Exploring Public Appearances, Media, and Personal Growth

Unit 1: Media and Appearances

Public Appearances and Media

Appearance: An occasion when someone appears in public.

Broadcast: To send out a program on television or radio.

Piece: An example of artistic, musical, or written work.

Stream: To listen to/watch something on a computer, smartphone, etc., directly from the internet.

Creative Professionals

Comedian: Someone who entertains people by telling jokes.

Editor: A person who corrects or changes text, film, etc., or who is in charge of a newspaper/magazine.

Novelist: A person who writes books about imaginary people and events.

Programmer: Someone who writes computer programs as a job.

Media Terminology

• Bestseller
• Cast
• The Charts
• Classic
• Series
• Shoot
• Track
• Critic
• Producer
• TV Presenter

Unit 3: Personal Qualities and Success

Key Qualities for Success

Agreement: When people have the same opinion or have made the same decision.

Ambition: A strong wish to be successful, powerful, etc.

Belief: An idea that you think is true.

Drive: Energy and determination to achieve things.

Luck: Good or bad things caused by chance.

Problem-solving: The process of finding solutions to problems.

Success: When you achieve what you want or intend.

Thought: The act of thinking about or considering something, an idea, opinion, etc.

Phrasal Verbs Related to Success

• Back up: To make a copy of information on a computer.
• Face up to: To accept and deal with a difficult fact or problem.
• Get in: To be able to get a place in a course, university, etc.
• Mix up: To mistake someone or something for someone or something else.
• Think through: To carefully consider the possible results of doing something.

Unit 4: Health and Well-being

Physical and Mental Health

Faint: To suddenly become unconscious for a short time, usually falling down.

Feel dizzy: To feel as if everything is turning around, so that you feel ill or as if you might fall.

Get in a panic: To have a sudden strong feeling of fear that prevents reasonable thought and action.

Go over and over (something) in your mind: To think repeatedly about an event that has happened.

Have an upset stomach: To have an illness in the stomach.

Have difficulty sleeping: To not be able to sleep easily or quickly and/or to wake up frequently during the night.

Lose your appetite: To not feel like eating.

Lose your temper: To suddenly become angry.

Phrasal Verbs Related to Health

• Calm down: To stop feeling upset.
• Come down with (something): To become ill, usually with a disease that is not very serious.
• Come round: To become conscious again after an accident or operation.
• Get someone down: To make someone feel unhappy.
• Get over something/someone: To get better after an illness, or feel better after someone/something has made you unhappy.
• Throw up: To vomit.

Unit 5: History and Society

Historical and Social Concepts

Ancestor: A relative who lived a long time ago.

Century: 100 years.

Citizen: Someone who lives in a particular town or city.

Decade: 10 years.

Found: To bring something (a town, an organization) into existence.

Get the vote: To be allowed to express your choice or opinion in an election.

Inhabitant: A person or animal that lives in a particular place.

Myth: An ancient story about gods and brave people.

Tribe: A social group of people, especially one living together in a particular area, sharing the same language, culture, and history.

From time to time: Sometimes but not often.