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Reading Guevara

1. In pairs, do the quiz. Choose a, b or c. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT 1. He was born in ... a Cuba a Alejandro a law b Colombia b Ernesto b politics c Argentina c Eduardo c medicine c Emiliano Zapata
2. His first name was ...

3. At university he studied ...

4. He helped ... in the Cuban Revolution. a Fidel Castro a Chile a twenties

7. He died in ...

b Eva Pern

5. He was captured and shot in ...

b Bolivia b thirties b 1967

c Venezuela c forties c 1973

6. When he died he was in his late ...

a 1960

2. Look at the photos and cover the text. Guess what the connection is between each of the things, people, or places and Che Guevara

a Norton 500cc motorbike

Aleidita

Alberto Korda

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Gael Garca Bernal

Rosario

3. Now read text A-E and check.

A This is the motorbike that was used in the film The Motorcycle Diaries. It is a 1939 Norton 500cc, which is the same model as the motorbike that belonged to Ches friend Alberto. The film, whose theme song won an Oscar, is based on the motorbike journey Che made with Alberto across South America. Che was from a rich family in Argentina and it was the poverty he saw on this trip that made him decide that revolution was the only answer to South Americas problems. B Gael Garca Bernal is the actor who played Che in the film The Motorcycle Diaries. He is from Guadalajara in Mexico, and has also starred in And your mother too and Pedro Almodovars Bad Education.

C Rosario is the town in Argentina where Ernesto Che Guevara was born on 14th May 1928. He was the first of

five children, and his parents, Ernesto and Celia, were 4. E Aleidita, daughter of Che and his second wife Aleida, was political radicals. From the age of two the young Che 4. his favourite child. She says that she doesnt think that Che suffered from asthma, but his father told him that learning 4. would mind that his photo has been so commercialized. Look to live with his illness would make him a stronger person. 4. at the people who wear Che T-shirts, she says. They tend to D Alberto Korda was the photographer whose photo now appears on T4. Cover the texts. be people who dont conform, who are wondering if they can shirts and posters all over the world. The photo, which was taken in Complete the be better human beings. My father would have liked that. 1960, is probably one of the best-known photos in the world but Korda sentences with never received a penny in royalties. However, five years ago he took the who, whose, people who had made money from the photo to court, and won 30,000, which he gave to the Cuban health service. 1. The film, _____________ theme song won an Oscar, is based on the motorbike journey _____________ Che made with Alberto across South America. 2. It was the poverty _____________ he saw on this trip _____________ made him decide that revolution was the only answer to South Americas problems. 3. Gael Garca Bernal is the actor _____________ playd Che.
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which or where.

4. Rosario is the town in Argentina _____________ Ernest Che Guevara was born. 5. The photo, _____________ was taken in 1960, is probably one of the best-known photos in the world. 6. The people _____________ wear Che T-shirts tend to be people _____________ dont conform. B. Listening Heroes and Icons 1. Listen to a competition on a radio programme. With a partner, try to write down the eight heroes and icons. 1. _____________________________ 2. _____________________________ 3. _____________________________ 4. _____________________________
C. Reading Heroes and icons of our time

5. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________

1. In pairs, look at the photos and match them with the names below. Do you know what they are famous for? Aung San Suu-Kyi Bono Thierry Henry Bernard Kouchner Queen Rania of Jordan

2. 2.

Now read the article and complete it with the five names.

Heroes and icons of our time

Time magazine has chosen a list of people called the Time 100. These are people who, the magazine believes, have an enormous impact on todays world and who inspire millions of people.

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The category Heroes and Icons includes a whole variety of people from a queen to a footballer, from politicians to a multi-millionaire rock star. _________________________, one of the worlds greatest footballers, has used his hero status on the pitch to fight racism in football. After he saw black players from the England team being insulted by spectators in an international match, he started the campaign Stand up, Speak out. He has raised nearly $16 million for anti-racism groups from the sales of black and white bracelets. You probably cant change the racists, he says, but you can make the silent majority stand up and speak out against them. That way we will make them feel less comfortable. In a few years time I want to be able to watch a football match and not hear a single racist insult. _________________________ is helping her husband to try to reconcile tradition with modernity in their country. But outside her country, along with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others, she is working to try to make sure that all children everywhere get vaccinated. As she reminds us, there are more than 30 million children a year who get no vaccinations during their first year of life, so up to 10% of them will die. _________________________, one of the worlds biggest rock stars, is also Africas biggest defender. When he and his wife Ali first went to Africa, they worked in a refugee camp for a month. On the day they were leaving, a man approached him carrying a baby. This is my son, the man said. Please take him with you when you leave. If you do, he will live. Otherwise he will die. He couldnt take the child, but since then he has been working tirelessly to raise money to free Africa from hunger and poverty. _________________________ is the moral leader of Burma. She has been under house arrest since 1989 for opposing the military rulers and fighting for human rights. U2 wrote the song Walk On to honour this amazing woman, who put her country before everything, including her family. She had to make an unbearable choice: either to be with her husband and sons in England but never be allowed back to Burma, or to stay in Burma, but not to see her sons grow up and not to be with her husband when he died. She stayed, and to this day continues to fight. _________________________ first came to the public eye when he helped to save many of the boat people who escaped Vietnam. He carried sacks of rice himself, even though he was a French government minister, in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. Nelson Mandela once said to him, Thank you for helping in matters which arent your problem. He co-founded Mdecins sans Frontires (Doctors without borders), which was awarded the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, and later Mdecins du Monde. 3. Read the article again and answer the questions. Who was asked for some help which he/she couldnt give? Who is trying to fight disease? How? Who had to choose between his/her job and family? What did he/she choose? Who used to be a politician? Why was he/she unusual?
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Who used their celebrity status to raise money? What are they trying to change? 4. Read the article again. Find the nouns from these verbs and adjectives. found (vb) hungry (adj) poor (adj) choose (vb) sell (vb) _______foundation___________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________

