F2F Class Notes 15th February (Celeste)***

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As a sports and cultural icon, David Beckham is always portrayed/shown as a loving family man/ husband to his wife and father to his children. But the leaked emails in which he raged on about not receiving knighthood and his real attitude towards the charity seem to hurt his “perfect” image to some extent.

He is not the only celebrity who is actively involved in philanthropy and definitely not the only one who gives and donates to charities for reasons other than a “kind, warm heart”. Obviously, utilizing charities as a career or social stepping-stone is a shame. But some people try to argue it from another perspective as in his ulterior motive makes no difference for the result, i.e. the people in need get help anyway. So why do we still shame him for his hypocrisy?

I think it’s because of the special responsibilities of celebrities. As public figures, they gain a lot from the public – money, reputation, social status, etc. They also may play important roles in many people’s lives; especially those treated as positive role models and examples. So society asks/demands them to take more social responsibility in return for what they receive. When they try to build their images as kind people, we expect them to be real kind people rather than those, who are foul-mouthed and give to charities for the purpose of gaining knighthood.

Pronunciation

leaked ( leak – t )

hood ***short oo > book, look, took

seem ***close mouth

result ***tongue behind your teeth for “l”

build ( bill d )

Vocabulary

portray / portraying / portrayed / will portray v. – to show / sb or sth is seen as sth

eg. We are seen as/portrayed as experts in the area of international M&A.

philanthropic ( fill – an – throh – pik ) -adj

eg. She is philanthropic.

ulterior motive – the underlying reason for doing sth

eg. His ulterior motive to meeting her was to follow her home.

eg. His ulterior motive to asking her on a date was to propose to her.

award worthy / Oscar-worthy adj. – sth is worthy of an Oscar

as I expected  or  sth met/didn’t meet my expectations