SPEAK UP IN CLASS, HOLLYWOOD STYLE

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HOLLYWOOD STYLE (B2)

GETTING STARTED 

TASK 1. Speaking. With your partner(s) discuss these questions.

a)    Do you like your name? Why (not)?

b)    What’s your favourite name for a woman? Why?

c)    What’s your favourite name for a man? Why?

d)    Would you ever consider changing your name? Why (not)?

e)    What are possible reasons why some people change their name?

LISTENING 

TASK 2.  Prediction. You are going to listen to a recording about Hollywood stars who changed their names. Before you listen, discuss this question with your partner, and make some notes. If you don’t know/aren’t sure, guess!

What are the possible reasons why Hollywoood stars changed their names? Make a list. When you have finished, compare your list with other students in the class.

TASK 3. Listening for Specific Information. Listen to all of the recording, without reading. How many of your ideas were mentioned?

READING 

TASK 4. Prediction #2. Before you read all of the article again, work with your partner and match the Hollywood star with the reason for changing their name.

1.    Audrey Hepburn	a)    Avoid accusations of nepotism
2.    Brigitte Bardot	b)    Easier to pronounce than original name
3.    Cary Grant	c)    More memorable than original name
4.    Jerry Lewis	d)    More sophisticated than original name
5.    Judy Garland	e)    Sexier than original name
6.    Marilyn Monroe	f)    To sound less boring than original
7.    Michael Caine	g)    To disguise European origins
8.    Nicolas Cage	h)    Easier to recognise
9.    Woody Allen	i)     Simpler than original name

TASK 5: Reading for Specific Information: Read all of the text as quickly as you can and check your answers to TASK 4.

F.C. E.. EXAM PRACTICE 

(Paper 3: Use of English. Part 4)

TASK 6. Here are some pairs of sentences related to the topic of the article. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given (IN CAPITALS AND BOLD). Do NOT change the word given. You must use between two and five words.

1)	Not many people know Michael Caine’s real name
	NUMBER
	Only.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .   know Michael Caine’s real name.

2)	Changing your name to become famous seems pointless to me
	POINT
	I can’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. changing your name to become famous.

3)	What type of film do you like best?
	FAVORITE
	What. . . . . . . . . . . . . . film?

4)	I think you should change your name. It’s very difficult to pronounce!
	WERE
	If I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . change my name. It’s very difficult to pronounce!.

5)	My friend asked me if I would prefer to keep my name or change it
	RATHER
	My friend asked me if  . . . . . . . . . . . ..keep my name or change it.

6)	I was the only person in my class who didn’t know John Wayne’s real name.
	ALL
	Apart  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  the students in my class knew John Wayne’s real name.

7)	The name “Camille Javal” is less memorable than “Brigitte Bardot”
	AS
	The name “Camille Javal”. . . . . . . . . . . . “Brigitte Bardot”.

8)	I think Alicia is a nice name.
	MY
	In. . . . . . . . . . . . ..Alicia is a nice name

AFTER YOU READ 

TASK 8. Quiz! Look at these names. Can you guess who the Hollywood stars are? Try it!

Sofia Villani Sciocolone        Lucille Fay LeSuer    Bernard Schwartz   

Lee Jun Fan            Vivian Hartley          Ruth Elizabeth Davis

Leslie Townes Hope            Margarita Carmen Cansino 

END OF PROPHECIES MAKE WOMAN CUT KID'S THROAT AND WRIST

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This is a perfect example of rudeness and ignorance no one can predict the End of the World do not believe in Fairytale. 

Eternal Flame

A song can teach much, and I recommend this website for teachers and students, please just click on the link bellow. 

Author of this exercise: Diana Lozano

Source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5302

1. Write the missing words:

 

Close  eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel  heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same,  I only dreaming?
Is this burning an eternal flame?

 believe it's meant to , darling
I watch when you  sleeping, you belong with me
Do you feel the same,  I only dreaming
Or  this burning an eternal flame?

Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely,  come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling

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Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely,  come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling

Close your eyes, give me your hand
Do you feel  heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same,  I only dreaming
Or  this burning an eternal flame?

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Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel  heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same,  I only dreaming?
Is this burning an eternal flame?

An eternal flame?

