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PRACTICE 2Biographies 100 London personalitiesName and surnames: Clara Ibarrola

Deadline: Friday 10nd December 2010Curs: 2010-2011

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INDEXSlide 3: Exercise 1- People who know.Slide 4: Exercise 2- Choose 2 famous Characters.

Slide 5 and 6: Exercise 3- Example (Albert Einstein).

Slide 7: Video extra of Albert Einstein.

Slide 8,9,10,11: Julie Andrews

Slide 12,13,14: Charles Darwin

Slide 15: Extras

Slide 16: The end.


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Exercise 1Exercise 1. Go through this practice and check how many famous

personalities related to London and England you know. Some of

Them are politicians, some others are actors/actresses,

musicians, artists, writers, ...

People I know are: Charles Darwin, William Shakespeare,Sir. Isaac Newton, Queen Elizabeth l, John Lennon, Queen

Victoria, Sir. Paul McCartney, Sir Alexander Fleming, Michael

Faraday, Queen Elisabeth ll, Professor Stephen Hawking,

David Beckham, John Harrison, Charles Dickens, Sir WilliamWallace, Sir Alexander Graham Bell, Julie Andrews, George

Harrison, George Stephenson, Sir. Charlie Chaplin, Robbie Willias,

King Richard lll, Sir. Richard Branson, Richard Burton.


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Exercise 2Choose 2 famous characters.I choose Julie Andrews and Charles Darwin.


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Exercise 3Example: Albert Einstein

The life of Albert Einstein1879 born in Ulm, Germany

doesnt talk until the age of three!

1891 teaches himsel geometry

1894 family moves to Milan

1900 teachers dont recommend him for university!

1903 gets married1905 writes the Special Theory of Relativity

1922 wins the Nobel Prize or physics

1933leaves Germany when Hitler comes to power

1939 writes to the President o the USA about the possibility o

building an atomic bomb

1945 a ter the war speaks against nuclear weapons1955 dies in the USA

1.- Read about Einstein and write sentences.

2.- Join some of the sentences with these words: when, later, after, before,

immediately, and, then, ...

3.- Divide the information into three parts: early life, what made him

4.- Write a short biography in three paragraphs using the simple presenttense.


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THE LIFE OF ALBERTEINSTEIN

Albert Einstein is a famous scientist. It is probably one of the most

important men in history. He is born in Ulm, Germany, in 1891. He doesn't

talk about the age of three. In 1891, when he is 12 years old, he teacheshimself geometry. Three years later, his family moves to Milan and

in 1900, his teachers don't recommend him for university.

In 1903, Einstein gets married and two years later, in 1905, he

writes the Special Theory of Relativity. In 1922, he wins the Nobel Prize

for physics and after that, in 1933, he leaves Germany when Hitler comesto power. In 1939 he writes to the President of the USA about

the possibility of building an atomic bomb.

Six years later, and after the war, he speaks against nuclear

weapons. Then, ten years after that, Albert Einstein dies in the USA

in 1955.


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Exercise 4Julie AndrewsJulie Andrews is an actress and a singer , 75 years old,

born on 1st October 1935, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey,

Great Britain. From a very young Julie gave small sample

of her talent and a great voice. Her parents took her to

music lessons to develop her vocal skills. Her first contactwith the entertainment industry came with her parents in

a vaudeville show. Her first performances took place

during World War II, entertaining British troops

throughout the United Kingdom.


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Her first performance in the theater was in the West End Theatre in London in 1947. Her debut in the

United States occurred in 1954 in the Broadway production of The Boy Friend. In 1956, composers

Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner hire Andrews to star alongside Rex Harrison, the play My Fair Lady.

This work was a box office success of both audiences, and years later was made into a film. Julie

Andrews gets the lead role in a film that eventually would become a Disney classic Mary Poppins. For

his role in this film, which plays a very special nanny whose job is to educate the two children of a

marriage in London, the actress won a Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical, the Oscar

Best Actress and, along with the other protagonists of the film, the Grammy for Best Album for Children

in 1965. The following year, the actress was again nominated for an Academy Award Best Actress. In

2004 provides the voice for the character of Queen Lillian in the movie Shrek 2, the sequel to the great

commercial success in 2001. In 2000, he received the title of Dame of the British Empire from Queen

Elizabeth II. It also has a star on the Walk of Fame Hollywood


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In 1959-1967 she married Tony Walton. But it was not very

well and separated. In 1969 she married Blake Edwards, and

are still together. In 1962 he had a daughter Emma Walton, in1974 she had to Amy Edwards and Joanna Edwards.

Tony Walton

Blake Edwards

Emma Walton


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Here some photos of Julie Andrews


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Charles DarwinCharles Darwin was a English naturalist. Born in 12nd February

1809 in Shrewsbury. He died on April 19, 1882 (73 years). Charles

Robert Darwin came to the conclusion that all living species have

evolved over time from common ancestors through a process

called natural selection, (Simplifying) discovered the theory of

evolution. The evolution was accepted as fact by the scientific

community and much of the public in his lifetime, while his theory of

evolution by natural selection was not considered as the primary

explanation of the evolutionary process until 1930, and currently is thebasis of modern evolutionary theory. Amended, the scientific

discoveries of Darwin are still the foundation charter of biology as a

science, since they constitute a logical explanation that unifies

observations about the diversity of life. At just 16 years Darwin entered the

University of Edinburgh, but it was giving up his medical studies to pursue research on

marine invertebrates. The publication of the diary of his trip made him famous and popular

writer.


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In 1859 he published a book called The Origin of

Species by Means of Natural Selection or the

Preservation of Favoured Races in the struggle

for preferred life, was a very important work.

Throughout his life through his theories, he wrote many

books including: The expression of emotions in animalsand man, or, The Descent of Man and Selection in

Relation to Sex.


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Here some photos of Charles Darwin


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EXTRASHere you have some links of YouTube about Julie Andrew andCharles Darwin.

Videos and photos of Julie Andrew with her children:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFKywZ13i-

0&feature=fvw

Songs of Julie Andrew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvDLNLOJo8E&feature=f

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjSjB-3xPVM

One video about Charles Darwin and his travels (in

Spanish):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3WmiPByvd8


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