I. Before listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):

II. Listen and fill in the spaces

The Kate Moss cocaine saga _______ on. The supermodel, who _______ earns $15 million a year from lucrative deals with companies including Burberry, Chanel and Christian Dior, is now daily _______ for British tabloids. They have become obsessed with Moss’s lifestyle and _______ and have _______ page after page embellishing on the facts and gossip surrounding her documented drug use. Moss has been in an out of rehab clinics for years and said in an interview with David Bowie two years ago she had _______ her drug habit forever. However, it now _______ police are to investigate allegations that she has taken cocaine. A senior officer ordered the _______ following newspaper pictures of Moss allegedly snorting the drug.

Moss, 31, has now been _______ as cover girl for the fashion giants H&M, Chanel and Burberry. H&M’s decision _______ an earlier statement from the company that condemned substance _______ but forgave Moss and gave her a second chance. However, a slew of phone calls from _______ customers and negative publicity over the prudence of being associated with a cocaine user, _______ the supermodel’s axing. A company spokesperson explained: “H&M has decided that a campaign with Kate Moss is inconsistent with H&M’s clear dissociation of drugs.” Shoppers were _______ that as a mother, Moss saw fit to use hard drugs. Burberry and Chanel quickly followed _______ in dumping Moss and disassociating themselves with the furor created by her _______ behavior.

III. Discussion

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1) What were your initial thoughts on this headline?

2) Did the headline make you want to read the article?

3) What adjectives describe your feelings about Kate Moss’s actions?

4) Should supermodels receive such lucrative salaries?

5) Should newspapers use so much space reporting the antics of a model?

6) Should fashion companies use a model who has a history of drug abuse?

7) Don’t you think people must be very bored to want to know about Kate Moss?

8) Are newspapers encouraging drug use by focusing on Kate Moss?

9) What responsibilities do supermodels have to set examples?

10) What punishment should Kate Moss receive?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1) Did you like reading this article?

2) What do you think about what you read?

3) Do you like Chanel, Burberry and Christian Dior?

4) Do you think H&M should have given Moss a second chance?

5) Kate Moss has a two-year-old child. What do you think of a mother taking cocaine?

6) Do you care whether a model who takes drugs is being used to advertise products you buy?

7) Is drug abuse a big problem in your country?

8) Have you ever taken or wanted to take drugs?

9) Have you ever kicked a habit?

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 889