Transcript Important People

Important People
Adapted from High Impact
(By Rod Ellis & Mark Helgesen, Lingual House)
St. John’s & St. Mary’s Institute of Technology
新埔工商專科學校
by Josephine Huang
Unit 4 Important People
• Talking about change, evaluating
• Verb tenses
• Personal events
Warm up
Work in a group of three. How many
famous people can you name? You
have one minute for each category.
Example:
Music, Art, Literature, Religion,
Science, Politics
Vocabulary
•fiancée
•dump
•tough
•a complete
change
•have a big
influence on
•take music
more seriously
•break
•review
•journalism
•Eric Clapton
Listening for key words
Listen. Check(V) the words and phrases you hear.
• your girlfriend
• your friend
• found someone new
• found somebody else
• dumped you
• jumped you
• find someone who
• try something new
• moved to London
• moved from London
• had a big part
• had a big influence
• take life more seriously
• take music more seriously
• found me my first real job
• gave me my first real break
• started in journalism
• started working for him
Listening for key words
Listen. Check(V) the words and phrases you hear.
• your girlfriend 
• your friend
• found someone new
• found somebody else 
• dumped you 
• jumped you
• find someone who
• try something new 
• moved to London 
• moved from London
• had a big part
• had a big influence 
• take life more seriously
• take music more seriously 
• found me my first real job
• gave me my first real break 
• started in journalism 
• started working for him
Listening for meaning
Person
Influence on David
Mary Stewart After she dumped him, he went to
London.
Eric Clapton He taught Dave to take music more
seriously.
Phil Jackson He gave Dave his first real break.
Script
Jordan: Dad, who’s that standing next to you in this
picture?
Dave: Oh!…I haven’t seen that picture foryears. That’s
Mary Stewart. She and I were, well you know…
Jordan: What? Like she was your girlfriend or something?
Dave: Well, yeah…actually, she was my 1.__________
fiancée
…until she found somebody else.
Jordan: You mean she 2.___________
dumped you!
Dave: Yes, I guess that’s the best way to put it 一 she
dumped me!
Jordan: Wow, I never knew that about you.
Dave: Yeah, well, in a way, it was for the best…At first,
it was really 3.__________...so
I just decided to make a
tough on me
complete change, try something new…and that’s when I
4._________________
.
moved to London
Jordan: Oh, so she was the reason you moved to London
Dave: Yeah, that’s right.
Jordan: So, who’s in this picture?
Dave: That? You don’t know?? That’s Eric Clapton.
Jordan: Really? Come on, Dad. You knew Eric Clapton?
Dave: Yeah. I met him oh… twenty-some years ago…
Jordan: You mean, you just met him, or you knew
him, or what?
Dave: Well, I knew him pretty well. He actually
had a big influence on my life.
5._________________
Jordan: What do you mean?
Dave: I was a musician then…and he taught me to
6.______________________.
take music more seriously
Jordan: Wow…Who’s that next to you in that picture?
Dave: That’s Phil Jackson. He was a really important
person my life too.
Jordan: How so?
Dave: Phil gave me my 7._____________.
first real break He gave me a
music magazine
job writing music reviews for a small London 8.________.
Jordan: So that’s how you got started in journalism, huh?
Dave: Yeah, that was it.
Vocabulary Notes
Boyfriend/girlfriend= in English (unlike in many other
languages), someone a person is in love with. An exception
is when a woman refers to her girlfriends (friends who
happen to be woman). Men don’t use the term boyfriends in
this way. Except in the case of boy/girlfriends, students
should be careful about the use of the terms boy or girl to
refer to anyone over the age of 16 or so. Some people find it
offensive.
relative
Any member of one’s extended family (aunts, uncles,
cousins, grandparents, etc.).
boss
The person you work for (informal). More formal words
Include employer, manager and director.
co-worker
Someone who works at the same company as the speaker.
It implies that their job level is fairly similar.
A hero
Someone a person respects greatly . It can be someone
famous ( real or fictitious) or a personal hero who is not
well known but who the speaker thinks is great.
smart
Intelligent. It can also be used to mean “fashionable.”
In some languages, it has come to mean “thin.” This is
not true in English.
confidence
Belief in one’s own ability
encourage
To make someone feel confident enough to do
something
serious (books)
Those with deep meaning.
Conversation Topic: Influences
Name People
Influence
___ a teacher
told me I was smart
___ a friend
showed me some new places
___ my first boyfriend/ made me feel happy
girlfriend
gave me good advice
___ a relative
gave me confidence
___ a boss
gave me a good job
___ a co-worker
encouraged me to read serious books
___ a hero
encouraged me to try harder
___ a famous person
Did I ever tell you
about Mary Swain?
I Don’t think so…
she was your friend
in college, wasn’t
she?
Yes, that’s right-she was a really
important person
in my life!
Really? In what way?
She told me to have
confidence!
Oh, that’s good!
Vocabulary
•Britain
•rock band
•blues
•guitarist
•Grammy Award
•legendary
•versatile
•concert
•drug
•addict
•recover
•divorce
•Manhattan
•create
•spotlight
Script
Dave: Eric Clapton is one of Britain’s most
successful rock and blues guitarists ever. In 1993
he won six Grammy awards.
He has played in several legendary rock bands,
including Cream, and has developed a versatile
playing style
Every year he gives a series of concerts
In London’s famous Albert Hall.
Clapton’s life has not been easy.
He was a drug addict
and an alcoholic for many years, but he recovered.
He married and divorced twice.
In 1991 he lost his four-year-old son, Conor,
when he fell out of a 53rd-floor window in Manhattan.
Despite his difficulties, Clapton has created some of the
best rock-blues of all time.
Clapton admits that he finds it hard to be in the public
spotlight
but say he is basically happy. Meanwhile he is enjoying
his music more than ever and is carrying on singing the
blues.
Understanding
1.What kind of life has Eric Clapton had?
Clapton’s life has not been easy.
2.When did his son die?
His son died in 1991.
3.What is he enjoying now?
He is enjoying his music more than ever.
4.What does he do every year in London?
He gives a series of concerts in London’s Royal Albert
Hall.
Noticing
Eric Clapton is one of Britain’s most successful rock
and blues guitarists ever. In 1993 he (win)_________
won
six Grammy award. He (play)__________
has played in several
legendary rock bands, including Cream, and (develop)
_____________
has developed a versatile playing style. Every year
he (give)________
gives a series of concerts in London’s
famous Albert Hall.
Clapton’s life (be)_________
was a
has not been easy. He (be)______
drug addict and an alcoholic for many years, but he
(recover)__________.
recovered He married and (divorce)
divorced
lost four-year-old
________ twice. In 1991he (lose)____
son, Conor, when he fell out of a 53rd-floor window in
Manhattan. Despite his difficulties, Clapton (create)
___________
has created some of the best rock-blues of all time.
Clapton admits that he (find) _______
finds it hard to be in
the public spotlight but says he is basically happy.
is enjoying his music more
Meanwhile he (enjoy)__________
than ever and (carry)___________
is carrying on singing the
blues.