Answer — Exercise 6
06 - World culture - Unsung heroes·Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Watch three people talking about an unsung hero that they admire. Complete the table.
Answer
Lizzie
- Name of person she admires: Nikola Tesla
- Biographical information: inventor and electrical engineer in the 1800s and 1900s
- Achievements: worked with Thomas Edison and made a lot of money from his inventions (but developed a reputation in later years as a mad scientist and ended up penniless).
Sion
- Name of person he admires: the band Neu!
- Biographical information: a German band from the early seventies
- Achievements: one of the first bands to experiment with electronic music and influenced David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Simple Minds and others.
Jeanette
- Name of person she admires: Mary Seacole
- Biographical information: lived during the Crimean War
- Achievements: used her own money to set up a hotel near the front line and brought soldiers in to give them food and medicine and take care of them.