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Lesson 2: Fans
There’s a Bollywood celebrity in that café.

I can talk about fans.

INTRODUCE

Talking about celebrities and their fans is a great way to start a conversation.

PRESENT

STEP A VOCABULARY

I. Listen and repeat.

a big crowd

大勢の人

lots of people

fan club members

a celebrity

a boy/girl band

paparazzi

II. Which of the things above do you usually see at a concert? Choose two or three.

III. Practice reading the words.

/s/

/k/

celebrity

crowd

Cebu

club

city

camera

STEP B GRAMMAR TIP

Use there is and there are to say that someone or something exists.

Use there is with singular nouns and collective nouns.

SINGULAR NOUNS

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

a celebrity

a crowd

a singer

a family

Use there are with plural nouns.

PLURAL NOUNS

fan club members

paparazzi

  • There’s a celebrity at our hotel.
  • There’s a big crowd at the buffet.
  • There are more than a hundred fan club members now.
  • There are paparazzi outside the restaurant.

UNDERSTAND

SPEAKING

Daiki is having dinner with his Indian coworker Amil at a restaurant in Mumbai.

Daiki:

Wow! There’s a big crowd over there. What’s that about?

Amil:

Ah, that’s because there’s a Bollywood celebrity in that café. Her name’s Tara Vel. Do you know her?

Daiki:

No. But that explains why there are paparazzi on the street. She must be really popular.

Amil:

Yeah, she is. She has a fan club with over 200,000 members. Half of the guys in our office are members!

Daiki:

Oh, they’re just like my wife, Yuki. She belongs to a fan club for a K-pop star. There are about 5,000 members in the club, and she’s the vice president. She’s really crazy about him. Sometimes I think she loves him more than me!

Amil:

(laughs) Don’t worry. I’m sure she loves you more!

TRIVIA

Bollywood is the nickname of India’s Hindi film industry. Every year, Bollywood makes between 1,500 and 2,000 movies. That’s more than the number of Hollywood movies released every year!

PRACTICE

STEP A EXERCISE

Choose the correct word in the parentheses.

  1. There (is / are) a boy band on TV.
  2. There (is / are) lots of people waiting for the show to start.
  3. There (is / are) a big crowd outside the theater.
  4. There (is / are) fan club members taking pictures with the boy band.
  5. There (is / are) paparazzi following the celebrity.

STEP B EXERCISE

Complete the sentences with there’s or there are.

1.

Tutor:         Do you know why it’s noisy outside?
Student:    __________ a girl band outside.

 

2.

Tutor:        Why is that celebrity hiding her face?
Student:    I think __________ paparazzi.

 

3.

Tutor:         Is he pretty popular?
Student:    Yeah, __________ more than 5,000 members in his fan club!

CHALLENGE

Challenge 1

You’re having coffee with your foreign friend who loves to talk about celebrities.


Answer his/her questions.

Today's grammar tip

  • there's
  • there are

Challenge 2

Discuss your ideas.

If Time
Allows
1

POPULARITY

2

PAPARAZZI

3

FAN CLUBS

1

POPULARITY

  1. Who’s the most popular celebrity in Japan?
  2. Why is that celebrity so popular?
  3. How long has that celebrity been popular?
  4. Do you want to become popular?

2PAPARAZZI

  1. Have you ever seen paparazzi?
  2. Do you think paparazzi should follow celebrities everywhere?
  3. Do you think paparazzi should sell celebrity secrets to magazines and TV shows?
  4. How can celebrities avoid paparazzi?

3FAN CLUBS

  1. Who do you think has the biggest fan club in Japan?
  2. What activities do fan clubs usually do?
  3. Why do people join fan clubs?
  4. Is it common for men to join fan clubs?

FEEDBACK

I can talk about fans.

LESSON GOAL ACHIEVEMENT

  • 4
    Very Good

    Could complete the task with ease

  • 3
    Good

    Could complete the task with some clarifications

  • 2
    Fair

    Could complete the task with additional instructions

  • 1
    Poor

    Could somehow complete the task with difficulty

PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK