FEEL THE FORCE

Have you ever heard of this theme song?

This is one of the most well-known theme song in the world. The song is an original score from Star Wars. Star Wars is not only one of the most successful saga, it also creates groups of fans community for them to share their interest. They have clubs and conferences, where they meet and dress like the characters. Some people, such as Todd Philips, are such a great fan. 
Read the passage below to find out more about his love towards Star Wars.

FEEL THE FORCE

On May 25^th 1977, seven-year-old Todd Philips went to see the movie Star Wars for the first time. Now, Todd is the president of the California Star Wars Society and is probably the biggest Star Wars fan in the world. He’s written hundreds of newspaper articles about the films and he’s been to Star Wars conferences all over the world. Todd met his wife, Holly, at a Star Wars party in 1994 and at their wedding everybody looked like StarWars characters! And in January 2002 Todd started queuing to see Star WarsEpisode 2: Attack of the Clones – four months before the film opened.

“I love the film because they’re about the battle between good and evil,” says Todd. “They have everything – action, comedy, romance and amazing special effects. And you can watch them again and again. I’ve seen the first film over a hundred times!”

Todd has also met some of the actors. “Last year I met EwanMcGregor and I’ve also had dinner with Harrison Ford,” says Todd. “But I haven’t met George Lucas, the director. One day I’d like to buy him a drink and thank him for all the happiness he’s given me."

If you are interested in more information, search for fan websites on internet. You'll be amazed by the result. Enjoy!

Fairy Tale Exercise

Directions

1.       These are popular fairly tales which you may know. At the bottom of the picture, you will find some verbs. Choose a fairy tale and write sentences using the verbs to tell the fairly tale (1 verb/ 1sentence). Every verb MUST be in Past form. You may also use characters and helping words given to you.  

2.       The sentences you wrote may be single sentences. Therefore, use “because, so, until, while and when” to connect sentences. You should use at least 2 of these connecting words.

3.       Once you have finished telling the story, look at the picture and write a sentence to describe what the character(s) was/were doing in the picture. You can start the sentence by saying “In this picture, …..”. You MUST use Past Continuous Tense to describe the action.

TORTOISE & HARE

Character: Hare / Tortoise

Verbs:

Laugh

Dare __sb.__ to compete

Run

Sleep

Try to run

Win

Helping words:    fast, slow, finished line

 THE LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Character: The little red riding hood/ the wolf/ her grandmother/hunter

Verbs:

Go to see

Talk to

Follow

Eat

Ask

Kill

Helping words: almost, eyes, nose, mouth

Snow white

Character: Snow White, the Queen, the Prince, dwarfs

Verbs:

Be a princess

Be jealous of

Try to kill

Save

Eat

Die

Kiss

Come back to life

Helping words: poisoned apple   

THE UGLY DUCKLING

Character: the ugly duckling, mother duck, other ducklings,

Verbs:

Be born

Look ugly

Like (negative)

Try to make friends

Live alone

Cry

Become

Helping words:  different from, one day, swan

 SLEEPING BEAUTY

Character: sleeping beauty, prince, fairy godmothers, evil fairly, king and queen

Verbs:

Be born

Celebrate

Give blessing to

Curse

sleep for 100 year

kiss

wake up

 Goldilocks and the three bears

Character: Papa bear, Mama bear, Baby bear, Goldilocks

Verb:

Go for a walk

Go into the house

Taste

Break

Sleep

Frighten

Run away

Helping words: the porridge, the chair, the bed 

If you want to, you can practice writing more than one story. Enjoy!

2A: How fast food began

Unit 2

2A

HOW FAST FOOD BEGAN: The man behind KFC

Do you know this franchise of fast food?

What is the full name of this brand?  

(Kentucky Fried Chicken) [Note: Kentucky is a state in the US.)

What is so special about it? Have a think and watch this commercial. (Ctrl+Click the link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXxFkBNtkIU

KFC became popular because of its secret spice mix. The mix is the recipe of Harland Sander, whom we know as Colonel Sanders. Let’s find out about his life.

“The man behind KFC (p.12)

Harland Sanders was born in the USA in 1890, but his childhood wasn’t a happy one. His father died when he was only six so his mother needed to find a job. She went to work in a shirt factory and Harland stayed at home to look after his younger brother and sister. That was when he first learned to cook.

He left home when he was twelve and worked on a nearby farm. After that, he had a lot of different jobs and, in 1930, he became a service station manager in Corbin, Kentucky. He started cooking meals for hungry travelers who stopped at the service station, and soon people came only for the food. Harland moved to a 142-seat restaurant across the street where he could serve all his customers. Over the next nine years he developed the secret chicken recipe that made him famous.

In the early 1950s, he closed the restaurant and decided to sell his recipe to other business. The first official Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant didn’t open until August 1952 – by 1964 there were more than 600 KFCs in North America. That year, Sanders sold the company for $2 million, but he continued to work as KFC’s public spokesman and visited restaurants all over the world. He travelled 250,000 miles every year until he died in 1980, aged 90. Six years later PepsiCo bought KFC for $840 million. 

There are now KFC restaurants in more than 80 countries and they sell 2.5 billion chicken dinners every year – and the recipe is still a secret!”

Excerpt from – Cunningham, G & Redston, C. 2008. Face2face: pre-intermediate student’s book. Cambridge University Press. Singapore: 2008. 


Exercise: After reading the article, what can you tell about Colonel Sanders? Write 3 sentences about him. If you don't know what to write, you may use some of the following topics to help you.


His childhood:
His first work:
His restaurant:
His secret recipe:
His company:




Practice makes perfect. Have a good one!

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