After Reading
A. Match each word with the meaning.
1.___Evident a. to mix
2.___contest b. big success
3.___Smash hit c. to give up
4.___to abandon d. competition
5._a_to blend e. obvious, easy to see
B. Answer the questions about the reading.
1. Where was Shakira born?
2. When did she become interested in music?
3. Where did she use to sing when she was at school?
4. Why couldn’t she sing at the song festival in Spain?
5. What was her first international hit?
6. What kind of institution does she run in Colombia?
C. Write down important events in Shakira’s life. Compare your answers with a partner.
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D. Role-play. Have a press conference with “Shakira”. Take turns being the singer or the interviewer.
Discussion
1. Do you think celebrities are good role models?
2. Do you think celebrities make too much money too easily?
3. What do you think about celebrities who speak in favor of certain causes and issues?
4. what do you think about celebrities who are philanthropists and raise money for different causes?
Respuestas
Respuesta:
Despues de leer
A. Empareje cada palabra con el significado.
1 .___ Evidente a. mezclar
2 .___ concurso b. gran exito
3 .___ Golpe aplastante c. rendirse
4 .___ abandonar d. competencia
5._a_para mezclar e. obvio, fácil de ver
B. Responder las preguntas sobre la lectura.
1. ¿Dónde nació Shakira?
2. ¿Cuándo se interesó por la música?
3. ¿Dónde solía cantar cuando estaba en la escuela?
4. ¿Por qué no pudo cantar en el festival de la canción en España?
5. ¿Cuál fue su primer éxito internacional?
6. ¿Qué tipo de institución dirige en Colombia?
C. Escribe los eventos importantes en la vida de Shakira. Compara tus respuestas con un compañero.
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D. Juego de roles. Ten una rueda de prensa con “Shakira”. Túrnense para ser el cantante o el entrevistador.
Discusión
1. ¿Crees que las celebridades son buenos modelos a seguir?
2. ¿Crees que las celebridades ganan demasiado dinero con demasiada facilidad?
3. ¿Qué opinas de las celebridades que hablan a favor de determinadas causas y problemas?
4. ¿Qué opinas de las celebridades que son filántropos y recaudan dinero para diferentes causas?
Explicación:
yo te lo traduzco
Respuesta:
Match each word with the meaning.
1 - e
2- d
3- b
4- c
5- a
Answer the questions about the reading
Where was Shakira born?
- was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, on February 2, 1977.
When did she become interested in music?
- wrote his first song at the age of 8. She learned belly dancing from her Lebanese grandmother and she loved to dance and sing.
Where did she use to sing when she was at school?
- in the school choir
Why couldn't she sing ay the song festival in Spain?
- because she was under the minimum age of 16, she wasn’t allowed to participate.
What was her first international hit?
- in 1995, Shakira recorded Pies Descalzos (Barefeet), a smash hit, which sold four million copies worldwide.
What kind of institution does she Run in Colombia?
- Shakira also runs a foundation to help por children in Colombia called Pies Descalzos (Barefeet).
Write down important event in Shakira's life compare you answer with a partner.
°1 In 1998 she was received in Vatican City by His Holiness Pope John Paul II.
°2 One of the things he most enjoys doing in his spare time is working with clay. Even part of the vases and flowerpots in her mother's house were created by her.
°3 When shopping, she has a weakness for wide rings; so far it has more than 200 in its collection.
°4 Shakira has already achieved about 30 gold and 55 platinum records with the sales of millions of copies of her albums around the world.
Role-play. Have a press conference with Shakira take turns being the singer on the interview.
Do you think celebrities are good role models?
not all of them, but in this case shakira is a role model to follow and to excel
Do you think celebrities make too much morning to easily?
I think that everything has its effort so no
What do you think about celebrities who speak in favor of certain causes and issues?
who are people who want to make a change in society.
What do you think about celebrities who are philanthropists and raise money four different causes?
They are people who do not deserve the position they are in