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Section A 3a-3c
Objectives
To learn to read the passage about Candy.
To learn the new words and expressions:
background, interview, Asian, dare, ton, private, guard, require, deal with, take up, be prepared to...
Warming up
Work in pairs and talk about your changes now than three years ago. You can use the following words.
Free Talk
In the past Now
hair
height
build
personality
hobby
short/ long/ black/ brown/ straight/ curly hair
short/ tall/ thin/ heavy/ big/ strong
serious/ funny/ quiet/ shy/ outgoing/ friendly/ lazy/ hardworking
like cartoons/ movies
be interested in music/ sports/ drawing/
swimming
Can you guess what she was like in the past?
Do you know the beautiful and outgoing girl?
She used to be a shy girl.
Yeah. She’s the famous singer Candy Wang.
Before reading
She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
As she got better, she was not shy anymore and loved singing in front of crowds. Now she’s the Asian pop star.
Do you want to know her story?
______ how Candy’s life has changed
______ Candy’s advice to young people
______ Candy’s background
3a Read the article and identify the paragraphs in
which the following information appears.
Number the information [1–3].
3
2
1
For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-
year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me
that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal
with her shyness. As she got better, she dared to sing in
front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now
she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
From Shy Girl to Pop Star
I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.” However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to b