Cover of the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 12.2 - A lucky break for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs. Do you think it would be good to be famous? What are the positive / negative things about being famous?

Answer

positive

  • you're always in newspapers / magazines
  • companies want you to advertise their products
  • you have famous friends / (a) lovely home(s)
  • you can buy expensive things
  • you can talk to politicians to try and change the world

negative

  • photographers / the paparazzi follow you and take your photograph wherever you go
  • you and your family have no privacy
  • being recognised by everyone in the street can be annoying
  • people constantly judge celebrities