“MY HERO” LISTENING ACTIVITY

Ex. 1

1. someone who was dedicated to world peace D

2. someone who has been the victim of violence as a result of their campaigning A > B

3. someone who left a more conventional job to help young people in their country B

4. someone who was excluded from the professional community of the time A

5. someone who she wishes she could meet C > D

6. someone who wrote a book about the effect humans could have on nature C

7. someone who made an important scientific discovery while still a child A

8. someone who faced strong criticism from big business C

TOTL SCORE IS 5 OUT OF 8 (63%)

Ex. 2

1.Mary Anning's discovery was important because it showed that an animal could become extinct

2. Mary Anning's dog died because it got stuck down a hole while looking for fossils > a large amount of earth and rocks fell on it

3. Mary Anning didn't write a famous book because she was too busy exploring the cliffs > she did not have access to a formal education

4. Kailash Satyarthi first saw the problems of child slavery when he was 6 years old

5. Kailash Satyarthi has saved over 18,000 > 80,000 children from enforced labour

6. Because of their work, two of Kailash Satyarthi’s children were attacked.

 > co-workers were murdered

7. Rachel Carson first specialised in marine biology

8.Rachel Carson's book made people realise that using pesticides was damaging the ecosystem

9.These days, more and more people are buying organic food

10.The speaker is apologetic because John Lennon is an obvious choice of hero

11. The speaker likes all the Beatles' songs and Lennon's solo music

12.It's amazing that Imagine is still so well loved today

TOTAL SCORE IS OUT 8 OF 12 (67%)