 

1. select the verb that is best related with the function of every object:

 

• eyes  givewatchfeelbeatburn                
• heart        givewatchfeelbeatburn        
• hand            givewatchfeelbeatburn      
• flamegivewatchfeelbeatburn                  
• word        giveeternalsayburnbeat

Going for a Beer

Going for a Beer 

Source: Lower intermediate

Speaker: Chuck Rolando

Language level: Lower intermediate

After the Great Britain Beer Festival in London, all the brewery presidents decide to go out for a beer together.

The president of Corona sits down and says: “Hey Senor, I would like the world’s best beer, a Corona.” The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.

Then the Budweiser president says: “I’d like the best beer in the world, give me “The king Of Beer,” a Budweiser.” The Bartender gives him one.

Next the Coors president says: “I’d like th only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors.” He gets it.

Finally, the Guinness boss sits down and says: “Give me a Coke.” The bartender is a little taken aback, but gives him what he ordered. The other brewery look over at him and ask: “Why aren’t drinking a Guinness? 

The Guinness president replies: well I figured if you guys aren't drinking beer, neither would I.”

Katharine Graham, 1917- 2001: She Was the Powerful Owner and Publisher of The Washington Post

Source: www.manythings.org/voa/people

Katharine Graham, 1917- 2001: She Was the Powerful Owner and Publisher of The Washington Post

I'm Shirley Griffith. And I'm Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program,PEOPLE IN AMERICA.  Today we tell about Katharine Graham.  She was the owner and publisher of The Washington Post newspaper.

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Katharine Meyer Graham was once described as "the most powerful woman in America."  She was not a government official or elected representative.  She owned and published The Washington Post newspaper.  Under her leadership, it became one of the most important newspapers in the country.

Katharine Meyer was born in New York City in nineteen seventeen.  She was the daughter of Eugene and Agnes Meyer.  Her father was a successful investment banker.  He became an important financial official.  Her family was very rich.

Katharine grew up in large houses in New York and Washington.  Her parents were often away from home, traveling and working.  Katharine was often lonely.

Katherine Meyer graduated from the University of Chicago in Illinois in nineteen thirty-eight.  She got a job as a reporter for a newspaper in San Francisco, California.

In nineteen thirty-three, Eugene Meyer had bought a failing newspaper, The Washington Post.  It was the least successful of five newspapers in Washington.

Katharine returned to Washington and got a job editing letters to the editor of her father's newspaper.  She married Philip Graham.  He was a lawyer and former assistant to two Supreme Court justices.  Mr. Graham soon accepted a job at his wife's father's newspaper.

In nineteen forty-six, Eugene Meyer left the newspaper to become the first president of the World Bank.  Philip Graham became publisher of The Washington Post.

Mr. Graham improved The Washington Post.  He bought Newsweek magazine and several television stations.  He also established close ties with important political leaders.  However, Mr. Graham treated his wife badly.  He made her feel unimportant. He had a sexual relationship with a young reporter.  For many years, Mr. Graham suffered from mental illness.  He killed himself in nineteen sixty-three.

Katharine Graham had four children to raise and a newspaper to operate.  At first, she was concerned only with finding a way to keep control of The Washington Post until her sons were old enough to supervise it.  She was an insecure person.

She did not think she had the ability to do an important job.

She had no training in business or experience in operating a large company.  In those days, it was unusual for a woman to be the head of a business.  Women were expected to supervise only their homes and children.

Katharine Graham met with officials of The Post.  She told them the paper would not be sold.  She said it would remain in her family.  She was elected president of The Washington Post Company.  She had no idea about how to operate a newspaper.  So she decided to learn.  She began by hiring Benjamin Bradlee.  He later became chief editor.  Mr. Bradlee improved the newspaper.  He hired excellent reporters and editors.  They began doing important investigative reporting.  In nineteen sixty-nine, Mrs. Graham became publisher as well as president of The Washington Post Company.

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In the nineteen seventies, The Washington Post became famous around the world because of two major successes.  In nineteen seventy-one, The New York Times newspaper started publishing secret government documents about American involvement in the Vietnam War.

They were known as the Pentagon Papers.  The administration of President Richard Nixon appealed to the courts to stop the publication of the documents.  It said publication would endanger national security.  A temporary restraining order from a federal judge stopped The New York Times from publishing the documents.

Washington Post reporters also got a copy of the Pentagon Papers.  They also wanted to publish the documents.  Mrs. Graham had to decide if the paper would publish the stories and risk possible punishment by the government.  The newspaper's lawyers advised her not to publish them.  Yet she decided to publish the Pentagon Papers in The Washington Post.  The Supreme Court finally decided the issue.  They ruled against the judge's order restraining publication of the Pentagon Papers.  That ruling was considered a major success for freedom of the press.