modern (adj) ___________________________

operate (vb) ___________________________

5. In pairs, look at the photos and say why these people are heroes. D. Vocabulary What people do 1. Add an ending and put the words in the correct column. act compose invent lead conduct music present -er leader -or actor cycle paint science design photograph sculpt -ian politician direct violin -ist physicist football guitar

politics

physics

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E. Speaking 1. Think of a person you admire (alive or dead) for three of the categories below.

Sport

Music / Art

Film / TV

Historical

Other

2. In groups, talk about your people. Explain who they are, what they have done, and why you admire them. F. Song Holding out for a hero. 1. Listen to the song and fill the gaps with the missing adjectives (one of them is a comparative and one is a superlative). Where have all the 1 g_______________ men gone And where are all the gods? Where's the street-wise Hercules To fight the rising odds? Isn't there a 2 w_______________ knight upon a fiery steed?
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Song facts Holding out for a hero was written for Bonnie Tyler in 1982 by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford. Steinman also wrote all of Meat Loafs hits as well as Total eclips of the heart for Tyler. A version by Jennifer Saunders was the theme song to the 2004 film Shrek 2.

L_______________ at night I toss and turn and dream of

what I need I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night He's gotta be 4 s_______________ and he's gotta be 5 f_______________

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And he's gotta be 6 f_______________ from the fight I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light He's gotta be 7 s_______________ and it's gotta be 8 s_______________ And he's gotta be 9 l_______________ than life
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Glossary streetwise = a person who can look after himself rising odds = the opposition, people who are against us fiery steed = a wild horse toss and turn = move, in bed Im holding otu for = Im waiting for beyond my reach = too far away for me to touch reaching back for me = trying to take my hand its gonna take a Superman = hell have to be a Superman to sweep me off my feet = for me to fall in love with him chill = cold his approach = hes coming nearer

L_______________ than life

Somewhere after midnight In my 10 w_______________ fantasy Somewhere just beyond my reach There's someone reaching back for me Racing on the thunder end rising with the heat It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet I need a hero, etc. Up where the mountains meet the heavens above Out where the lightning splits the sea I would swear that there's someone somewhere watching me Through the wind end the chill and the rain And the storm and the flood I can feel his approach like the fire in my blood I need a hero, etc.

2. Read the lyrics with the glossary. Match the underlined words to their definitions. 1. ___________________ very bad weather with heavy rain, etc. 2. ___________________ air that is moving fast. 3. ___________________ the loud noise that you hear during a storm. 4. ___________________ a bright flash of light that appears in the sky during a storm.
5. ___________________ a large amount of water (from a river, the sea, or heavy rain).

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G. Film Bank Icons 1. Discuss. 1. What do you know about the people in the pictures? 2. How did they become famous? 3. Why are they/ have they been so influential? 4. Why are they regarded as icons? Do you know other icons of the twentieth century?

2. Match the words/phrases in A to the definitions in B. A 1. crippled 2. self portrait 3. bus boycott 4. protest 5. segregation 6. civil rights 7. foster home B a. the dividing of people (because of their colour) b. a place where children live, with a new family because of problems with their real family c. when a big, organised group of people refuse to use something (the buses) d. political and social freedom for everyone e. speak/act publicly against injustice f. a picture of the artist, by the artist g. physically damaged, permanently 3. You are going to watch a film about three other famous icons Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks and Marilyn Monroe. Which of the words / phrases above do you associate with each woman? 4. Mark these sentences true (T) or false (F). 1. Frida Kahlo is the most famous woman artist of the twentieth century. 2. She had a terrible accident when she was a teenager. 3. She married Trotsky. 4. Rosa Parks became famous because she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.

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5. In her home town, African Americans refused to use the buses. 6. Thirteen years later, segregation on buses was banned. 7. Marilyn Monroes real name was Norma Jeane Davies. 8. Monroe was married to a famous sportsman and a famous writer. 9. She died at the age of forty-six. 5. Watch the film and check your answers. 6. Discuss. 1. Did you like the film? Why/Why not? 2. In what different ways did these women suffer? 3. Think of one other woman who is admired by millions of people. Explain why you chose her. What does she have in common with Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks and Marilyn Monroe? Did she have to suffer? How will she be remembered in the future?

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