Yes, I believe. No pains, no gains No, I don' t I studied English very hard /I am so committed to learning English, but I can not get high marks in exams 17. Star-worship 1)What is star-worship 2)What kind of people can be called an"idol"to others? What do they do? 3)Are you an idolater or fan of someone? What do fans usually do? 4)Who is your favorite star? In which way does he or she attract you? 5)How do superstars influence you in your daily life? 6) What is your opinion about the media"? Do you think it plays an important role in star-worship'"? Why or why 7) How do stars influence the society? Do you think it is good? There are a lot of fans and idolaters blindly and fanatically admire and or even worship superstars. Most of the fans are young people with immature minds. It's easy for them to go to Fans seem to be quite fascinated by movie and television celebrities, fashion models professional athletes, and even comic book and cartoon characters Superstars are al ways celebrated for their wealth and glamour rather than their achievements and moral strength of character Fans who worshipped Beckham engrave Beckhams name on the face, and also some spent 300 Yuan to make a small Beckham's hairstyle, or ask for his autograph and always pays special attention on his trifles collected by paparazzo The commercialized entertainment circle has produced shining and attractive stars for fans. The mass media has exaggerated the glory and social influence of stars. -Influenced by media reports some young fans indulge in their distorted love toward stars and sometimes go to excessive extremes More and more people to step onto imitate star's path, they imitate star's attire and the appearance constantly, and even some weird manners and languages The vogue superstars represent the fashion front, so some use their social influence of their own image and bring the very great well-knowingness and enough sales volume to the product, the business have obtained huge commercial profit, promote the social economy's development Success--including the success of popular stars, is always the result of hard work and sacrifi ng Greatness must be prepared and Rome was not built in a day. No one can succeed for nothi 18. Pets Questions for discussion 1)Do you like pets? Why? 2)Are you keeping pet(s)at your home now? What is it /are they? 3)If you don t have a pet, what kind of animal(s)would you like to choose as your pet? 4)WE 5)What are the advantages to have a pet/ pets? 6)What are the disady Here are some useful sentences and structures that you might find handy in discussing the above7 Yes, I believe. No pains, no gains No, I don’t. I studied English very hard / I am so committed to learning English, but I can not get high marks in exams 17 .Star-worship 1) What is star-worship? 2) What kind of people can be called an “idol” to others? What do they do? 3) Are you an idolater or fan of someone? What do fans usually do? 4) Who is your favorite star? In which way does he or she attract you? 5) How do superstars influence you in your daily life? 6) What is your opinion about the “media”? Do you think it plays an important role in “star-worship”? Why or why not? 7) How do stars influence the society? Do you think it is good? Language Focus There are a lot of fans and idolaters blindly and fanatically admire and or even worship superstars. Most of the fans are young people with immature minds. It's easy for them to go to extremes. Fans seem to be quite fascinated by movie and television celebrities, fashion models, professional athletes, and even comic book and cartoon characters. Superstars are always celebrated for their wealth and glamour rather than their achievements and moral strength of character. Fans who worshipped Beckham engrave Beckham's name on the face, and also some spent 300 Yuan to make a small Beckham's hairstyle, or ask for his autograph and always pays special attention on his trifles collected by paparazzos. The commercialized entertainment circle has produced shining and attractive stars for fans. The mass media has exaggerated the glory and social influence of stars. ~~Influenced by media reports, some young fans indulge in their distorted love toward stars and sometimes go to excessive extremes. More and more people to step onto imitate star's path, they imitate star's attire and the appearance constantly, and even some weird manners and languages. The vogue superstars represent the fashion front, so some use their social influence of their own image and bring the very great well-knowingness and enough sales volume to the product, the business have obtained huge commercial profit, promote the social economy's development. Greatness must be prepared and Rome was not built in a day. No one can succeed for nothing. Success --including the success of popular stars, is always the result of hard work and sacrifice. 18. Pets Questions for discussion 1) Do you like pets? Why? 2) Are you keeping pet(s) at your home now? What is it / are they? 3) If you don’t have a pet, what kind of animal(s) would you like to choose as your pet? 4) What attracts you to choose it (them)? 5) What are the advantages to have a pet/ pets? 6) What are the disadvantages? Language focus Here are some useful sentences and structures that you might find handy in discussing the above