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The next year, in nineteen seventy-two, The Washington Post had another major success reporting on a different story.

Five men had been arrested after breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate office building.  Reporters at The Post began an intense investigation of the break-in.  The Post published a series of stories by two young reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.

After much investigation, the reporters linked the Watergate break-in to President Nixon and his top advisers.  Their stories proved that the Nixon administration directed a plot.  Its goals were to illegally gather intelligence on the Democratic Party and dishonor opponents of the president.

Mrs. Graham supported her reporters and editors through the long Watergate investigation.  The Post published the stories even though government officials threatened Mrs. Graham and her company.  The newspaper was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service in nineteen seventy-three for its Watergate reporting.  The next year, President Nixon resigned from office.

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Katharine Graham was recognized around the world as an important leader in newspaper publishing.  She was the first woman to head a major American company.

She successfully expanded The Washington Post Company to include newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable companies.

Katharine Graham played an important role in supporting women in the workforce.  More women were employed at The Post and at Newsweek magazine.  Mrs. Graham also was active in groups seeking to improve public education in Washington.  She traveled around the country to make many public speeches about news media issues.  She also traveled around the world to meet with foreign leaders.

Katharine Graham was well known for having dinner parties at her home in Washington.  She invited the most important people in the city.  An invitation to one of her parties was almost as valuable as an invitation to dinner at the White House.  Mrs. Graham was a close friend of American and world leaders.  Her friends included leaders in government, media, business and entertainment.  They included presidents, prime ministers and princesses.

In nineteen ninety-one, Donald Graham replaced his mother as publisher and the chief official of The Washington Post Company.  At that time, the company was valued at almost two thousand million dollars.

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When she was eighty years old, Katharine Graham wrote a book about her life.  It was called "Personal History."  She wrote about the struggles and tragedies of her life as well as the successes.  She wrote about how she battled her own insecurities to move from a traditional job as homemaker to a position of power.  Critics praised the book for its honesty.  The book won a Pulitzer Prize for biography in nineteen ninety-eight.  It was extremely popular.

Katharine Graham died of head injuries three years later after a fall.  She was eighty-four.  More than three thousand people attended her funeral.  They included many government and business leaders.  Friends of Katharine Graham said she would be remembered as a woman who had an important influence on events in the United States and the world.  They said she used her intelligence and bravery to improve the American media.  And they said everyone who cares about a free press would greatly miss her.

Katharine Graham once wrote: "A world without newspapers would not be the same kind of world."  After her death, the employees of The Washington Post wrote: "A world without Katharine Graham will not be the same at all."

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Villa-Lobos: from Brazil to the world

Villa-Lobos:  from Brazil to the world

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He composed over a thousand works [1],conducted [2] dozens of orchestras in Europe and the USA, and was considered to be the greatest Latin American composer in the first half of the 20th Century  

The work produced by this composer from Rio is very rich.However, at the beginning of his career there were some music critics he could not please [3]. Villa-Lobos’ music was probably too modern for them. Heitor Villa-Lobos was an erudite musician, but he believed it was possible to enrich classical music with popular influences. He was in love with Brazil’s rich culture. In his youth, he spent months, maybe years, travelling around the North and Northeast of Brazil, researching Brazilian folk [4] music. Heitor used to describe his music as “as natural as a waterfall [5]”. His best known works are “O trenzinho do Caipira” and “Bachianas no5.”

Music in school

Villa-Lobos loved the guitar and was an excellent player. He used to use the guitar to compose chorinhos. He was also a master of the cello. In addition to his beautiful compositions, Villa-Lobos made another important contribution to Brazilian culture. He was responsible for introducing music teaching and singing to schools throughout Brazil.  Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1887 and lived for some years in Paris and New York. He was married twice, but had no children. He died on November 17th 1959. In many Brazilian cities you can find squares, streets, avenues and schools called “Heitor Villa-Lobos.”

Matéria publicada na edição de outubro / novembro da Revista Maganews (ed. número 51)

Ilustração – Calberto

Vocabulary

1 work – aqui = músicas / peças musicais

2 to conduct – conduzir / aqui = reger 

3 he could not please – ele não conseguiu agradar

4 folk - folclore

5 waterfall – cachoeira