Self-image
1 FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Match the expressions to their meanings. Do you agree with any of them? 1.
“Clothes make the man.”
2. “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” 3. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” a. different people find different things beautiful b. the way you dress reflects the kind of person you are c. you can’t decide if something is good or bad by only looking at the surface of it
Meet the
Topic
1 Answer the questions with a classmate. 1. What is a selfie? 2. Selfie is an abbreviation. What is the original term?
2 Read the blog post and check your answers. 3 Read the blog post again and write T (True) or
F (False). 1. The author, IainG, didn’t like school art class. T 2. Traditionally, the best way to take a selfie was to hide the camera. 3. IainG feels that the best place to take a selfie is in the bathroom. 4. He feels that people don’t trust strangers at tourist attractions. 5. Several important world leaders took a selfie with a man committing suicide. 4 Read the blog post again. Check the correct answers. 1. Selfies are not new. What has changed is… a. the kind of pencils we use. b. the way we create self-portraits. c. only the words used to describe the process. d. the “Word of the Year”. 10
2. The difference between traditional cell phones and phones today is that… a. there are no mirrors on phones today. b. people always look silly in pictures from modern phones. c. today’s phones have cameras in the front and the back. d. you could always see the photographer’s arm with traditional cell phones. 3. IainG feels that… a. passers-by should take pictures of you when you’re riding a bus or train. b. photos in the bathroom look best when you sit on the toilet seat. c. people should be careful at tourist attractions because others could steal their phones. d. the scenery of bathrooms and public transport isn’t great. 4. A recent controversy about selfies happened when… a. a man committed suicide at Nelson Mandela’s funeral. b. a tourist took a selfie with a man who wanted to kill himself on a bridge. c. Nelson Mandela took a selfie with Barack Obama. d. a New York tourist took selfies on the subway.
5 Write (+) if IainG uses the argument for selfies or (–) if he uses it against them.
1. Selfies can look a little silly. – 2. They help us remember significant moments. 3. You can see scenery on buses and in bathrooms. 4. We used to have to use a mirror to take selfies. 5. Cell phones now have two cameras on them. 6. Tourists don’t trust strangers to take pictures of them.
Unit 1
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