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PROJECT

6DEBATING

Hitting the headlinesLOGPAGE

Arguing for or against celebrity magazines

Note down your fi ndings throughout Project 6 here.

Who the speakers/writers are Information about the speakers/writers

The Fame Machine(textbook p. 88)

Royal Fight for Privacy(textbook p. 90)

The Right to Know?(textbook p. 90)

Diva of Celebrity Journalism(textbook p. 92)

A paparazzo’s fi rst experience(textbook p. 94)

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Arguments for covering celebrity news

Arguments against covering celebrity news

Examples givento back up arguments

PROJECT 6DEBATING

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A Pronunciation of <o>

The letter <o> appears in the stressed syllabe of each word below.

a. Listen to them and place them in the corresponding column of the table below.

response – open – photo – local – job – global – hoping – photo – contacts – alone – shot –

top – over – problems – stop – dose

/ɒ/(the same sound as “clock“)

/əυ/(the same sound as “snow”)

b. Check your answers with your classmates.

c. What conclusions can you draw from these examples?

<o> is pronounced /ɒ/ when followed by ..................................................................................................................

<o> is pronounced /əυ/ when followed by ...............................................................................................................

d. Practise reading the words out loud.

B Pronunciation of words ending in <ion>

In words ending in <ion>, the stress is always placed on the preceding syllable.

a. Listen to some of the words you have seen or heard in this project:

population – profusion – distribution – publications – circulation – editions – collaboration

– intrusion

b. Practise pronouncing them. Don’t forget to stress the syllable before the fi nal <ion>.

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C Word bank

Ce travail sur trois mots-clés du chapitre va vous permettre de revoir et/ou d’apprendre

beaucoup d’autres mots qui leur sont liés.

Fame Private Inform

Phrase(s) dans laquelle /lesquelles j’ai rencontréce mot

Domaine de sens au-quel je peux le rattacher reputation rights knowledge

Nature du mot(part of speech) noun adjective verb

Défi nition

Ne pas oublier !

Prononciation

Mots proches-synonymes

Mots éloignés-antonymes

Quelques mots de la même famille (avec leur nature, et leur sens)(lexical fi eld)

Ne pas confondre !(homophones, homo-nymes…)

Collocations, tournures idiomatiques “fame and fortune” “Private… Keep out!”

Proverbes, dictons “Fame comes at a price”

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D Contrastive intonation Textbook p. 91

a. Listen to these people talking about celeb magazines and underline the contrasts (stressed

words) you can hear.

1. The press feed on celebrities because the gossip helps to sell their newspapers.

2. Ok, I understand that. But stars want to protect their families and private life from the press.

3. Yes, but without the press, they wouldn’t be so famous.

4. So you’re saying that the press and celebrities both need each other.

b. Discuss your fi ndings with your classmates.

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E The passive voice Textbook p. 91

While talking about celebrities, you might have said one of the following sentences:

1. Celebrities should not be treated as marketable products.

2. It is often said that paparazzi do not respect celebrities’ basic rights.

3. It is believed that celebrities work with paparazzi.

4. Some celebrities are hounded by the press day and night.

a. Make sure you understand them, highlight the verbal forms and describe them. What do they

have in common?

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b. What differences do you notice between sentences 1 and 4, and sentences 2 and 3?

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c. In your opinion, why is the passive voice used?

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The Fame Machine Make sense, activity 3. Textbook p. 89

Group A

Highlight, using different colours:

– the types of magazines mentioned colour 1

– the topics they deal with colour 2

– the reasons why they are so popular colour 3

Group B

Highlight, using different colours:

– the main characteristics of these magazines colour 4

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FASCINATION is universal for what Aaron Spelling, a prolifi c producer of American soap operas, once called “rich people having problems that money can’t solve”. But the fascinated in star-struck Britain have no equal.

Britain’s celebrity industry is more prolifi c than ever before

The country has a profusion of titles devoted to chronicling even the smallest doings of celebrities. Britons buy almost half as many celebrity magazines as Americans do, despite having a population that is only one-fi fth the size.

news is to work together. A business that used to be based on intrusion has discovered a preference for collaboration.

It is also expanding abroad. In the past few weeks, Northern & Shell has launched an American edition of OK!, a celebrity magazine that already has Australian, Chinese and Middle Eastern editions. EMAP1

recently launched Closer in France and already publishes a South African edition of Heat, a bestseller in Britain

The Economist (Sept 1st, 2005)

1. a global media group

Celebrity news often makes the front page of British tabloid newspapers, providing a formidable distribution channel for stories about celebrity sex, drugs and parenthood. Satisfying this voracious demand has turned what was once an amateurish business into an entertainment industry in its own right. Its business model has two distinguishing features. First, celebrity has become the product – rather than just a device for marketing fi lms or music. Second, celebrities, agents, photographers and picture desks have found that the most effi cient way to create an endless supply of celebrity

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PROJECT 6DEBATING

PRACTICALS

Diva Of Celebrity Journalism Make sense, activity 3. Textbook p. 93

Highlight:

– information about the main editors mentioned colour 1

– each editor’s opinions colour 2

– marketable information colour 3

Bonnie Fuller climbed to the top of the magazine profession with relentless effi ciency. Star Magazine is her latest stop. Although Star is chock full of all the gossip you’d expect, it also has a dark side: unblinking adoration of celebrities is out, and in is a good dose of reality. There are paparazzi photos of the rich and famous, grown haggard, bloated, emaciated, or all three. And Fuller’s readers […] seem to love it.

