1. (Trang 13 - Tiếng anh 12):Why are people often interested in the life of celebrities or famous people? Tick the possible reasons and add some more, if you can.
(Tại sao người ta thường quan tâm đến cuộc sống của người nổi tiếng hay những người nổi tiếng? Đánh dấu vào những lý do có thể và thêm một số lý do khác, nếu bạn có thể.)
- They are curious.
(Họ rất tò mò.)
- They want to know more about their idols.
(Họ muốn biết thêm về thần tượng của mình.)
- They can have something to gossip about.
(Họ có thể có một cái gì đó để buôn chuyện)
- They want to learn lessons from famous people's failures or successes.
(Họ muốn học những bài học từ thất bại hay thành công những người nổi tiếng)
- They can criticise or slander the person they do not like.
(Họ có thể chỉ trích hay nói xấu người mà họ không thích.)
1. According to Cindy, our audience are ____ stories about celebrities and famous people.
A. interested in
B. overloaded with
C. bored with
2. People may use stories about our private life in order to_____ .
A. damage our reputation
B. write novels
C. make films
3. We should not share too much personal information______ .
A. at parties
B. with strangers
C. online
4. Reading a person's life story critically means_______
A. making judgements while reading it
B. making criticisms while reading it
C. reading it without finding any faults or merits
Nội dung bài nghe:
Cindy: Welcome to our talk show with guest speaker Mr Andy Lewis, a sociologist. Mr Lewis...
Andy: Please call me Andy. I don't want to be too formal.
Cindy: No problem, Andy. These days, our audience seem to be overwhelmed with stories in the newspapers or on the Internet - stories about celebrities, political figures, or even ordinary people around us.
Andy: You mean we're living in a world of stories and scandals?
Cindy: Right. As a sociologist, do you have any advice for our audience?
Andy: I think there're two sides to this issue. We need some life skills to protect ourselves. First, we don't want other people to take advantage of our stories. They may use our private lives for blackmail or slander... in order to harm our reputation or just for fun.
Cindy: For whatever purpose, it could be extremely damaging.
Andy: Exactly. So we should not reveal too much of our private life on social networking sites.
Cindy: I agree. But how about the stories of other people? Should we read or follow these stories?
Andy: That's the second point I want to discuss. Another life skill is learning from other people's lives. Everyone's life story is like a book that can teach us something. So we should open that book and read it critically.
Cindy: Critically? Can you explain this?
Andy: It means we should make careful judgements when reading a life story and ask ourselves questions like, ‘Why is this story told?’ or ‘What lessons can I learn from it?’
Cindy: Lessons such as...?
Andy: Such as a person's reasons for failure or success. This may help us to avoid similar failure or to adopt a new way of life so we can improve ourselves and become better human beings.
Cindy: Very interesting. Thank you, Andy, for your advice and for sharing your thoughts with our listeners. Next week...