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Comprehension

Ex.1 Choose which summary sentence best expresses the main point of the text.

  1. The sacrifices the family must make for children to achieve success.

  2. The benefits the family receives if the children achieve success.

  3. The importance of support from the family if children are to achieve success.

Ex.2 Find out which of the famous people mentioned in the text:

  1. has parents who regret some of the effects fame has had.

  2. greatly appreciates a mother’s love.

  3. has a mother who feels children should be encouraged when they are young.

  4. feels hardly anybody realises how difficult it is to help people succeed.

  5. has won a lot of money.

  6. feels you should not be put off by lack of success.

  7. achieved success because their parents took part in something.

  8. is helped professionally even now by both parents.

  9. is one of several other children.

  10. has a family who made big sacrifices.

Discussion

Ex.1 Answer the following questions.

  1. If you were famous, what would you want your parents to do for you?

  2. Without the help of their family, do you think young people can ever succeed? Why? Why not?

They came to a sticky end

You are going to read about some famous people who all have one thing in common: they came to a sticky end – Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Marilyn Monroe. Read their life stories and see how many of the people you can identify.

  1. His parents divorced when he was eight. He started playing the guitar at school and then formed a band. The band's album, Nevermind, sold 4 million copies and they soon became one of the most successful groups of the 1990s. He didn't like the loss of privacy and the constant attention of crazy fans. On 8 April 1994 he shot himself in the head. He was at home in Seattle, recovering from a drug and alcohol overdose. He was 27 years old.

  2. She grew up in foster homes and orphanages. She started modelling when she worked in a factory. She was then spotted by Hollywood. Her most famous films include Some Like It Hot and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She had failed marriages with baseball star Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller. She was found dead of an overdose of sleeping pills. Some people claim that there were suspicious circumstances surrounding her death resulting from an involvement with President Kennedy. She was 36 years old.

  3. His twin brother died at birth. His father bought him a guitar for his birthday and he made his first record for his mother's birthday. His first hit was called Heartbreak Hotel. It sold over a million copies. His sexy movements on stage made him very unpopular with the older generation. He was once described as 'the most dangerous thing to hit civilization since the atom bomb'. He died of heart failure while sitting on the toilet, reading a book. The doctor said he died of natural causes but a history of drug abuse was soon revealed. Many people believe he is still alive. Others believe he was kidnapped by aliens. He was 42 years old.

  4. She was born in Texas in 1946 but moved to San Francisco in 1966 to sing with the band Big Brother and the Holding Company. She didn't make friends easily and always felt alone. She became the first ever female rock star. On 4 October 1970 (just two weeks after Jimi Hendrix) she overdosed on heroin in her Los Angeles hotel. She was 27 years old.

  5. He grew up in Seattle. Influenced by the music he heard at home, he started playing the guitar. After touring the US, he moved to Europe where he formed the trio, The Experience. His greatest hits include Voodoo Child, Hey Joe and Purple Haze. He liked women, music and good times. His death on 18 September 1970 was a tragic accident. He died while asleep in a London hotel, choking on his own vomit while drunk and sedated. He was 27 years old.

Notes

sticky

плохой, неприятный

loss

потеря, лишение

privacy

уединение, уединённость, секретность

constant

постоянный

to recover

оправляться (от чего-л.), приходить в себя

to foster

воспитывать (чужого ребёнка)

orphanage

приют для сирот

to spot

заметить, увидеть

suspicious

подозрительный, недоверчивый

circumstances

обстоятельства

surrounding

окружающий

involvement

запутанность, затруднительное положение

failure

неудача, неуспех, провал

abuse

злоупотребление

to reveal

показывать, обнаруживать, открывать; разоблачать

to kidnap

похищать людей (для получения выкупа)

alien

инопланетянин; пришелец из космоса

to choke

давиться (от кашля и т. п.); подавиться; поперхнуться; захлебнуться

vomit

рвотная масса

to sedate

успокаивать, особ. лекарствами, усыплять (снотворным)

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