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U.K. Royal Anger at Topless Kate Pics (16th September, 2012)The United Kingdom's royal family has started legal proceedings against 'Closer,' the French magazine that published photos of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, sunbathing topless. A paparazzi photographer snapped photos of the duchess while she was on the balcony of a secluded villa in France with her husband Prince William. The two thought they were well away from prying eyes, but a freelance cameraman managed to zoom in on the couple. A statement from William's office called the publication of the photographs, "grotesque and totally unjustifiable" and compared it to, "the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales". It is rare for the British royal family to sue the press. However, it is known that Prince William intended to do everything possible to shield his wife from the kind of non-stop hounding that eventually led to the death of his mother in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Meanwhile, other publications have said they would publish the photos. Italy's 'Chi' magazine is set to devote 26 pages to them in its upcoming issue. Both 'Closer' and 'Chi' belong to former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's media group. An editor of the 'Irish Daily Star' said: "She's one of the most photographed people in the world and she decides to partially disrobe on a balcony…Of course people are going to be interested in this." WARM-UPS1. PRIVACY: Walk around the class and talk to other students about privacy. Change partners often. Share your findings with your first partner. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. PHOTOS: Can any secretly-taken photos be published? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote. Change and share again.
4. FREEDOM: Students A strongly believe publishers should have the freedom to publish whatever they want; Students B strongly believe otherwise. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. PROTECTION: Who should be given most protection against the paparazzi? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
6. PAPARAZZI: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'paparazzi'. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gapsThe United Kingdom's royal family (1) ____________________ proceedings against 'Closer,' the French magazine that published photos of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, sunbathing topless. A paparazzi photographer (2) ____________________ the duchess while she was on the balcony of (3) ____________________ France with her husband Prince William. The two thought they were well (4) _______________________, but a freelance cameraman managed (5) ____________________ couple. A statement from William's office called the publication of the photographs, "grotesque and totally unjustifiable" and compared it to, "(6) ____________________ of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales". It is rare for the British royal family (7) ____________________. However, it is known that Prince William intended to do everything possible to shield his wife from the kind of (8) ____________________ that eventually led to the death of his mother in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Meanwhile, other publications have said they would publish the photos. Italy's 'Chi' magazine (9) ___________________ 26 pages to them in (10) _________________. Both 'Closer' and 'Chi' (11) ____________________ Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's media group. An editor of the 'Irish Daily Star' said: "She's one of the most photographed people in the world and she decides to partially (12) ____________________ …Of course people are going to be interested in this." AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'royal' and 'family'.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
PRIVACY SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about privacy in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
PAPARAZZI DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICEThe United Kingdom's royal family has started (1) ____ proceedings against 'Closer,' the French magazine that published photos of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, sunbathing topless. A paparazzi photographer (2) ____ photos of the duchess while she was on the balcony of a (3) ____ villa in France with her husband Prince William. The two thought they were (4) ____ away from prying eyes, but a freelance cameraman managed to zoom in (5) ____ the couple. A statement from William's office called the publication of the photographs, "grotesque and totally unjustifiable" and (6) ____ it to, "the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales". It is rare for the British royal family to (7) ____ the press. However, it is known that Prince William intended to do everything possible to (8) ____ his wife from the kind of non-stop (9) ____ that eventually led to the death of his mother in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Meanwhile, other publications have said they would publish the photos. Italy's 'Chi' magazine is (10) ____ to devote 26 pages to them in its upcoming issue. Both 'Closer' and 'Chi' belong to (11) ____ Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's media group. An editor of the 'Irish Daily Star' said: "She's one of the most photographed people in the world and she decides to (12) ____ disrobe on a balcony…Of course people are going to be interested in this." Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about privacy for 10 minutes. Correct your partner's paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about the paparazzi. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. PRIVACY: Make a poster about privacy and the press. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. PICS: Write a magazine article about the publishing of the pics. Include imaginary interviews with newspaper editors who are for and against it. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to the paparazzi photographer who took the photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton. Ask him/her three questions about privacy. Give him/her three of your opinions. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: U.K. royal anger at topless Kate picsThe United Kingdom's royal family has started (1) legal proceedings against 'Closer,' the French magazine that published photos of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, (2) sunbathing topless. A paparazzi photographer (3) snapped photos of the duchess while she was on the balcony of a (4) secluded villa in France with her husband Prince William. The two thought they were well away from (5) prying eyes, but a freelance cameraman (6) managed to zoom in on the couple. A statement from William's office called the publication of the photographs, "grotesque and (7) totally unjustifiable" and compared it to, "the (8) worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales". It is rare for the British royal family to (9) sue the press. However, it is known that Prince William (10) intended to do everything possible to (11) shield his wife from the kind of non-stop (12) hounding that eventually led to the death of his mother in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Meanwhile, other publications have said they would publish the photos. Italy's 'Chi' magazine is set to (13) devote 26 pages to them in its upcoming issue. Both 'Closer' and 'Chi' belong to (14) former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's media group. An editor of the 'Irish Daily Star' said: "She's one of the most photographed people in the world and she decides to (15) partially disrobe on a (16) balcony…Of course people are going to be interested in this." LANGUAGE WORK
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