Is there something cruel about showing celebrities in unfl attering poses? “I think it actually makes celebrities much more beloved to their followers, to their fans,” says Fuller. “Because when you feel like a celebrity is human, they have problems just like you. They fi ght weight issues just like you, they get a bit of cellulite just like you. You love them even more.”

But Fuller’s explanation doesn’t impress Simon Dumenco, a media critic and contributing editor of New York Magazine. “Looking

at other people, and sort of taking pleasure in the fact that they’re doing badly, or they photograph badly sometimes, to take pleasure in that and to recognize that is marketable information, that’s pretty base,” says Dumenco. […]

Is this boom in celebrity magazines, and growing interest with celebrity culture, destroying serious journalism?

“Just because it’s celebrity news doesn’t mean we don’t take it just as seriously as any other journalist,” says Fuller.

And what does she think about the paparazzi? “I wouldn’t necessarily say they are chasing celebrities around. But they are, that is their job. They are documenting celebrities.” […] “Our reporters and editors work incredibly hard. They want to get the story correct. They want to make sure they have enough sources,” says Fuller. “Well, information, either straight from the celebrities’ mouths or from sources. I mean, we take this very seriously.”

By Rebecca Leung, for CBS News, Nov 24, 2004

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A paparazzo’s fi rst experience Make sense, activity 3. Textbook p. 95

Group A

Highlight, using different colours, any information you can fi nd about:

– the main character and her present situation colour 1

– her thoughts about the work she is doing colour 2

– her feelings about the work she is doing colour 3

Group B

Highlight, using different colours, any information you can fi nd about:

– who the other characters mentioned in the passage are colour 4

– their physical appareances colour 5

– their behaviour colour 6

It was cold and damp when Emma sat […]. She had stared at the back of this one story concrete building for over two long, uneventful hours.She closed her eyes and let out a slow breath as she recalled the reason that brought

her here, […] Emma had gone to a local tabloid in downtown LA, hoping to land that dream photography job she so desperately wanted. Instead, Emma had found herself involved in paparazzi recruitment. That smug, impolite man who called himself an editor told her, “Catch’em with their pants down, that’s what sells.” Then he laughed.

She slowly opened her eyes and glared at the closed back door of the club. That question was going through her weary head again. Why had she come there? This was far from the adventure she had in mind when she left her safe small town life.

She gave up her entire life savings to come here for this? […] “This is ridiculous.” She said as she stood up and swung her camera onto her shoulder. “All I wanted was an adventure, something better, something worthwhile,” she thought to herself. […]As she began to walk out of the alley a loud commotion sounded behind her and she quickly turned to see three gentlemen in the alley next to the, now closing, back door to the club. Curious, she walked towards the men, quietly. They did not look familiar at first. She went very still as recognition hit her.

Two of the gentlemen were very familiar. A dark-haired gentleman in his late twenties appeared to be a well-known actor, Brett White. Her heart skipped a beat as she realized who the other gentleman was.

Justin Victory. He had to be the most sought after actor in the biz right now. Known for his good looks and very sexy body, he could play anyone on screen from the hero to the villain. He was also known for being a playboy, dating all the top actresses and heiresses of Tinseltown1. He would be a great photo to sell to the tabloid.

Her breathing became heavy as she raised her camera and began taking pictures. With each click of her shutter, the scene was forever captured on film.

Emilee White, Paparazzi Eyes (2008)

1. refers to Hollywood

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PROJECT 6DEBATING

LANGUAGE SKILLS

1 Using headlines to anticipate the content of an article

a. Read the following headlines. What topic(s) do you think they will deal with? Tick the

appropriate box and justify your choice.

Headline Topic What helped you make your choice

1. “Stars vow for a car-free Sunday”

Celebrities want a free car on Sundays

Celebrities want to ban cars on Sundays

Celebrities want to use their cars on Sundays

2. “Prince sleeps rough for homeless charity”

The prince slept well because he gave money to a homeless organisation

The prince took part in a sleeping contest for an organisation looking for an offi ce to rent

The prince slept in diffi cult conditions for anorganisation helping homeless people

3. “Dumas fi lm with white actor Depardieu sparks race row ”

The fi lm triggered a controversy because Depardieu is a white actor

The fi lm was greeted with a fi reworks contest

Dumas fi lmed Depardieu during a race

2 Using the fi rst and last paragraphs to anticipate the content of an article

a. Read the beginning and end of the following article. What topic(s) do you think it deals with?

