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MARILYN
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1 Warm up
Look at these pictures of actor Marilyn Monroe and describe how she changed during her life.
Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3
2 Vocabulary
Part 1: Read this text and try to understand the words in bold.
Acting is a popular career choice for many young people. Most young
actors start out with small roles, and then, if they’re lucky, work on a
classic film or TV show. Successful actors have talent, but they also need
to develop their image on social media. If they succeed, they may become
iconic, at least for a while.
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Now match the words with the meanings. Use the text on the previous page to help you.
1. career a. actors’ parts in a film or movie; the characters they play
2. roles b. a natural ability to do something well
3. classic c. famous, popular and easy to recognise
4. talent d. having a well-known style that does not go out of fashion
5. image e. how other people see or think of someone
6. iconic f. the series of jobs that you do in your working life
Part 2: Match the sentence halves.
1. Her job was so stressful that she had a breakdown,
2. We need to make a team effort on this project -
3. The children are living with a foster family
4. He grew up in an orphanage,
5. To prevent people taking an overdose,
6. There was a rumour that our neighbour had a second family in another town,
a. and she hasn’t worked since.
b. but nobody knows for sure.
c. so he never knew his family.
d. we’ll never succeed if we don’t work together.
e. while their parents are in hospital.
f. you can only buy one pack of painkillers at a time.
3 Listening 1
You are going to listen to information about Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). Read these sentences and
predict if they are true or false. Then listen to check your ideas.
1. Marilyn Monroe was not her real name.
2. She lived with her mother and father until she was sixteen.
3. She worked for a magazine during the second world war.
4. She studied acting in Hollywood.
5. Her third husband wrote a movie for her to star in.
6. At the end of her life, some people said she was in a relationship with a famous baseball player.
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4 Listening 2
Read the questions. Can you remember the answers? Listen again to check.
Why did she get married at the age of sixteen?
1.
How did she first become famous?
2.
What sort of image did Monroe have at first?
3.
What happened in 1959?
4.
How did Monroe die?
5.
5 Language point
Read the information below.
English has lots of noun + noun combinations which describe everyday things that we often
talk about, for example: Marilyn Monroe’s life story.
In each group, match the beginning and end of these noun + noun combinations from the listening.
Group 1
1. world a. effort
2. war b. story
3. magazine c. war
4. factory d. work
5. modelling e. workers
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Group 2
1. film a. company
2. baseball b. pills
3. street c. player
4. US d. President
5. sleeping e. vent
Use these phrases to make sentences about Monroe’s life story.
6 Talking point
Discuss these questions in pairs or small groups.
1. What do you admire most about what Monroe did in her life?
2. What would you ask Monroe if you could meet her?
3. If you could send a message to Monroe when she was a child, what would you say to her?
Find pairs of photos that show how Monroe’s image has been used in similar ways. Explain why each
pair is similar and why they chose to copy Monroe.
1) A silkscreen painting by 2) Paris Hilton launches a new 3) Debbie Harry, lead singer of
American pop artist Andy perfume, 2010 Blondie, 1979
Warhol, 1962
4) Eurostar advertisement, 5) Madonna, in her Material 6) Monroe impersonators,
Brussels, 2003 Girl video, 1985 2001
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Read these three quotes from Monroe. Which one is your favourite and why?
• One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all
females should feel.
• I don’t want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
• We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets. (Note:
a regret is something that you did or didn’t do in the past and now you feel sorry about
this.)
7 Optional extension
Movie stars work for film studios but there are many other jobs that people do to make films. Match
each worker with their job description.
1. cameraman a. builds new places for filming.
2. costume designer b. cuts and joins together different parts of the film or
video to make the final movie
3. director c. finds real places for filming
4. editor d. makes or chooses the actors’ clothes
5. location scout e. makes sure the actors’ face and hair look good
6. makeup artist f. raises money and makes practical arrangements for
filming
7. producer g. tells the actors how to perform
8. set designer h. uses the camera to film scenes
Now answer these questions based on the exercise above:
1. How many of these words are noun + noun combinations?
2. Can you think of any people in these jobs whose work you admire?
3. Which of these jobs would you most like to do? Why?
4. Which would you least like to do? Why?
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