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Outstanding People

Outstanding People. People Who Stand Out. Everybody Knows Them. Warm-up. Look at the pictures and say who: changed the course of history in one of the biggest countries was famous for his great novels was one of the greatest composers has been a well-known boxer since the nineties

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Outstanding People

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  1. Outstanding People People Who Stand Out Everybody Knows Them

  2. Warm-up Look at the pictures and say who: • changed the course of history in one of the biggest countries • was famous for his great novels • was one of the greatest composers • has been a well-known boxer since the nineties • became Britain's first female Prime Minister in 1979 C B D A E

  3. Vocabulary Match the new words and their definitions.

  4. Listening Listen to the biographies of some famous people and put the following statements in the right order. • There is one extra statement. • Travelling in Europe helped him with creating his first major book. • He had many jobs before becoming an actor. • The story of her film heroine reminds the modern version of Cinderella. • His plays are staged and screened all over the world nowadays. • He was a child prodigy – he could play the piano when he was three. • This brave character comes from English medieval ballads. • Two countries claim their rights to this famous man.

  5. Reading Order the following paragraphs to make a text. Use the plan: • Career • Dates and birthplace • Education • Why he is famous • Achievements • Personality

  6. Reading

  7. Language work Present perfect vs past simple We use the present perfect or the past simple when we write a biography. We use the past simple when we write or talk about people who are not alive. We use the present perfect or the past simple when we write or talk about people who are alive. The present perfect is used to describe what people have achieved up to the present moment. The past simple is used when we describe things that happened at a definite time in the past.

  8. Language work Look at the portraits and put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb form. • Nikita Mikhalkov (make) … wonderful films such as Five Evenings, Siberian Barber, The Twelve and others. • Charlie Chaplin (work) … in the USA in silent black and white comedy films. • AndreyMakarevitch (create) … a lot of wonderful songs. • Anthony Hopkins ( star) … in such films as Meet Joe Black and Legends of the Fall • Vladimir Visotski (be) … an outstanding Russian poet and actor. • Konstantin Habensky (star) … in many Russian films. (1945) (1889-1977) (1954) (1937) (1938-1980) (1972)

  9. Test Fill in the gaps with the right letter. Example: Alexander Graham Bell ____________ the telephone in 1876. • was invented • invented • has invented

  10. Homework SB Unit 4 Ex. 5,p. 57 Write a biography of any famous person you know. • about 150-200 words; • use Ex. 3a and 3b to help you; • pay attention to the verb tenses; • the structure of a biography can be flexible; • you may prepare it in the form of a presentation; • this exercise will be used for the final activity of the unit.

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