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1. Clive Oxenden and Cristina Latham-Koeing. New English File. Upper-Intermediate. Student’s book. Oxford University Press. 2010.

2. Clive Oxenden and Cristina Latham-Koeing . New English File. Upper-Intermediate. Workbook. Oxford University Press.2010.

3. Michael Harris and David Mower. New Opportunities. Upper-Intermediate. Student’s book. Longman PEARSONS. 2011.

Additional:

4. John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Upper-Intermediate. Student’s book. Oxford University Press. 2010.

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7. Abai Kunanbayev. Selected Poems. Moscow, Progress Publisher, 1970

HAND OUT №112
Discipline: English as a foreign language	Credits: 2
Upper-Intermediate level	Practical lesson
Lexical theme: Celebrities of our time. Grammatical theme: Modal auxiliary verbs.
Teacher: assistant professor Karybayeva A. S.

Exercise 1. Look at the photos. Do you recognize these people? Do you want to have such kind of life? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being famous?

E xercise 2. Celebrities seem to lead a "charmed" life. They are rich, famous and so popular. Discuss celebrities in English, starting with the questions below.

1. Have you ever seen or met a famous person? What did you do or say?

2. Who are some of the most famous people in the world right now?

3. Are there any famous people you would like to meet? Who?

4. What are the advantages (good points) and disadvantages (bad points) of being a celebrity?

5. Do you think people who are rich and famous are better than the average person?

E xercise 3. Read and make up your own questions about the text “John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II” [5].

An American actor, producer and musician John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on 9 June, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky. He’s the son of John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer, and his wife, the former Betty Sue Wells, a waitress. He has one brother, Daniel, who is a novelist, and two sisters, Christie (now his personal manager) and Debbie. He was given a guitar from his father for his twelfth birthday. Depp began playing in various bands. A year after his parents' divorce, Depp dropped out of high school to become a rock musician On December 24, 1983, Depp married Lori Anne Allison, the sister of his band's bass player and singer. His wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who advised Depp to pursue an acting career. Depp and his wife divorced in 1985. Depp's first major role was in the 1984 classic horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street. In 2003 the Walt Disney Pictures film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a major success, in which Depp's performance as the suave but shambling pirate Captain Jack Sparrow was highly praised. His character became popular with the movie-going public. He returned to the role of Jack Sparrow for the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which opened on 7 July 2006 and grossed $135.5 million in the first three days of its U.S. release, breaking a box office record of the highest weekend tally. The next sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End, was released on May 2007. Depp has said that Sparrow is "definitely a big part of me", and he wants to play the role in further sequels. H e has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in seven films, most recently with Alice in Wonderland (2010). He has been nominated for top awards many times, winning the Best Actor Awards from the Golden Globes for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and from the Screen Actors Guild for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He has been listed in the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records as the highest paid actor with $75 million. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.1 billion at the United States box office and over $7.6 billion worldwide. D epp's Hollywood Walk of Fame star received on November 19, 1999.

E xercise 4. Translate the text without dictionary.

G RAMMAR COMMENT

Modal auxiliary verbs [4, p 136]

The main modal verbs are must, can, could, may, might, should, ought to, will and would. All of these can be used to express degrees of certainty or probability. They also have other uses.
Degrees of certainty about the present Certainty She will She must Possibility She could She may She might be at home have a high salary in that job. be earning a lot of money (continuous infinitive). Certainty She should She can’t he won’t	Degrees of certainty about the past Certainty She will She must Possibility She could She may He might ( (perfect infinitive) have had a high salary in that job. have been earning a lot of money continuous infinitive) Certainty She should he can’t he won’t

Choose the right modal verb.

1. It's a hospital. You __________ smoke.

2. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He _________be tired after such hard work. He ________prefer to get some rest.

3. I ________ speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco. But after we moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot______ almost everything I knew as a child. Now, I__________ just say a few things in the language.

4. If you want to learn to speak English fluently, you________ to work hard.

5. You________ leave small objects lying around. Such objects_______ be swallowed by children.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate auxiliary verbs. Choose answers from the options given in the brackets.

1. Behave towards others as you …………………… like them to behave towards you. (would / will / could).

2. You ………………….. take one of those books if you like. (can / must / should).

3. I …………………… rather read a book than watch that ridiculous movie. (would / should / must).

4. If I ………………….. interrupt you for a moment, Sir, how is this new scheme going to improve the situation? (would / should / might).

5. Farmers use fertilizers so that they ……………….. have a rich harvest. (may / should / would).

E xercise 5. Listening gap fill [7, Part III, pp.174-175].

Angelina was born in LA in 1976. She loved movies and started acting classes _____________________ movie stardom. She was rebellious and became a punk with ______________________. Her movie career took off in 1997 and within a few years she had won an Oscar. Her 2001 role as Lara Croft in the blockbuster “Tomb Raider” ______________________ fame.

Angelina ______________________ to acting. She became involved in humanitarian work while filming in Cambodia. She is now a UN Goodwill Ambassador, visiting refugee ______________________. She donates large sums of money to help the plight of underprivileged people. She has _________________________ to highlight world problems.

Unfortunately, Jolie’s personal life ______________________ her other pursuits. The tabloids ______________________ relationships, especially the current one with Brad Pitt. The couple ______________________ Brad and Angelina but as “Brangelina”. The ______________________ with what they eat and drink than the important humanitarian work Angelina continues to do.

Helping other people ______________________ Angelina. In 2001, she said: “We cannot close ourselves off…and ignore the fact that millions of people ______________________.” In addition to acting awards, she has ________________________ her humanitarian work. She became the first winner of the UN’s Citizen of the World Award. It ______________________ accolades will follow.

E xercise 6. Answer the questions according to the text.

1. When was Angelina born?

2. What do you know about Angelina Jolie?

3. When did her movie career take off?

4. Who id Brad Pitt?

5. What did you learn from this text about Angelina Jolie?

E xercise 7. Write a letter to Angelina Jolie. Ask her three questions about her life. Give her three suggestions on what she should do in her future.

Exercise 10. Put the words back into the correct order.

E.g to  her   of   stardom   follow   dream   movie. To follow her dream of movie stardom

	Angelina   limited   career   acting   hasn’t   her   to
	to   world   used   stardom   highlight   problems   her
	with   eat   seem   up   they   media   caught   what   The   more
	Angelina   motivates   truly   what   is   people   other   Helping
	of   people  are   out   there   suffering  ignore  the   fact  that   millions

Exercise 8. Write a magazine article about Angelina Jolie. Include an imaginary interview with her. Write about what she does every day and what she thinks about.

1 .Choose the right variant. They _________ already. It’s only 10.30.

a) should have left

b) can’t has left

c) must have left

d) can’t have left

2. They ________ freezing. It was a really cold night.

a) could have been

b) can’t have been

c) must’t have been

d) must have been

3. Who was John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II?

1. an American actor, producer and musician

2. an American music star, band singer

3. an American actor, artist and musician

4. film director, dancer

4. What is the definition of the word “Celebrity”

1. without a name; anonymous

2. one who is widely known and of great popular interest.

3. not identified, ascertained, or established

4. direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge