UNIT 1A. Starting up

STARTING
UP
THINK AND DISCUSS
What do you think the people in the photo are doing? Read the caption to check.
What factors make a movement like Earth Hour successful?
Tunisians light candles during Earth Hour. Earth Hour encourages communities to turn off non essential lights for one hour to raise awareness of environmental issues. The movement now engages over 7,000 cities and towns worldwide.

INSPIRED
LEADERSHIP
A. Look at the title of the unit. What so you think makes a leader inspiring? List the four most important factors below. Then share your ideas with a partner.
B. Look at the picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and read the caption on this page. Why do you think he is considered a great leader? Discuss your ideas with a partner.

In the summer of 1963, 250,000 people showed up in Washington, D.C., to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak. No emails were sent out, and there was no website to check the date. And yet thousands of people went. “How do you do that?” asks Simon Sinek.
C. Look at the headings for these paragraphs. Read the first sentence in each paragraph. What do you think the article is about?
Read and check.
GETTING THE MAIN IDEAS
What is the article mainly about? Complete the sentences with your own ideas:
Successful leaders tell people…
To followers it is important…
South African leader of the African National Congress movement, Nelson Mandela, salutes a crowd in Amsterdam in 1990.

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In the summer of 1963, 250,000 people showed up in Washington, D.C., to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak. No emails were sent out, and there was no website to check the date. And yet thousands of people went. “How do you do that?” asks Simon Sinek.
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The great leaders
(Thousands of) people
People (in a queue)

In the summer of 1963, 250,000 people showed up in Washington, D.C., to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak. No emails were sent out, and there was no website to check the date. And yet thousands of people went. “How do you do that?” asks Simon Sinek.

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