Idols and celebrities

An ideal person

• does not exist• Every individual has

positive and negative traits

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

Heroes

We admire their• courage• talent• energy• charm • sense of humour

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

Pop idols

• have great influence on people of certain age

• are copied in image and behaviour

„Pseudo-idols“

• are reality show stars• are not real idols• are admired for no

real reasons

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 ...

Now describe some famous actor/actress/singer/sportman/sportwoman. Your classmates will guess who it is.

• Image and lifestyle (clothes, hair style, jewels, cars, hobbies, holidays, ...)

• What he/she is famous for?

• Some scandals from celebrity´s life