Activity 5. “Guess who I am!”

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” (Steve Jobs)

Divide the group of four (A, B, C, D). Student A reads the information from card A. Student B reads the information from card B. Student C reads the information from card C. Student D reads the information from card D. Use Appendix 1. Exchange the information – in your groups tell each other as much as you remember about a famous person that is described in your card without telling his/her name. See who will guess more celebrities!

CHILDHOOD	to be adopted(усыновить); to be raised; to be brought up(воспитать);
EDUCATION	Scholarship(стипендия); student loan(студ. кредит); to graduate from; to enroll at(поступить в); to drop out of(вылететь); to study at; to attend;
CAREER	co-founder(соучредитель); a member of the board of directors; humanitarian(гуманитарная); chairman(председатель); chief executive officer(главный иполн. директ.); businessman; waitress; music recording artist; all-time best selling artist; to found; to launch an album(запустить /выпустить альбом); to serve as(служить); to sell; to invent; to be elected(быть избранным); to join a rock band; to take on a variety of interesting roles; to make a solo career; to release a single; to act in films; to produce albums; Golden Globe Award; Academy Award; recording contract;
FAMILY STATUS	married/unmarried; divorced(в разводе); to have a romantic partner;
CHILDREN	daughter; son; twins; to adopt; to give birth to(родить).

Home task 1. “If it’s bitter at the start, then it’s sweeter in the end.” (Madonna)

Fill in the gaps (1-5 words) about the facts from the four celebrities’ lives.

1. Madonna’s grandparents were the ones who __________. Her first album which she _ launched_ in 1983 was very popular, _and_ her next album �Like A Virgin’ made her to be world famous. She has acted in a couple of films without much _ to take on a variety of interesting roles _. One of the magazines considers her and the Beatles to be all-time _ best selling artists_.

2. _Parents_ and _friends_ helped Barack Obama to survive during his college years. After graduation, he taught __________ at the University of Chicago. Being elected the 44^th President of the USA, he __________ after two and a half months. Obama managed to cut __________ for working families, and __________ health care for children and their parents.

3. Angelina Jolie performed in Gia’ – the film that brought her a _ Golden Globe Award_ for Best Actress. In 2002 she __________ from Cambodia and named him Maddox. In �Mr and Mrs Smith’, where she had a role of an __________, she _found/had_ her romantic partner Bred Pitt. Angelina, Bred and their children had gone to Namibia to __________. She sold to People and Hello! Magazines for $14 million __________ that were born in 2008.

4. Steve Jobs’ father put him up for adoption because his girlfriend’s family __________. Jobs __________ of Reed College six months after he had enrolled at it. In 2006 he became a member of the __________ of The Walt Disney Company, when Disney __________ Pixar. The disease that was the reason of his death was __________.

Home task 2.

Draw four pictures on the blackboard/a piece of paper or bring some printed pictures/things that characterize your hobbies and preferences so that the rest of the group could ask you questions and guess what that meant.

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