Are celebrities bad for you

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Are celebrities bad for you

Goal

After this lesson you can:

• read a text about conversation
• understand what you read
• answer a couple of questions about the text

Read

You received a copy of the text.

Your coach will  read the first part.

 Carefully read the rest yourself.

Look up words you don't understand.

Did you read it?

Then answer the following questions.

The article is about whether celebrity culture is harmful, for either the public or the celebrities themselves.

1. True
2. False

15% of teenagers have an interest in celebrities that probably isn't a cause for concern.

1. True
2. False

Young people who feel they have an 'intense-personal' relationship with a celebrity do not experience any negative consequences related to it.

1. True
2. False

A study found that celebrities were more self-centred than business administration masters students.

1. True
2. False

Actors were the least self-obsessed group of celebrities.

1. True
2. False

Celebrities from reality TV were found to be the most vain and exploitative.

1. True
2. False

The research concluded that the experience of being a celebrity made people more narcissistic than they were previously.

1. True
2. False

The author says that celebrities tend to exhibit negative qualities and are therefore not good role models.

1. True
2. False

Read-Think-Speak

Which celebrity do you admire?

Tell something about this celebrity.

Any questions?

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