Номер 2, страница 94 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Вербицкая, Маккинли

Unit ten.

Track sixty-five.

What shapes the character of youth leaders in the twenty-first century? What makes young people become their followers?

Listen to the recording and find out who the speakers admire as their heroes and why.

Speaker one:

The person I admire is one of the most talented film and theater actresses working in Russia today. She has a beautiful name that sounds like the name of a flower, Chulpan. But her name is known far beyond theater or cinema circles because Chulpan Khamatova helped to found Grant Life, a special foundation to help children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Chulpan is a charismatic leader who has attracted many followers and supporters. She calls them true quiet knights. They come from different walks of life. Some are doctors and psychologists, others are just ordinary people. There are also two hundred and fifty volunteers, young people who come to be with the children, play with them and cheer them up. Chulpan's life seems to be dominated by this noble idea of serving young children in need. She puts on performances attended by doctors and bankers. Friends and colleagues know about the foundation and suggest ideas. I think we're very lucky to have Chulpan.

Speaker two:

When you look at him wearing a gold chain and baseball cap, Derek Tab doesn't look the part of a typical music teacher. But he has transformed New Orleans children from troublemakers to tuba players. I think he impressed me with his willingness to help, his readiness to share and his incredible generosity. Derrick's program, called the Roots of Music, is completely free of charge. It offers free tutoring, instruments and music education to more than one hundred kids. Every weekday evening in the French Quarter, he beats out the rhythm on his music stand, as students play their chosen instruments. In doing so, he gives them an alternative to New Orleans rough streets. What he does is competing with drug dealers. CNN voted him Hero of the Year.

Speaker three:

I'm a fan of Jamie Oliver. This young enthusiast has unexpectedly become a real phenomenon in the world of food. He is undoubtedly one of the world's best-loved television personalities. He started as a food program presenter and had huge success on the BBC. Jamie's Kitchen, Jamie's School Dinners, Return to School Dinners, Jamie's Chef, Jamie at Home, Jamie's Ministry of Food and so on have become extremely popular and made him leader of the food revolution. Jamie has inspired me to spend more time enjoying being in the kitchen. You know, his programs have now been broadcast in over one hundred countries, including the USA, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Japan and Iceland. What's more, the programs have been translated into over thirty languages. And of course, the accompanying cookbooks are bestsellers worldwide, not only in the UK. Recently I bought Jamie's thirty-minute meals book. It's his first million-selling book in the UK and it sells like hotcakes.

Speaker four:

You know, swimming has always been the favorite sport in our family. So when I first heard of Michael Phelps, the world's most successful swimmer, it was natural that I became one of his followers. Still, it was difficult for me to imagine that once Michael used to be just a scrawny kid from Baltimore, the city I live in. His achievements in sport are amazing. He's been breaking world records since he was ten. It was super when at the age of fifteen he qualified for the Summer Olympics in Sydney. Sadly enough, he did not win a medal then, but he came fifth in the toughest style, butterfly. The same year, he would break the world record as the youngest swimmer at the World Championship. What stamina and willpower. Phelps is unique. Look, he won nearly every event he entered at the Summer Olympics in Athens. Then in China, he competed in his third Olympics in two thousand and twelve and became the winner again.