UNIT 5 : FAME AND SUCCESS

SPEAKING AND WRITING BY © BBC | British Council 2009

SPEAKING
Choose two sentences with your partner and say why :

1. "Always bear in mind that your own will to succeed is more important than any other thing." -- Abraham Lincoln 
2. "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get." -- B. R. Hayden 
3. "Success is a journey, not a destination." -- Ben Sweetland
 4. "All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others." -- Danny Thomas 5. "Success does not consist of never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time." -- George Bernard Shaw

READING

Which of these situations is an example of success, in your opinion?

 • A man loses his job and sets up a new business which goes on to become a multi-million pound enterprise. But along the way, he becomes so obsessed with his new company that he neglects his family and they leave him
• A boy loses a leg in a road accident. He goes back to school and passes his exams the same year.
 • A sportsman wins Olympic gold in the marathon. Although the tests are all negative, he knows in his heart he was taking performance enhancing drugs.
 • Some students pass their exams very easily. They had worked very hard but the teacher had also given them the answers on the morning of the test.
 • A single mother with no free time gets a part-time job as a secretary. She loses it within a week and goes back to care for her children full-time.
 • A film director wins five Oscars for a film that has shocked his local Scottish city community because it gives a false impression of their history.
 • A young scientist discovers something that could become a cure  for cancer. At the moment, it is uncertain if his discovery will amount to anything.


SPEAKING 

In pairs, make conversation about your answer to these questions:

• Do you think that it is good to be famous? What are the pros and cons of such a life?
 • What do you think the expression ‘life in a goldfish bowl’ means?
 • Do famous people generally behave responsibly? 
• Maybe you are a parent. Which famous person would you want to inspire your child?
 • Are there any famous people who are famous but are untalented? 
• Why are they famous? • Have you ever met anybody famous? Who? When? What did you say?
 • Who would you most like to meet, and why? 
• And finally, do you have any friends who are famous? Is it a secret? 

UNIT 5 : GRAMMAR

To practise past simple vs present perfect
More practise

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Biografía

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Mr Bean in Christmas in UK by ELF SMARTblog

Discuss

• Do you celebrate Christmas?
• What do people usually do on Christmas Eve in the UK?
• What do people usually do on Christmas Day in the UK?
• Do you know of any special Christmas food or Christmas customs in the UK?
• What decorations do we have?
• What’s a cracker?
• What’s mistletoe?
• What are carols?f

Watch clip 1CHRISTMAS EVE
Answer the questions in the interactive exercise after you watch 

1. Did Mr Bean have any Christmas decorations?
2. What Christmas decorations did Mr Bean have?
3. What kind of films were on TV?
4. Did Mr Bean like the films?
5. What did the children sing?
6. Did Mr Bean like them?
7. What did he eat?
8. Did he give the children anything?

Watch clip 2Merry Christmas Mr.Bean

Answer the questions in the interactive exercise after you watch

1) What were his 3 Christmas presents and who were they for?

2) Who says it?
Put “B” for Bean or “G” for his girlfriend.
___”Are you alright in there?”
___“Fine, thank you”
__“Cup of tea?”
___“Oh Yes, if you’re having one”
___“Well I might”
___“Have you got the turkey on?”
___“Do you want a hand?”
___“No, no, thank you”

3) Fill in the gaps from this list of verbs                         
USE THE PAST FORMS                                                       
(You can use some verbs more than once)
Pull  Eat  Give  Do  Cry  Make  Be  Ring  Find  Leave  Want  Scream  Throw  Lose  Put  Hang  Be  See

1. Mr Bean _____  lunch
2. The turkey ______ very big
3. He ______ stuffing inside the turkey
4. He ______ his watch
5. His girlfriend ______ the doorbell
6. She ______ up the mistletoe
7. She ______ when she ___ Mr Bean
8. She ______ the coal bucket out the window
9. Mr Bean ______ his watch
10. They ______ sandwiches for lunch
11. She ______ him a present
12. She ______ a kiss
13. He ______ want to kiss her
14. He _____ her a present
15. She ______ after she ___  her present and ______ the flat
16. Mr Bean ______ the cracker
17. There ___ an explosion.

Hols, el príncipe del sol

PINCHA AQUÍ

Christmas crafts for kids

Christmas craft with disposable plate

What does Christmas mean for you?

Watch the video ad and answer the questions:

1.Did you like the video? Why ? Why not?
2.What do you think tke meaning behind the video is?
3.What does Christmas mean to you?How do you celebrate Christmas?
4.What is it important to you at Christmas time? Why is it important to you?
5.What was important for the boy in the video? What do you think the penguin represents?

Listen to the song:This is Xmas by Jonh Lenon
Write a story with this title:Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.Write about 100 words.You have to think about a Christmas inspired you, entretained you orthey will never forget.

Look for ONE English song about Christmas and explain what Christmas time means for you