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Facebook Hoodie Angers Bankers (10th May, 2012)Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg angered Wall Street bankers this week by turning up to a meeting wearing a hoodie – a casual, zip-up jacket with an attached hood. Mr Zuckerberg was in talks with investors ahead of next week's launching of Facebook on the stock market. Markets analyst Michael Pachter felt it was the incorrect attire to wear to a high-level business meeting and showed how the Facebook CEO didn't really care about his company's future. Mr Pachter said: "I think that's a mark of immaturity. I think that he has to realize he's bringing investors in right now, and I think he's got to show them the respect that they deserve because he's asking them for their money." Facebook's IPO (Initial Public Offering) is expected to raise over $10 billion, which would make it the largest amount of cash ever raised. Many analysts disagreed with Mr Pachter's comments, saying Zuckerberg's hoodie is simply the personal fashion choice of a successful entrepreneur. Many likened the hoodie to the black sweaters and jeans that Steve Jobs always wore. Zuckerberg wrote on his own Facebook that he wore a tie to work almost every day in 2009. He said: "After the start of the recession in 2008, I wanted to signal to everyone at Facebook that this was a serious year for us....My tie was the symbol of how serious and important a year this was, and I wore it every day to show this." WARM-UPS1. HOODIES: Walk around the class and talk to other students about hoodies. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 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. BUSINESS MEETING: Dos and don'ts. What's the correct etiquette? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote. Change and share again.
4. SUITS: Students A strongly believe suits are old-fashioned and are no longer needed; Students B strongly believe suits are very important. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. FORMAL CLOTHES: Where is it most important to wear them? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners and share your rankings again.
6. BANKER: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'banker'. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING
1. 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 / LISTENING
GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg angered Wall Street bankers this week _____________________ a meeting wearing a hoodie – a casual, zip-up jacket _____________________. Mr Zuckerberg was in talks with _____________________ week's launching of Facebook on the stock market. Markets analyst Michael Pachter felt it was _____________________ wear to a high-level business meeting and showed how the Facebook CEO didn't really care about his company's future. Mr Pachter said: "I think that's a _____________________. I think that he has to realize he's bringing investors in right now, and I think he's got to _____________________ that they deserve because he's asking them for their money." Facebook's IPO (Initial Public Offering) _____________________ over $10 billion, which would make it the largest amount of cash ever raised. Many _____________________ Mr Pachter's comments, saying Zuckerberg's hoodie is simply the personal fashion choice of a _____________________. Many _____________________ to the black sweaters and jeans that Steve Jobs always wore. Zuckerberg wrote on his own Facebook that he wore a tie to work almost every day in 2009. He said: "After the _____________________ in 2008, I wanted to signal to everyone at Facebook that this was a serious year for us....My tie was the _____________________ and important a year this was, and I wore it every day to show this."
AFTER READING / LISTENING
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'high' and 'level'.
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:
HOODIES SURVEY
Write five GOOD questions about hoodies 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.
HOODIES / CORRECT ATTIRE DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (1) ____ Wall Street bankers this week by turning up to a meeting wearing a hoodie – a casual, zip-up jacket with an (2) ____ hood. Mr Zuckerberg was in talks with investors ahead (3) ____ next week's launching of Facebook on the stock market. Markets analyst Michael Pachter felt it was the incorrect (4) ____ to wear to a high-level business meeting and showed how the Facebook CEO didn't really care about his company's future. Mr Pachter said: "I think that's a (5) ____ of immaturity. I think that he has to realize he's bringing investors in right now, and I think he's got to show them the respect that they (6) ____ because he's asking them for their money." Facebook's IPO (Initial Public Offering) is (7) ____ to raise over $10 billion, which would make it the largest amount of cash ever raised. Many analysts disagreed with Mr Pachter's comments, saying Zuckerberg's hoodie is (8) ____ the personal fashion choice of a successful entrepreneur. Many (9) ____ the hoodie to the black sweaters and jeans that Steve Jobs always wore. Zuckerberg wrote on his own Facebook that he wore a tie to work almost every day in 2009. He said: "After the start of the (10) ____ in 2008, I wanted to (11) ____ to everyone at Facebook that this was a serious year for us....My tie was the (12) ____ of how serious and important a year this was, and I wore it every day to show this." Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING
Write about hoodies 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 Facebook IPO. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. HOODIES: Make a poster about hoodies. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. CORRECT ATTIRE: Write a magazine article about Mark Zuckerberg's wearing of a hoodie to a Wall Street meeting. Include imaginary interviews with people 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 Mark Zuckerberg. Ask him three questions about wearing hoodies at meetings. Give him three of your opinions on it. 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: Facebook hoodie angers bankersFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (1) angered Wall Street bankers this week by turning up to a meeting wearing a hoodie – a (2) casual, zip-up jacket with an attached hood. Mr Zuckerberg was in (3) talks with investors ahead of next week's launching of Facebook on the stock market. Markets (4) analyst Michael Pachter felt it was the incorrect (5) attire to wear to a high-level business meeting and showed how the Facebook CEO didn't really care about his company's future. Mr Pachter said: "I think that's a (6) mark of immaturity. I think that he has to realize he's (7) bringing investors in right now, and I think he's got to show them the respect that they (8) deserve because he's asking them for their money." Facebook's IPO (Initial Public Offering) is (9) expected to raise over $10 billion, which would make it the largest (10) amount of cash ever raised. Many analysts disagreed with Mr Pachter's comments, saying Zuckerberg's hoodie is (11) simply the personal fashion choice of a successful entrepreneur. Many (12) likened the hoodie to the black sweaters and jeans that Steve Jobs always wore. Zuckerberg wrote on his (13) own Facebook that he wore a tie to work almost every day in 2009. He said: "After the start of the (14) recession in 2008, I wanted to (15) signal to everyone at Facebook that this was a serious year for us....My tie was the (16) symbol of how serious and important a year this was, and I wore it every day to show this." LANGUAGE WORK
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