B2 – Upper Intermediate
Everyone has an idol, someone they admire and look up to . So, when you get the opportunity to see or meet your idol, it’s a big deal, especially if they’re famous. It feels like a once in a lifetime opportunity for your dreams to come true.
Read the article to know if it’s actually good to meet your idol and face the reality? Or is it better to keep them in your head and admire from afar?
Vocabulary Questions:
- What does “share the same brain“ mean? “You share the same brain.” Use it in a sentence.
- What does “to exude an aura of“ mean? “He doesn’t exude an aura of greatness — in fact, he seems like a guy who watches a lot of sports on TV, leaving you to wonder: is this the pinnacle of mankind?” Use it in a sentence.
- What does “disenchantment” mean? “You’ll view his newest work with a sense of disenchantment — after all, he’s just some guy who was flip to you that one time.” Use it in a sentence.
Discussion Questions:
- Why is meeting your hero a bad idea?
- What is the most important thing to remember when you are meeting someone you really look up to? Why?
- Who is your hero? If you met them, how would you feel? What would you do the first time you meet them? Or talk about the time you met your hero.
- Talk about who your mentor is (at work and in life). What lessons have they imparted to you?
- If you were someone’s hero, what might be things they can learn from you?
2 replies on “Never Meet Your Hero”
Discussion Questions:
1. Why is meeting your hero a bad idea?
Not at all if you really want to meet him/her. But simply to take some pictures, maybe, to talk a little with him or her, etc. Probably you’ll meet him/her once in your lifetime… It’s ok but being realistic not thinking you will became new friends for ever and things like that.
2. What is the most important thing to remember when you are meeting someone you really look up to? Why?
Well, you realize that they are people and for them is a bit annoying to greet everybody, sign papers, taking photos, etc… In my case I don’t like to bother them in the case I meet with them in a restaurant, a disco, etc. I met in some of them in restaurants and discos, for example David Beecakm, Romario, Bern Schuster, Diego Pablo Simeone, Alfredo Distefano, etc… I didn’t say anything to them I don’t like.
3. Who is your hero? If you met them, how would you feel? What would you do the first time you meet them? Or talk about the time you met your hero.
I don’t have heroes except my parents. They were real heroes for me they teach me everything, they supported my studies, they give me all. Furthermore all my “heroes” that I would like to meet, have passed aways log time ago: Mozart, Bach, Darwing, Velazquez, etc…
4. Talk about who your mentor is (at work and in life). What lessons have they imparted to you?
As I said before, I admired a lot my Dad, he taught me a lot of things, but I realized was my mum who really taught the important things: try to be a good person, to be humble, to help people, to be nice, to be polite, to support minorities, to be sensitive, etc.
5. If you were someone’s hero, what might be things they can learn from you?
I think they will not learn anything important at all. Maybe to try to live the best you can without to hurt anyone else…
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