1. IDOLS and CELEBRITIES 1) An ideal person? 2) Role models
3) Real and fictional heroes
4) Heroes around us
5) Me as a hero

2. Comment on the following quotations.
“A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well-known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.”
Fred Allen
“Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.”
Albert Einstein

3. Human traits/ characteristics / features/ qualities
Brainstorm vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:
IDOLS
and CELEBRITIES
Human traits/ characteristics / features/ qualities
Positive
Negative
Values
Idols
Heroes/ heroines
Celebrities
Role models / pop idols
Ordinary people

4. Which qualities should an ideal person have?
Which of the human traits and characteristics below are positive and which are negative?
courageous
generous
hypocritical
charismatic
thoughtless
malicious
reluctant
trustworthy
honest
vain
careless
sympathetic
patient
energetic
responsible
Which qualities should an ideal person have?

5. Which fictional heroes are in the pictures?
Add some more. Why do many people like them? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Who is your favourite fictional hero? Explain your choice.

6. What are the people in the pictures famous for?
Who is a celebrity?
What are the people in the pictures famous for? 1. 3. 2. 4. 5.
Who do you appreciate? Why?
Would you like to be famous? Why /why not?

7. Why are the people in the pictures world-known
Why are the people in the pictures world-known? Do you regard them as heroes? Why yes/why not? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

8. Why can these ordinary people be called heroes?1. 2. 3. 4.

9. YOU – a hero? Have you ever done anything heroic? What was it?
support in trouble
help with homework
save someone`s life
YOU – a hero?
be a real friend
keep your word
be honest
How can you become a hero?
Comment on the given ideas and add some others.

10. Your favourite radio station wants to find
THE TOP IDOL OF THE WORLD.
Choose three people (alive or dead) from different fields – celebrities, fictional heroes, ordinary people. You have to prepare a short “defence“ describing:
why you admire the person,
his/her characteristics,
what important/interesting has he/she done...