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Nach einer Idee von Christina Kortmann, Rodgau; Illustrationen: Julia Lenzmann,
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Who’s who? – Talking about famous couples
Tasks
1. Describe the photos. Who are these people?
2. What do you know about them and their relationship?
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What’s your per fect partner like?
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Think about the qualities1 your perfect partner should have.
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1. What qualities should your perfect partner have? Write
five qualities in the heart. You can take expressions
from the box or add your own ideas. Start with the most
important quality.
2. Work with a partner. Tell him/her which qualities you
have chosen and explain why.
3. Present your results to the class.
My perfect partner …
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is popular – is sporty – looks good – is honest2 – is understanding3 – is flexible – is
funny – is friendly – has the same interests – has the same friends – is good at school
1 quality: die Eigenschaft – 2 to be honest: ehrlich sein – 3 to be understanding: verständnisvoll
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What went wrong with famous couples?
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Read a magazine article and find out why four famous couples split up.
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Read the article and answer the following questions.
a) Which couple separated because one of them wanted to have children?
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b) Which couple split up because of rumours of affairs? _________________________________
c) Which couple had an unusual age difference? _________________________________________
d) Which couple has the largest number of children? ____________________________________
Extra task: Do you know another celebrity break-up story? Write it down.
Fame doesn’t buy happiness. What’s wrong with the stars?
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Singer, actress and fashion designer Rihanna
fell in love with rapper Chris Brown in 2007.
Although Brown was the love of her life,
the two did not get along very well with one
another. Violence1 became a problem in their
relationship. In addition, Rihanna wanted to
have children, but Chris Brown refused2. The
famous couple split up after only two years.
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side. So, after two years of ups and downs,
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez split up. Still,
many fans kept hoping for a reunion of ‘Jelena’.
But after this summer’s spectacular Instagram
feud6 between the two and Bieber’s romance
with Sofia Richie, a ‘Jelena’ love comeback
seems quite unlikely7 at the moment.
Womanizer Ashton Kutcher married Demi
Moore, Bruce Willis’s ex-wife, in 2005. He
was 27 at that time and Demi Moore was about
to celebrate her 43rd birthday. Most people
couldn’t believe that their marriage only lasted
for a few years. However, after six years, the
big difference in age3 became a problem. Since
2012, Kutcher has been in a relationship with
the actress Mila Kunis (33), whom he married
in 2015. Their first child, daughter Wyatt, was
born in September 2014 and a second child, a
baby boy, is on its way.
In 2010, teen star Justin Bieber fell in love with
the beautiful Selena Gomez. Their relationship
was a stormy and very passionate4 one but there
were a lot of rumours of affairs5 on Bieber’s
And what is more, Selena’s name has even been
linked to the break-up of
another very famous couple: ‘Brangelina’. Brad
Pitt and Angelina Jolie
met on the set of their
film Mr and Mrs Smith in
2005 (when he was still
married to Jennifer AnisFormer glamour
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couple Angelina Jolie stars fell in love and startand Brad Pitt
ed a glamorous and apparently8 solid relationship that finally lasted
12 years. They adopted three children and had
another three children of their own. Since
Angelina Jolie filed for divorce9 from Pitt in
September 2016, only two years after their
secret wedding in France, the press has been
spreading10 rumours about the couple’s conflicts over the kids as well as affairs on both
Brad’s and Angelina’s side.
1 violence: die Gewalt – 2 to refuse: sich weigern – 3 difference in age: der Altersunterschied
– 4 passionate: leidenschaftlich – 5 rumours of affairs: die Gerüchte über Affären – 6 feud: die
Fehde, der Streit – 7 unlikely: unwahrscheinlich – 8 apparently (adv.): scheinbar – 9 to file for
divorce from sb.: die Scheidung von jmndm. beantragen – 10 to spread sth.: etw. verbreiten
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They are millionaires. They are beautiful.
They wear the most expensive clothes and
live in the most beautiful houses. But are
they really happy? What is wrong with our
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Write your own interview between a journalist and a celebrity from the article.
Tasks
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Prepare your interview.
a) Get together with a partner and choose one of the celebrities from the article.
b) In your interview, you should focus on the break-up story of the celebrity. Include the
following information:
 the year when they started going out
 the duration of their relationship
 the year of their separation
 the reasons for their break-up
c) Think of other information about the celebrity you would like to add to make the
interview more interesting and fun.
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Write your interview.
a) Read the language support about asking questions.
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b) Write the questions and answers for the interview. The
language support will help.
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Writing an inter view with a celebrity – task sheet
Practise your interview.
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Practise your interview. One of you takes the role of the journalist and the other the role
of the celebrity. Try to be authentic in your roles.
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Present your interview to the others.
Asking questions – language support
In your interview, you need to ask a lot of questions, mainly using the past tense.
Asking yes/no-questions
If you ask your celebrity yes/no-questions about their past, you use did or was/were.
 Was it love at first sight? – Yes, it was./No, it wasn’t.
 Did you end the relationship? – Yes, I did./No, I didn’t.
Asking questions about particular information
If you ask for particular information, you use a question word.
Where?
 When did you meet each other for the first time?
 Why did you split up?
How?
Which?
What?
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Why?
When?
Who?
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In your group you will now create a poster with advice1 for a good relationship.
Tasks
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Agree on information for your poster.
a) What relationship advice can you give to young couples?
Think about the happy and unhappy couples you have
learned about in the previous lessons and couples you
know. Agree on five pieces of advice2 in your group and
take notes.
b) Find pictures from magazines or the Internet for your poster.
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Create your poster.
a) Read the language support on how to give advice.
b) Write your five top pieces of advice for the poster. Explain
your pieces of advice and give examples.
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Example:
Do a lot of activities together! For a happy relationship it is important to spend
a lot of time together. Think about activities you and your partner both like and do
these things together from time to time. For example, you can do a sport together,
go to a concert or go out with friends.
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c) Create your poster.
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Giving relationship advice – language support
There are many different ways of giving relationship advice. You can use imperatives
to give advice. Be careful: After some verbs you use -ing, for example after to stop
and to start.
• Spend time with your partner!
• Be flexible!
• Start seeing your friends more often!
• Stop being so jealous!
There are also other ways to give advice. Here are some examples. Pay attention to
the constructions that are used after the verbs:
• You should spend a lot of time with your partner.
• Why don’t you tell him/her that you love him/her?
• How about going on holiday with your partner?
1 to give advice to sb.: jmndm. Ratschläge geben – 2 piece of advice: der Ratschlag
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How to make your relationship work – task sheet