

IDOLS AND CELEBRITIES 1) An ideal person? 2) Role models 3) Real and fictional heroes 4) Heroes around us 5) Me as a hero

Comment on the following quotations. “A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well-known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. ” Fred Allen “Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. ” Albert Einstein

Brainstorm vocabulary connected with the following subtopics: Human traits/ characteristics / features/ qualities Values IDOLS and CELEBRITIES Idols Heroes/ heroines Celebrities Role models / pop idols Ordinary people Positive Negative

Which of the human traits and characteristics below are positive and which are negative? generous courageous hypocritical charismatic thoughtless malicious reluctant honest careless patient energetic trustworthy vain sympathetic responsible Which qualities should an ideal person have?

Which fictional heroes are in the pictures? Add some more. Why do many people like them? 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. Who is your favourite fictional hero? Explain your choice.

Who is a celebrity? What are the people in the pictures famous for? 1. 3. 2. 4. Who do you appreciate? Why? Would you like to be famous? Why /why not? 5.

Why are the people in the pictures world-known? Do you regard them as heroes? Why yes/why not? 1. 3. 2. 4. 5.

Why can these ordinary people be called heroes? 1. 2. 3. 4.

Have you ever done anything heroic? What was it? support in trouble help with homework save someone`s life YOU – A HERO? be a real friend keep your word be honest How can you become a hero? Comment on the given ideas and add some others.

Your favourite radio station wants to find THE TOP IDOL OF THE WORLD. Choose three people (alive or dead) from different fields – celebrities, fictional heroes, ordinary people. You have to prepare a short “defence“ describing: • why you admire the person, • his/her characteristics, • what important/interesting has he/she done. . .