Voby
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Voby
short story VOBY iStockphoto A short story by James Schofield If you wanted to become famous, how would you do it? First published in Business Spotlight 1/2012 1 Business Spotlight www.business-spotlight.de short copystory file VOBY PRE-READING SUMMARY Vocabulary all talk and no action: be ~ [O:l )tO:k End )nEU (ÄkS&n] argument [(A:gjumEnt] audience [(O:diEns] bed sb. [bed] ifml. charge a lot of money [)tSA:dZ E lQt Ev (mVni] cookery [(kUkEri] date sb. [deIt] euphemism [(ju:fE)mIzEm] fat cat [)fÄt (kÄt] ifml. for a change [)fO:r E (tSeIndZ] get one’s hands on sb. [)get wVnz (hÄndz Qn] grab sth. [grÄb] lose one’s temper [)lu:z wVnz (tempE] peak [pi:k] phone-in show [)fEUn (In SEU] pointless [(pOIntlEs] prime minister [)praIm (mInIstE] run sth. [rVn] second helping [)sekEnd (helpIN] sheik [SeIk] sick and tired: be ~ of sth. [)sIk En (taIEd] sound bite [(saUnd baIt] squeak [skwi:k] turn on sb. [(t§:n Qn] etwa: ein Großmaul sein Auseinandersetzung Publikum mit jmdm. schlafen, Sex haben viel Geld verlangen Kochmit jmdm. ausgehen Euphemismus Bonze; hier: überheblich zur Abwechslung mal jmdn. zu fassen kriegen sich etw. schnappen wütend werden Gipfel Sendung mit telefonischer Publikumsbeteiligung sinnlos, gegenstandslos Ministerpräsident(in) etw. betreiben, etw. leiten Nachschlag Scheich etw. satthaben kurze, prägnante Äußerung quieken jmdn. attackieren Language point the Ladies: In English, euphemisms — harmless expressions used to describe something that is generally considered unpleasant — are common when talking about going to the toilet. In the UK, a woman might refer to “the Ladies” (Damentoilette) or ask where she can “powder her nose”. Men excuse themselves to go to “the Gents” or “the men’s room”. An informal British term is “loo”. In the UK, some people might ask to use “the toilet”, but North Americans wouldn’t. Instead, they say “bathroom”, “restroom”, “lavatory” or “washroom”. wash your mouth out with soap: (etwa: es jmdm. zeigen): We use this expression when someone, often a child, swears or uses “dirty language” — that’s why “soap” is mentioned — and should be punished for it. Reading activities 1. Read the story and complete the information in the story matrix (p 4). Compare your version with a partner. 2. Listen to the recording of “Voby” on Business Spotlight Audio (or your teacher reading “Voby” aloud) and read the story at the same time. 3. Read the story silently. Time yourself. It should take about one minute for you to read 200 words. 4. Re-tell “Voby” to a partner using only the story matrix. www.business-spotlight.de/teachers/ www.business-spotlight.de Business Spotlight 2 Business Spotlight 2 short story VOBY STORY MATRIX Theme: Where: Key characters: Main action: Key events: Results: 1. 2. 3. End result: Key phrases / Vocabulary: VOBY POST-READING DISCUSSION 1. Make a list of celebrities. What do you know about them? What do you think of them? 2. “In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes”, Andy Warhol (1928-1987). What did Warhol mean by this do you think? Has his prediction come true? 3. Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Kevin Federline are all examples of people who are famous for being famous. This means they have no particular talent but have become well-known throughout the world. How do they do it? www.business-spotlight.de Business Spotlight 4