The key answer of exercise 3
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 12 - Reading and vocabulary for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education
Question
Work in pairs. Read the whole article and discuss. How did the people in the box become famous? Had you heard of any of them before?
Answer
- George Whitefield: 18th-century English preacher who drew a large crowd when he visited Boston in the USA
- Sam Patch: 19th-century American, made famous in the first cheap newspapers for jumping into rivers, including Niagara Falls, from high places
- Falcon Heene: the young son of an American couple who tried to attract media attention by pretending he was on board a large balloon which had broken free
- Susan Boyle: Scottish singer who gained international fame after appearing on a British TV talent show
- Donato Dalrymple: a fisherman who enjoyed the media spotlight after saving a boy from the sea