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English Guide 2

Teacher: Mónica Henao
Skills: Reading
Objectives: To identify specific information in the text.
To write a biography about a famousperson

Pre-reading
1. Have you heard about Johnny Depp?? What do you know about him?

Reading
2. Read the following text .
3. Choose the correct word in each of the pairs in ItalicJohnny Depp’s biography
Johnny Depp was born in 1963. He had a troubled childhood and often harmed / harmful himself to overcome his shyness. He said his scares / scars and tattoos mean his body is likea journal of his life. His mother bought him a guitar when he was 12. He had several unsuccessful attempts at becoming a rock star. Year / Years later, he played guitar on an / a Oasis song.
In 1983he married Lori Allison, a Hollywood make-up artist. She introduced him to / for the actor Nicolas Cage, who encouraged him to take up acting. His break came the following year with a roll / role in"A Nightmare on Elm Street". This was the first of many successful films that would to make / make Depp one of Hollywood’s top earners.
Depp’s marriage ended in divorce in / on 1985. He becameromantically involved with celebrities including actress Winona Ryder and supermodel Kate Moss. He final / finally found true love with French singer Vanessa Paradis. The couple has two children who Deppsays have given / gave him everything in life, including deep / deeply love. He lives with his family and makes wine in France.
Depp has appeared in some of the most memories /memorable movies of thepast two decades. All of his roles have been extremely different. He played J.M. Barrie (the creator of Peter Pan), Willie Wonka, and more recently Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean”. He said heonly chooses / choice films that he finds personally interesting and not those that might be a commercial success.
1. Synomyn match: Match the words from the article on the left with their...