Tick the appropriate box.

Article Information

Mickey Mouse celebrates 75th birthdayMickey Mouse is the star of the show at a huge party planned for the 75th anniversary of his birth at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. (…)

After the series of statues called “Celebrate Mickey:InspEARations1” is unveiled, they will remain at the Magic Kingdom until April 2004, when they will tour several American cities. In 2005, Sotheby’s Auction House will auction off the statues for charity.

CTV.ca News Staff (Tue. Nov. 18 2003 11:15 PM ET)

1 sculptures that toured the Disney Theme Parks and North America during 2005 - 2006

The American elections

The creation of Mickey Mouse

Junk food

Working conditions at Disneyland

The evolution of Mickey Mouse

The reasons for Mickey Mouse’s success

The different events of the celebration

Paparazzi

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3 Understanding a newspaper article

Read the following article. The strategies in your textbook p. 96 will help you understand its

contents.

a. Highlight in different colours the elements that can guide your reading.

b. Read the article again and answer the following questions:

Main topic of this article ? ..............................................................................................................................................................................................

Who? ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

What? ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Why? ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Simon Cowell’s lawyers warn press about harassmentMonday 1 December 2008 14.14 GMT

Simon Cowell: photographers and journalists have been told not to pursue the reality show judge.

Lawyers acting for The X Factor judge Simon Cowell have warned UK newspapers not to harass their client after a tracking device was allegedly found attached to his Rolls Royce last week.

Law firm Carter-Ruck sent the warning letter to national newspapers on Friday after consulting with the presenter’s publicist, Max Clifford, who told MediaGuardian.co.uk that “enough is enough”.

According to Clifford, the letter pointed out that the use of a tracking device is illegal and could lead to prosecution.

He added that the identity of the journalist

who allegedly attached the device is known to him and the individual concerned has been approached.

“We know who he is and we have marked his card and told him to never do anything like that again,” Clifford said.

“We have always played the game and we are not precious but this is way beyond anything acceptable. So Carter-Ruck has sent a letter out to everybody warning them about this and making clear that it is unacceptable,” he added.

“Simon has been putting up with this for seven years, with people approaching him at all hours and we

know that we have got to have working relationships with the papers but within acceptable boundaries.”

The letter also asked photographers and journalists not to pursue Cowell, place him under surveillance or photograph him in places where he has a reasonable expectation of privacy, including leaving or entering his home, Clifford said.

Asked if his client was upset about the alleged intrusion, Clifford added: “Simon is not getting stressed and not making a big drama about it but you know the game and he knows the game.”

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PROJECT 6DEBATING

LANGUAGE SKILLS

4 Distinguishing between examples and arguments

Read the following article and highlight the arguments and examples in two different colours.

Do Smoking Bans Really Get People to Quit? Studies Show Laws Are Eff ective

Smoking bans -- in airplanes, offices and restaurants -- were designed to reduce the public’s exposure to dangerous second-hand1 smoke. But it turns out the restrictions do much more than that: they reduce smoking overall.

“When you make workplaces, public places, restaurants and bars smoke-free, people smoke less,” said Dr. Stanton Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco. “They sell fewer cigarettes.”

Smoking bans increase the stigma2 and hassle3 of smoking, and remove some of the social cues4 for lighting up. Workplace bans, especially, can have a dramatic effect.

“We’ve consistently found that you get a 30 percent drop in cigarette consumption when you make a workplace smoke-free,”

David Spalding smoked for more than 20 years. He quit 3 1/2 years ago after his employer, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota, went entirely smoke-free.

There is evidence that restrictions work in public places as well.

More than 2,000 cities and counties now have laws that restrict indoor smoking.

In New York City, the number of adult smokers fell by 500,000 in four years, in part because of smoking bans in restaurants, bars and offi ces.

In San Francisco, studies concluded that smoking bans helped drop the lung cancer rate by 6 percent.

ABC News’ Lisa Stark fi led this

report for World News Tonight,

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Before working on Your Project, fi ll in chart 1 and compare what you have learnt with your

classmates. Fill in chart 2 after working on Your Project.

1 What I have done

In steps 1 and 2… Activities & documents What I have learnt /What I have learnt to do

I have read about celebrity stories in factual and fi ctional texts.

I have discovered and summa-rised different points of view on the issue of celebrity news coverage.

I have learnt how to respond to other people’s opinions.

I have developed my listening and reading skills.

2 Where I stand

When I worked on the fi nal project, I was able to: With very little help With a lot of help

give arguments to back up my opinions

add weight to my arguments by providingrelevant facts and examples

ask others what they think about the topic under discussion

respond to other people’s opinions

convince other people of my point of view

rephrase sentences to ensure I haveunderstood the main information

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Le lexique (compréhension, mémorisation, enrichissement), la pronon-ciation et la grammaire font l’objet d’un travail spécifique dans chaquechapitre.

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